BAUTISTA, DAVE

Contributed by: The James Bond Movie Encyclopedia by Steven Jay Rubin

(January 18, 1969–     ): Champion wrestler turned actor who portrayed the formidable Mr. Hinx, an assassin, in Spectre.

Best known for his role as Drax the Destroyer in the Guardians of the Galaxy film series, Bautista, a native of Washington, DC, made his motion picture debut as Ray in director Brian A. Miller’s crime drama House of the Rising Sun (2011). The following year he played Brass Body in the action drama The Man with the Iron Fists, directed by RZA of the Wu-Tang Clan and also featuring Bond player Rick Yune (Die Another Day).

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