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David Michael Bautista Jr. (born January 18, 1969) is an American actor and retired professional wrestler. Regarded as one of his generation's most prolific professional wrestlers, 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. From 2002 to 2010, he gained fame under the ring name Batista, initially as a member of Evolution. He would go on to win the WWE Championship twice, the World Heavyweight Championship four times (with his first reign remaining the longest in history at 282 days), 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 also won the 2005 and 2014 Royal Rumble matches and subsequently headlined WrestleMania 21 and WrestleMania XXX, with the former being one of the top five highest-grossing PPV events in wrestling history. Having largely stepped back from professional wrestling in 2020, he retired after WrestleMania 35 in 2019. As an actor, Bautista is known for portraying Drax in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (2014–2023) and Rabban in Dune (2021) and its 2024 sequel. Bautista has additionally starred in Spectre (2015), Blade Runner 2049 (2017), Final Score, Master Z: Ip Man Legacy (both 2018), Army of the Dead (2021), Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022), Knock at the Cabin, and Parachute (both 2023). Description above from the Wikipedia article Dave Bautista, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Dave Bautista
Professor Hugo Strange
for Professor Hugo Strange in Batman & Joker
Suggested by lukesolo
Five years have passed since the Bat-Signal last lit up the clouds of Gotham. In the wake of a devastating tragedy that shattered the Bat-family, Bruce Wayne has become a ghost, a recluse haunted by a past he cannot outrun. But the city has grown darker in his absence. Under the cold grip of A.R.G.U.S., the infamous Arkham district has been walled off, turned into "Arkham State'', a sovereign military zone ruled by the iron fist of Dr. Hugo Strange. Strange’s mandate is simple: total containment. But rumors of "Protocol 10" and horrific biological experiments suggest a much more sinister agenda. When a classified leak reveals a personal connection to Bruce’s past trapped within the walls, the Dark Knight is forced to don the cowl once more. The film plunges the audience in media res into the snowy, blood-soaked streets of the walled-off city. Batman is already inside, and he isn't alone. In a move that defies every moral code he once held, he has liberated The Joker. Told through a fragmented, non-linear narrative, the audience must piece together why Batman has chosen to work with his greatest enemy. As the "Deadly Duo" carves a path through Strange’s private army and the grotesque "Monster Men" stalking the ruins, the Joker plays a sadistic game of psychological warfare, peeling back the layers of Bruce’s trauma. In this claustrophobic descent into madness, the mission is clear: find the heart of Strange’s operation and shut it down. But in a city built on secrets and fueled by vengeance, the greatest threat isn't the monsters behind the glass, it's the fragile bond between two enemies who have nothing left to lose.
