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David Michael Bautista Jr. (born January 18, 1969) is an American actor and retired professional wrestler. Regarded as one of his generation's most prolific professional wrestlers, he rose to fame for his multiple stints in WWE between 2002 and 2019. Bautista began his wrestling career in 1999 and signed with WWE (then WWF) in 2000. From 2002 to 2010, he gained fame under the ring name Batista, initially as a member of Evolution. He would go on to win the WWE Championship twice, the World Heavyweight Championship four times (with his first reign remaining the longest in history at 282 days), the World Tag Team Championship three times (twice with Ric Flair and once with John Cena), and the WWE Tag Team Championship once (with Rey Mysterio). He also won the 2005 and 2014 Royal Rumble matches and subsequently headlined WrestleMania 21 and WrestleMania XXX, with the former being one of the top five highest-grossing PPV events in wrestling history. Having largely stepped back from professional wrestling in 2020, he retired after WrestleMania 35 in 2019. As an actor, Bautista is known for portraying Drax in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (2014–2023) and Rabban in Dune (2021) and its 2024 sequel. Bautista has additionally starred in Spectre (2015), Blade Runner 2049 (2017), Final Score, Master Z: Ip Man Legacy (both 2018), Army of the Dead (2021), Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022), Knock at the Cabin, and Parachute (both 2023). Description above from the Wikipedia article Dave Bautista, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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David Michael Bautista Jr. (born January 18, 1969) is an American actor and retired professional wrestler. Regarded as one of his generation's most prolific professional wrestlers, he rose to fame for his multiple stints in WWE between 2002 and 2019. Bautista began his wrestling career in 1999 and signed with WWE (then WWF) in 2000. From 2002 to 2010, he gained fame under the ring name Batista, initially as a member of Evolution. He would go on to win the WWE Championship twice, the World Heavyweight Championship four times (with his first reign remaining the longest in history at 282 days), the World Tag Team Championship three times (twice with Ric Flair and once with John Cena), and the WWE Tag Team Championship once (with Rey Mysterio). He also won the 2005 and 2014 Royal Rumble matches and subsequently headlined WrestleMania 21 and WrestleMania XXX, with the former being one of the top five highest-grossing PPV events in wrestling history. Having largely stepped back from professional wrestling in 2020, he retired after WrestleMania 35 in 2019. As an actor, Bautista is known for portraying Drax in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (2014–2023) and Rabban in Dune (2021) and its 2024 sequel. Bautista has additionally starred in Spectre (2015), Blade Runner 2049 (2017), Final Score, Master Z: Ip Man Legacy (both 2018), Army of the Dead (2021), Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022), Knock at the Cabin, and Parachute (both 2023). Description above from the Wikipedia article Dave Bautista, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Oscars
WWE SmackDown
Chuck
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Smallville
WWE 24
What We Do in the Shadows
Saturday Night's Main Event
WWE ECW
WWE This Is Awesome
Running Wild with Bear Grylls
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
Room 104
Marvel Studios Legends
WWE Raw Classics
Army of Thieves
WWE Superstars
Raw
The Infinity Saga
Avengers: Endgame
Avengers: Infinity War
Undertaker: The Last Ride
See
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Thor: Love and Thunder
Dune
Thor: Love and Thunder
Hotel Artemis
Spectre
The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption
Dune: Part Two
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
The Man with the Iron Fists
WWE: The Best of SmackDown - 10th Anniversary, 1999-2009
Riddick
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Knock at the Cabin
Blade Runner 2049
Heist
The Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Guardians of the Galaxy
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
The Warriors Gate
Master Z: Ip Man Legacy
WWE WrestleMania XXX
In the Lost Lands
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
Escape Plan: The Extractors
Escape Plan 2: Hades
Marauders
My Spy
My Spy The Eternal City
2048: Nowhere to Run
Bushwick
Stuber
The Killer's Game
Final Score
Army of the Dead
Production Credits
My Spy The Eternal City
In the Lost Lands
My Spy
Master Z: Ip Man Legacy
The Killer's Game
Final Score
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