Dave Bautista starred as Drax the Destroyer in the Marvel feature Guardians of the Galaxy, opposite Chris Pratt, Benicio Del Toro, Bradley Cooper and Zoe Saldana. The film follows an unlikely cast of characters, including an American pilot and a group of ex-cons, who join forces and go on the run to defeat a cosmic force of epic proportions.
The sequel, Guardians of the Galaxy 2, premiered on May 5th, 2017, adding Kurt Russell and Sylvester Stallone to the cast. It crossed over 863 million dollars at the box office. The Guardians have since joined the Avengers, in Avengers; Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame, both of which broke box-office records around the world
Bautista is in production on the highly anticipated remake of Dune, starring opposite Timothée Chalamet and Rebecca Ferguson, for director Denis Villeneuve. He also made a highly anticipated return to wrestling to headline WWE’s WrestleMania on April 7th in New Jersey.
Bautista made his comedy debut in the Fox feature film Stuber
Dave Bautista starred as Drax the Destroyer in the Marvel feature Guardians of the Galaxy, opposite Chris Pratt, Benicio Del Toro, Bradley Cooper and Zoe Saldana. The film follows an unlikely cast of characters, including an American pilot and a group of ex-cons, who join forces and go on the run to defeat a cosmic force of epic proportions.
The sequel, Guardians of the Galaxy 2, premiered on May 5th, 2017, adding Kurt Russell and Sylvester Stallone to the cast. It crossed over 863 million dollars at the box office. The Guardians have since joined the Avengers, in Avengers; Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame, both of which broke box-office records around the world
Bautista is in production on the highly anticipated remake of Dune, starring opposite Timothée Chalamet and Rebecca Ferguson, for director Denis Villeneuve. He also made a highly anticipated return to wrestling to headline WWE’s WrestleMania on April 7th in New Jersey.
Bautista made his comedy debut in the Fox feature film Stuber, starring opposite Kumail Nanjiani. The film, directed by Michael Dowse, opened on July 12th and centers around an unsuspecting Uber driver named Stu, who gets into a harrowing night of mayhem.
In 2018, Bautista was seen in Hotel Artemis, starring opposite Jodie Foster and Sterling K. Brown, about a nurse who runs a secret, members-only emergency room for criminals, as well as the action film Final Score, where he played an ex-soldier forced to save a football stadium full of fans from terrorists. In November 2015, Bautista was seen in the Sony feature Spectre, the 24th instalment of the James Bond series. Starring opposite Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz and Lea Seydoux, Bautista played Hinx, a fast- driving, battle-hardened hitman for the secretive terrorist cartel SPECTRE.
Bautista is best-known for his time in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), where he was a six-time world champion and an international spokesman for the organization. Bautista retired from the WWE to focus on his acting career in mid-2010.
Past film credits include Blade Runner 2049, Escape Plan 2 &3, Bushwick, Luc Besson’s Warrior Gate, Universal’s Riddick and The Man with the Iron Fists. Past television credits include Chuck, Headcase, and Smallville.
