| Full Name Dante R. Basco Height 1.69 m Role Actor | Name Dante Basco Years active 1988–present Nationality American | |
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| Born August 29, 1975 (age 40) (1975-08-29) Pittsburg, California, US Occupation Actor, Voice Actor, Dancer Relatives Dion Basco (brother), Arianna Basco (sister), Derek Basco (brother), Darion Basco (brother) Education Orange County School of the Arts Siblings Dion Basco, Darion Basco, Derek Basco, Arianna Basco Movies and TV shows Avatar: The Last Airbender, Hook, American Dragon: Jake Long, Take the Lead, Blood and Bone Similar People Dion Basco, Charlie Korsmo, Zach Tyler Eisen, Jack DeSena, Amber Scott | ||
Rufio Audition
Dante R. Basco (born August 29, 1975) is an American actor, voice actor, and dancer. He is known for his voice-over work in video games, movies and TV shows.
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- Rufio Audition
- Smile an origin story dante basco shihan van clief tedxvenicebeach
- Life and career
- Awards
- References
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Life and career
Dante Basco is a Filipino American born in Pittsburg, California and raised in Cerritos and Paramount, California. He has four siblings, including actor Dion Basco. His cousin, Nick, edits his videos on YouTube and has his own popular YouTube channel, Trainer Tips. In Dante's early years, he was part of the Streat Freaks breakdancing crew. When he got into acting, he started taking on minor roles in television. Basco's breakout performance was when he appeared as the charismatic red-stripe-haired leader Rufio of the Lost Boys in Steven Spielberg's 1991 film Hook with Robin Williams and Dustin Hoffman. Basco chose to characterize the role with some of the more aggressive alpha male traits of teenage boys so as to maximize the tension with Williams' Pan character. Many of Rufio's lines were improvised by Basco who was happy to go head on with Robin Williams, who was often popularly cited as the king of improvisation. Daring, and bold, Basco's performance proved to be memorable and a big hit among fans. A punk band is later named after this character. He attended Orange County High School of the Arts in the Music and Theatre Conservatory and graduated in 1993.
Basco 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 ethnicity 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 the sitcom Naked Brown Men. He played a gay teenager in the 1999 film But I'm A Cheerleader. He starred as breakdancer Ramos in the 2006 film Take the Lead alongside Antonio Banderas. 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".
Basco has done voice acting for many animated productions, including Zuko in Avatar: The Last Airbender and Jake Long in American Dragon: Jake Long. He also voice acted Quoc Wong from The Proud Family He voiced Matt Martin/Kewl Breeze in the short-lived animated series Zevo-3, several voices in the video game Saints Row and Shingo in the video games Skate, Skate 2, and Skate 3. He also voiced Seeing Farther in the video game Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood, the male youth voice for the MMORPG game Aion: Tower of Eternity, and Iroh II in The Legend of Korra.
Basco also provided additional voice over work for Avatar: The Last Airbender, and the games Scarface: The World Is Yours, Aion, Aion: Upheaval and Mortal Kombat X.