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Dave Bautista

Dave Bautista

Highest Rated: 97% The Boy and the Heron (2023)

Lowest Rated: 0% L.A. Slasher (2015)

Birthday: Jan 18, 1969

Birthplace: Washington, D.C., USA

David Michael Bautista Jr. was born on Jan. 18, 1969 in Arlington, VA. Following involvement with crime in his teen years and early adulthood, Bautista found personal reinvention in bodybuilding, which led to him launching a career in wrestling at the age of 30. After training under wrestler and manager Arthur Anoaʻi Sr., Bautista signed with the World Wrestling Federation in 2000, performing on television series like "WWE SmackDown" (UPN/The CW/MyNetworkTV/Syfy/USA/Fox 1999-). After more than a decade of earning acclaim as a professional wrestler under aliases including Deacon and Leviathan, Bautista expanded his horizons to mixed martial arts. Around the same time, Bautista explored the beginnings of an acting career, appearing in films such as "House of the Rising Sun" (2011), "The Man with the Iron Fists" (2012), and "Riddick" (2013). Bautista's proverbial big break as an actor came with his casting as Drax the Destroyer in the Marvel Cinematic Universe movie "Guardians of the Galaxy" (2014). He would go on to play the character in additional MCU films, all the while landing noteworthy appearances in high profile movies like "Spectre" (2015) and "Blade Runner 2049" (2017).

Highest rated movies

94% The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special 94% Avengers: Endgame 92% Dune: Part Two 92% Guardians of the Galaxy 91% Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
90% Master Z: Ip Man Legacy
88% Blade Runner 2049 85% Avengers: Infinity War

Photos

Dave Bautista Jimmy Kimmel Live, from left: Dave Bautista, Zoe Saldana, Bradley Cooper, Chris Pratt, 01/26/2003, ©ABC MY SPY MY SPY Dave Bautista stars in MY SPY. STUBER, FROM LEFT: KUMAIL NANJANI, DAVE BAUTISTA, 2019. PH: HOPPER STONE/TM & COPYRIGHT © TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX FILM CORP. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ESCAPE PLAN: THE EXTRACTORS, FROM LEFT: SYLVESTER STALLONE, DAVE BAUTISTA, 2019. © LIONSGATE MY SPY, FROM LEFT: CHLOE COLEMAN, DAVE BAUTISTA, 2019. PH: MICHAEL GIBSON/© STXFILMS KICKBOXER: VENGEANCE, from left: Dave Bautista, Alain Moussi, 2016. © RLJ Entertainment MARAUDERS, from left: Dave Bautista, Christopher Meloni, 2016. ph: Brian Douglas/© Lionsgate Premiere Head Case, Dave Bautista, 04/18/2007, ©STARZPR Head Case, Dave Bautista, 04/18/2007, ©STARZPR Head Case, Dave Bautista, 04/18/2007, ©STARZPR SPECTRE, Dave Bautista, 2015. ph: Jonathan Olley/© Columbia Pictures HEIST, (aka BUS 657), from left: Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Dave Bautista, 2015. ph: Sam Emerson/©Lionsgate Premiere STUBER, FROM LEFT: KUMAIL NANJANI, DAVE BAUTISTA, 2019. PH: HOPPER STONE/TM & COPYRIGHT © TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX FILM CORP. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. STUBER, FROM LEFT: DAVE BAUTISTA, KUMAIL NANJANI, 2019. PH: HOPPER STONE/TM & COPYRIGHT © TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX FILM CORP. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. MASTER Z: IP MAN LEGACY, (AKA YE WEN WAI CHUAN: ZHANG TIAN ZHI), DAVE BAUTISTA, 2018. © WELL GO USA STUBER, FROM LEFT TOP: KUMAIL NANJIANI, DAVE BAUTISTA, 2019. PH: HOPPER STONE/© TM & COPYRIGHT © TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX FILM CORP. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. STUBER, FROM LEFT: DAVE BAUTISTA, KUMAIL NANJIANI, 2019. PH: MARK HILL/© TM & COPYRIGHT © TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX FILM CORP. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Killer's Game Joe Flood (Character),
Executive Producer 		- 2024
18% 33% My Spy the Eternal City J.J. (Character),
Producer 		- 2024
92% 95% Dune: Part Two Beast Rabban (Character) $282.0M 2024
No Score Yet No Score Yet In the Lost Lands Boyce (Character),
Producer 		- 2024
79% 92% Parachute Bryce (Character) - 2023
97% 88% The Boy and the Heron The Parakeet King (Voice) $44.2M 2023
82% 94% Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 Drax (Character) $359.0M 2023
67% 63% Knock at the Cabin Leonard (Character) $35.4M 2023
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Boy and the Heron: Official Trailer Unknown (Character) - 2023
94% 81% The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special Drax (Character) - 2022
91% 92% Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery Duke (Character) - 2022
63% 76% Thor: Love and Thunder Drax (Character) $343.2M 2022
83% 90% Dune Glossu "Beast" Rabban (Character) $108.3M 2021
67% 75% Army Of The Dead Scott Ward (Character) - 2021
48% 39% My Spy JJ (Character),
Producer 		- 2020
42% 79% Stuber Vic Manning (Character) $22.4M 2019
No Score Yet 13% Escape Plan: The Extractors Trent DeRosa (Character) - 2019
25% 11% Escape Plan: The Extractors Unknown (Character) - 2019
94% 90% Avengers: Endgame Drax (Character) $858.4M 2019
90% 49% Master Z: Ip Man Legacy Owen Davidson (Character) $188.7K 2018
69% 37% Final Score Knox (Character),
Producer 		- 2018
7% 15% Escape Plan 2: Hades Trent DeRosa (Character) - 2018
57% 35% Hotel Artemis Everest (Character) $6.7M 2018
85% 92% Avengers: Infinity War Drax (Character) $678.8M 2018
88% 88% Blade Runner 2049 Sapper Morton (Character) $91.5M 2017
48% 31% Bushwick Stupe (Character),
Executive Producer 		- 2017
85% 87% Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Drax (Character) $389.8M 2017
44% 28% The Warrior's Gate Arun (Character) - 2016
41% 44% Kickboxer: Vengeance Tong Po (Character) - 2016
22% 19% Marauders Stockwell (Character) - 2016
30% 41% Heist Cox (Character) $47.2K 2015
63% 61% Spectre Hinx (Character) $200.1M 2015
0% 7% L.A. Slasher The Drug Dealer No. 1 (Character) - 2015
92% 92% Guardians of the Galaxy Drax the Destroyer (Character) $333.7M 2014
58% 56% Riddick Diaz (Character) $42.0M 2013
51% 40% The Man With the Iron Fists Brass Body (Character) $15.6M 2012
No Score Yet 15% The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption Argomael (Character) - 2012
No Score Yet 15% House of the Rising Sun Ray (Character) - 2011
No Score Yet 16% Wrong Side of Town Big Ronnie 'B.R.' (Character) - 2010

TV

Credit
No Score Yet 44% The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Guest 2021 2023-2024
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Talk Guest 2020 2023
No Score Yet 19% The Late Late Show With James Corden Guest 2020 2023
63% 84% See Edo Voss (Character) 2021
No Score Yet 61% Late Night With Seth Meyers Guest 2021
No Score Yet 52% The Kelly Clarkson Show Guest 2020-2021
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Ellen DeGeneres Show Guest 2021
88% 55% Room 104 Unknown (Character) 2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet Running Wild With Bear Grylls Self 2019
No Score Yet 36% Jimmy Kimmel Live! Guest 2014-2015 2017-2019
90% 91% Chuck Unknown (Guest Star) 2010
No Score Yet No Score Yet Head Case Unknown (Guest Star) 2009
78% 69% Smallville Aldar (Guest Star) 2006