Happy birthday, Dave Bautista! Top performances of the wrestler-turned-actor
'Guardians of the Galaxy'
Yes, I am aware that Bautista called his work as Drax in 'Guardians of the Galaxy' and other MCU movies "silly" but it has to be admitted he was great in those roles. And he does not have to go looking for "serious" roles when he can have so much fun and be so funny at the same time. His Drax looks like a brute but is actually childlike beneath and never gives up on his friends.
'Army of the Dead'
Bautista's first primary protagonist role in a major film, and he made full use of the opportunity. The actor portrayed Scott Ward in Zack Snyder's zombie thriller.
'Blade Runner 2049'
Though it was not a big role, but Bautista left a lasting impression as Sapper Morton in Denis Villeneuve's science-fiction epic 'Blade Runner 2049.
'Glass Onion'
Dave Bautista clearly had fun playing Duke Cody. And after watching the film, it is easy to imagine what the actor can do under a good director.
'Stuber'
The film had its script had issues, but it was nice to see Bautista and Kumail Nanjiani entering a bromance in this comedy movie.
'Final Score'
A fine action-thriller, Scott Mann's 'Final Score' had Bautista portraying a former US military soldier Michael Knox who has to save a whole crowd of people from armed militants.
'Dune'
Again, not a particularly nuanced role in a cast packed with big stars, Bautista was suitably frightening as Glossu Rabban. We should see more of him in the sequel.
'My Spy'
A fun little spy comedy film featuring Bautista as a CIA spy who is tasked to spy on a widowed woman and her young daughter. But his plans are discovered by the girl Sophie (Chloe Coleman), who decides she wants to learn espionage from him.
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