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Dante Basco
Dante Basco
Occupation(s)	Actor, voice actor, dancer, rapper
Years active	1988–present

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Danté Basco (born August 29, 1975) is an American actor, voice actor, poet, and dancer.

Dante Basco, a Filipino American actor, voice actor, poet, and dancer, was born in Pittsburg, 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 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 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 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 NBAE (NBA Entertainment league).

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	The Boondocks	Jingmei	Episode "The Red Ball" (voice)
2007	The Suite Life of Zack & Cody	Madrid	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	Kwok Wong	(voice)
2002	Providence	Justin Kim
2001	The Chronicle	Noodles
2000	The Steve Harvey Show	Lee
1999	Undressed	Jake
1999	Viper	Rishi Lama
1998	Promised Land	Tito
	Moesha	Marco
	Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction	Ghost of Rudi Hernandez
1996	Touched by an Angel	Robbie
1996	Nash Bridges	Jimmy Chang
1995	500 Nations	himself	(voice)
	The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air	Kevin
	Hangin' with Mr. Cooper	Sammy

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

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