<P> David Michael Bautista Jr. (born January 18, 1969) is an American actor, semi-retired professional wrestler, former mixed martial artist, and bodybuilder . </P> <P> From 2000 to 2010 and 2013 to 2014, he was signed to WWE under the ring name Batista, where he became a six - time world champion, winning WWE's World Heavyweight Championship four times and the WWE Championship twice . He holds the record for the longest reign as World Heavyweight Champion at 282 days, and has also won 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). He was the winner of the 2005 Royal Rumble match and went on to headline WrestleMania 21, one of the top five highest - grossing pay - per - view events in professional wrestling history . When Bautista returned to WWE in 2014, he won the 2014 Royal Rumble match, after which he headlined WrestleMania XXX . </P> <P> In August 2012, Bautista signed a contract with Classic Entertainment & Sports to fight in mixed martial arts . He won his MMA debut on October 6, 2012, defeating Vince Lucero via TKO in the first round . He was representing the Philippines during the fight . Bautista first entered the world of acting in 2006 . As an actor, Bautista has starred in The Man with the Iron Fists (2012), Riddick (2013), as Drax in Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), the 24th James Bond film, Spectre (2015), L.A. Slasher (2015), the 2016 Kickboxer reboot, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 and Blade Runner 2049 (2017). Bautista is set to reprise his character Drax in Avengers: Infinity War (2018). He has also appeared in several direct - to - video films since 2009 . </P> <P> Bautista was born in Washington, D.C. His mother, Donna Raye (née Mullins), has Greek ancestry, and his father, David Michael Bautista (a still - active hairdresser in the DC area), is the son of Filipino immigrants . His parents separated and eventually divorced . He calls himself "the proud son of a lesbian". His paternal grandfather served in the Philippines military, worked as a taxicab driver and barber, and held other jobs to feed the family . Bautista has said that he lived in poverty . He has said that he had a hard life; before he had reached the age of nine, three murders had occurred on his front lawn . As young as age 13, he was stealing automobiles . </P>

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