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Dante Basco Born August 29, 1975
Pittsburg, California, USOccupation Actor, Voice Actor, Dancer, Rapper Years active 1988–present Danté Basco (born August 29, 1975) is an American actor, voice actor, poet, and dancer. He is best known for playing Rufio in the 1991 live-action Peter Pan film Hook. He is also well-known for voicing Zuko in the Nickelodeon series Avatar: The Last Airbender, and Jake Long from the Disney series American Dragon: Jake Long.
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Life and career
Dante Basco, a Filipino American, was born in Pittsburg, California, but was raised in Cerritos and Paramount, California. He is the brother of Darion Basco, Derek Basco, Dion Basco, and Arianna 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 his most famous 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 in Peter Pan's absence. 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. After portraying characters of various Asian ethnicities except his own, he portrayed a Filipino-American alongside his three brothers and sister in the independent film The Debut. He and his brothers starred in Naked Brown Men, a sitcom. He played a gay teenager in the 1999 film, But I'm A Cheerleader. 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, as he did in a Verizon Wireless commercial, as well as rapping and breaking in a Sprite commercial. He produced and co-starred in a music video parody of the song "Rehab", called "Wiihab".
He has done voice acting for animated television series: Zuko in Avatar: The Last Airbender and Jake Long in American Dragon: Jake Long. He provided several voices in the video game Saints Row. He is the voice of Shingo in the video games Skate, Skate 2, and Skate 3. He voiced Seeing Farther in the video game Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood. He provided the male youth voice for the MMORPG game Aion: Tower of Eternity.
Basco plays basketball in the NBA Entertainment league for film-industry professionals.[1]
Video games
Year Title Role 2010 Final Fantasy XIII Additional voices 2009 AION: The Tower of Eternity Youth male voice 2009 Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood Seeing Farther 2009 Terminator Salvation Resistance soldier 2008 Avatar: The Last Airbender – Into the Inferno Prince Zuko 2007 Avatar: The Last Airbender – The Burning Earth Prince Zuko 2006 Avatar: The Last Airbender Prince Zuko 2006 Saints Row Stilwater Residents 2004 Def Jam Fight for New York Voice 3 Filmography and TV roles
Film Year Film Role Notes 1988 Moonwalker Romeo 1990 Cold Dog Soup Chinese Boy 1991 Hook Rufio The Perfect Weapon Jimmy Ho 1995 A Goofy Movie Additional voices Fist of the North Star (1995 film) Bat 1996 Gangstaz Mario 1997 Fakin' da Funk Julian Lee 1998 Sinbad: The Battle of the Dark Knights Prince Hong 1999 But I'm a Cheerleader Dolph 2000 The Debut Ben Mercado Rave Jay Hoon 2001 Extreme Days Corey Ng 2003 Love Don't Cost a Thing Spoken Word Artist Biker Boyz Philly Naked Brown Men Dante 2006 Take the Lead Ramos 2008 This Life Alex Nite Tales: The Movie Gerard 2009 The Outside Indo 2010 Blood River Chuck G Subject: I Love You Nicky 2011 Broke[2] Ray post-production C.L.A.S.S[3] D. Phillips filming First Glance[4] TBA pre-production Television Films Year Title Role Notes 1991 The Hit Man Pauly 1995 Alien Nation: Body and Soul Trash #2 1997 Riot Jeffrey Lee 2001 A Kitty Bobo Show Kitty Bobo 2002 The Chang Family Saves the World ? 2010 Firebreather Kenny Rogers Voice only Straight-to-DVD Year Title Role Notes 1995 Fist of the North Star Bat 2009 Blood and Bone Pinball Television Year Title Role Notes 2005–2007 American Dragon: Jake Long Jake Long (voice) (main character) 2005–2008 Avatar: The Last Airbender Prince Zuko (voice) (major character) 2010-present Zevo-3 Matt Martin/Kewl Breeze (voice) (main character) 2012-TBA The Last Airbender: Legend of Korra TBA (voice) Television guest appearances Year Title Role Notes 1988 The Wonder Years Boy who mistakes ovaries for ears in sex ed Swingers Episode 1995 500 Nations Himself (voice) The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Kevin Hangin' with Mr. Cooper Sammy 1996 Touched by an Angel Robbie Nash Bridges Jimmy Chang 1998 Promised Land Tito Moesha Marco Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction Ghost of Rudi Hernandez 1999 Undressed Jake Viper Rishi Lama 2000 The Steve Harvey Show Lee 2001 The Chronicle Noodles 2002 The Proud Family Kwok Wong (voice) Providence Justin Kim 2003 Kim Possible Fukushima (voice) 2005 Lilo & Stitch: The Series Jake Long (voice) 2006 Entourage Fukijama episode "What About Bob?" 2007 The Suite Life of Zack & Cody Madrid episode "The Suite Life Goes Hollywood" El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera Shing-Hai Chan/Wild Mono (voice) 2010 CSI: Miami Ruben Franco episode Happy Birthday Generator Rex Tuck episode "Rabble" (voice) The Boondocks Jingmei episode "The Red Ball" (voice) 2011 Prime Suspect Bounce episode Carnivorous Sheep See also
References
External links
- Dante Basco at the Internet Movie Database
- Dante Basco at AllRovi
Categories:- 1975 births
- American film actors
- American television actors
- American child actors
- American voice actors
- American actors of Asian descent
- American people of Asian descent
- American people of Filipino descent
- Living people
- People from Contra Costa County, California
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