Dave Bautista Profile, Height, Weight, Age, Net Worth, Biography & More

David Michael Bautista Jr. was born January 18, 1969. Dave Bautista is an American actor and former professional wrestler. As a professional wrestler, he is known for his stint in WWE from 2002-2010, in 2014, and a final round in 2018-2019. Outside of wrestling, he is known for his acting career, most notably as the character of Drax the Destroyer in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Bautista started his wrestling career in 1999 and in 2000 he signed with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, renamed WWE in 2002). From 2002 to 2010, he rose to prominence as Batista’s ring name and became a six-time World Champion, winning the World Heavyweight Championship four times and the WWE Championship twice. His first reign with the World Heavyweight Championship is the longest reign for that title at 282 days. He has also held 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).

Bautista won the 2005 Royal Rumble match and went on to headline WrestleMania 21, one of the five highest-grossing pay-per-view events in professional wrestling history. After leaving WWE in 2010, he stepped down in December 2013, making his first appearance in January 2014 and winning that year’s Royal Rumble match. He titled WrestleMania XXX before leaving in June. In October 2018, Bautista made his second WWE comeback and faced Triple H at WrestleMania 35 in April 2019, before retiring from wrestling.

Bautista started acting in 2006 and has starred in The Man with the Iron Fists (2012), Riddick (2013), the James Bond film Specter (2015), Blade Runner 2049 (2017), Army of the Dead (2021) ) and Dune (2021). In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, he played the role of Drax the Destroyer in the Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) films, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017), Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and Avengers: Endgame (2019). He has also appeared in several live-action movies since 2009.

In August 2012, Bautista signed a contract with Classic Entertainment & Sports to fight in mixed martial arts (MMA). He won his only MMA fight on October 6, 2012, defeating Vince Lucero by technical knockout in the first round.

Bautista married his first wife, Glenda, in 1990. They have two daughters together, Keilani (born 1990) and Athena (born 1992), before divorcing in 1998. Bautista married his second wife, Angie, on October 13 1998. They have a son together, Oliver, after divorcing in 2006. Before the age of 40, Bautista already had two grandsons by Keilani. During his marriage to Angie, he became an avid collector of vintage metal lunch boxes. His favorite is the 1967 Green Hornet lunchbox because it has Bruce Lee on it. This collection started when he bought Angie and E.T. lunchbox and she didn’t want to break it, so he bought a second one. In October 2015, he married competitive pole dancer Sarah Jade. The couple separated in early 2019.

Bautista backed Bernie Sanders in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries. He supported Joe Biden in the 2020 US presidential election and appeared in an advertisement for his presidential campaign.

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