<P> Dave Bautista plays Drax in the live - action 2014 Marvel Studios film Guardians of the Galaxy . In the film , Drax is an alien whose wife and daughter were slaughtered by Ronan the Accuser , on the instructions of Thanos , for which Drax vows revenge . He first meets the other Guardians of the Galaxy in prison , including Gamora , whom he holds responsible for his family 's deaths because she is a daughter of Thanos . She tells him that she was raised by Thanos only after he slaughtered her own family , and bears no loyalty to him , and the two join Peter Quill in escaping prison in order to confront Ronan , whom they eventually kill . A recurring gag throughout the film is Drax 's inability to understand metaphors because Drax 's species is , according to Rocket , completely literal . Bautista reprises his role as Drax in its 2017 sequel Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 , and has reprised the role in Avengers : Infinity War ( 2018 ) . </P>
<P> Dave Bautista plays Drax in the live - action 2014 Marvel Studios film Guardians of the Galaxy . In the film , Drax is an alien whose wife and daughter were slaughtered by Ronan the Accuser , on the instructions of Thanos , for which Drax vows revenge . He first meets the other Guardians of the Galaxy in prison , including Gamora , whom he holds responsible for his family 's deaths because she is a daughter of Thanos . She tells him that she was raised by Thanos only after he slaughtered her own family , and bears no loyalty to him , and the two join Peter Quill in escaping prison in order to confront Ronan , whom they eventually kill . A recurring gag throughout the film is Drax 's inability to understand metaphors because Drax 's species is , according to Rocket , completely literal . Bautista reprises his role as Drax in its 2017 sequel Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 , and has reprised the role in Avengers : Infinity War ( 2018 ) . </P>
who played the role of drax in infinity war
who played the role of drax in infinity war
Dave Bautista
Dave Bautista