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Dante Basco
Born	August 29, 1975 (1975-08-29) (age 34) Pittsburg, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor, voice actor, dancer, rapper
Years active	1988–present

Danté Basco (born August 29, 1975) is a Filipino-American actor.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Filmography 2.1 Television 3 See also 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Biography

Dante Basco, a Filipino American actor, voice actor, dancer, and rapper was born in Pittsburg, California. He is the brother of Darion Basco, Derek Basco, Dion Basco and Ariana Basco. In his early years, he was part of the Streat Freaks (sic) breakdancing crew. When he got into acting, he started taking on minor roles in television. He later appeared in a substantial role in Steven Spielberg's 1991 film Hook with Robin Williams and Dustin Hoffman, as Rufio, the charismatic red-stripe-haired leader of the Lost Boys. The punk band Rufio is named after this character.

He had guest roles on television shows The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and Hangin' with Mr. Cooper, and had a recurring role on Moesha. He portrayed characters of different Asian ethnicities, but never Filipino. He did however, star in the independent film The Debut, in which he portrayed a Filipino-American alongside his three brothers and sister. He and all of his brothers starred in Naked Brown Men, a sitcom stylized show. More recently, he has provided the voices for Prince Zuko in Avatar: The Last Airbender and Jake Long in American Dragon: Jake Long. He starred as Ramos in the 2006 film Take the Lead alongside Antonio Banderas, where he break-danced as well as performed ballroom dance. In many films he hip-hop dances, just as he did in a Verizon Wireless commercial as well as rapping and breaking in a Sprite commercial. He also produced and co-starred in a music video parody of the song "Rehab" that is called "Wiihab". He played a gay teenager in the 1999 film. But I'm A Cheerleader. He also plays several voices in the video game Saints Row. He is also the voice of shingo in the video games Skate and Skate 2. He also voiced Seeing Farther in the video game Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood.

Basco plays pickup basketball games in and around West Los Angeles, particularly West Hollywood Park. He also plays basketball in the NBAE (NBA Entertainment league).

[edit] Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2008	Sozin's Comet	Prince Zuko
	Blood River	Chuck
	Blood and Bone	Pinball
2006	Take the Lead	Ramos
TBD	Nite Tales	Gerard
2003	Love Don't Cost a Thing	Spoken Word Artist
	Biker Boyz	Philly
	Naked Brown Men	Dante
2001	Extreme Days	Corey Ng
2000	The Debut	Ben Mercado
1999	But I'm a Cheerleader	Dolph
1997	Riot	Jeffrey Lee
1997	Fakin' Da Funk	Julian Lee
1995	A Goofy Movie	Additional voices
1995	Fist of the North Star	Bat
1991	Hook	Rufio, King of the Lost Boys
	The Perfect Weapon	Jimmy Ho
1988	Moonwalker

[edit] Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	The Suite Life of Zack & Cody	Madrid Tipton	Episode "The Suite Life Goes Hollywood"
2007	El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera	Shing-Hai Chan/Wild Mono	(voice) (villain character)
2006	Entourage	Fukijama	Episode "What About Bob?"
2005-2008	Avatar: The Last Airbender	Prince Zuko	(voice) (major character)
2005- 2007	American Dragon: Jake Long	Jake Long	(voice) (main character)
2005	Lilo & Stitch: The Series	Jake Long	(voice) (one episode)
2003	Kim Possible	Fukushima	(voice)
2002	The Proud Family	Quoc Wong	(voice)
	Providence	Justin Kim
2001	The Chronicle	Noodles
2000	The Steve Harvey Show	Lee
1999	Undressed	Jake
	Viper	Rishi Lama
1998	Promised Land	Tito
	Moesha	Marco
	Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction	Ghost of Rudi Hernandez
1996	Touched by an Angel	Robbie
	Nash Bridges	Jimmy Chang
1995	500 Nations	himself	(voice)
	The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air	Kevin
	Hangin' with Mr. Cooper	Sammy

[edit] See also

• List of Filipino Americans

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Dante Basco at the Internet Movie Database
• Dante Basco at Allmovie
• Dante Basco at TV.com