Dave Bautista
Biography
Dave Bautista is an American actor who also had a long career as a professional wrestler. Born in Washington, D.C., in 1969, he began wrestling in 1999 and signed with WWE a year later, training at Ohio Valley Wrestling before reaching the main roster in 2002. Under the ring name Batista, he became known as a member of Evolution. He won two WWE Championships and four World Heavyweight Championships, and his first reign with the latter belt lasted 282 days, a record. He also won the Royal Rumble in 2005 and 2014 and headlined WrestleMania 21 and WrestleMania XXX. He retired from wrestling in 2019. As an actor he played Drax in the Marvel Cinematic Universe from 2014 to 2023 and Rabban in Dune (2021), returning for the 2024 sequel. His films include Army of the Dead (2021), Spectre (2015), Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022), Blade Runner 2049 (2017), and The Last Showgirl (2024).
57years old
Turns 58 on January 18in 106 days
- Born Washington, D.C.
- Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19
- David Michael Bautista Jr. (birth name)Also credited as Batista, David Bautista and David Michael Baustista
Movie Career
- Films
- 41
- Career span
- 17 years2009 to 2026
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First role
Bautista attended a tryout at the Power Plant, a facility run by World Championship Wrestling. There, trainer DeWayne Bruce informed him that he would never succeed in the wrestling business.
First role
Bautista made his first appearance in the ring on October 30, 1999, using the name Khan. That was under three months before he turned 31.
A first
Bautista held the World Heavyweight Championship for 282 days during his first reign with that version of the belt, which was the longest reign in the title's history.
Dave Bautista movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
James Gunn directed four of these films, Denis Villeneuve three and Michael Dowse two. Two actors appear in six of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Sean Gunn's page
All films by James Gunn
All films by Denis Villeneuve
Michael DowseDirector, 2 films, 2019 to 2025
All films by Michael Dowse
Box office
What Dave Bautista's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$6.0 billion
25 of the 41 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 41 films: 25 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 6 never in cinemas; 1 streaming, short cinema run; 7 figure not found; 1 too new to count.
- 25Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 6Never in cinemas
- 1Streaming, short cinema run
- 7Figure not found
- 1Too new to count
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 92% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$881M14.7% of the total
- 2$864M14.4% of the total
- 3$846M14.1% of the total
- 4$773M12.9% of the total
- 5$761M12.7% of the total
- 6$715M11.9% of the total
- 7$411M6.9% of the total
- 8$259M4.3% of the total
$479 millionfrom the other 17 films with a worldwide figure, 8% of the total