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Dave Bautista

デビッド・バウティスタ　/　でびっど・ばうてぃすた

American screenwriter

January 18, 1969 (age 57)　・　Washington, D.C., United States

screenwriter
professional wrestler
actor

My Take

Dave Bautista has earned more of my respect than almost any crossover star. Wrestlers-turned-actors usually trade on their physiques; Bautista went the other way, deliberately seeking stranger character roles and studying the craft like a late-blooming apprentice. His Guardians of the Galaxy turn worked because of timing and deadpan precision, not muscle. Starting wrestling at thirty, conquering WWE, then starting over in his mid-forties as a working actor tells me everything about his appetite for humility. Now he writes and produces too. I think he will be remembered as a genuine character actor who happened to be enormous — the best compliment I can give.

Overview

David Michael Bautista Jr. (born January 18, 1969) is an American actor and retired professional wrestler. Regarded as one of the most prolific professional wrestlers of the Ruthless Aggression Era, 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.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Dave Bautista
Name (Japanese): デビッド・バウティスタ
Reading: でびっど・ばうてぃすた
Born: January 18, 1969 (age 57)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Capricorn / Rooster
Origin: Washington, D.C., United States
Blood type: Private
Height: 76 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: screenwriter / professional wrestler / actor / film producer / mixed martial arts fighter

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Wakefield High School
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

5. Works & records

Category	Title	Role	Year
Notable work	Guardians of the Galaxy	—

6. Links

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