Dante Basco

Dante Basco
Face of man with dark hair
Basco at Nan Desu Kan 2017
Born
Dante Roman Basco

(1975-08-29) August 29, 1975 (age 48)
Occupation(s)Actor, voice actor
Years active1988–present
Spouse
Alice Rehemutula
(m. 2023)
RelativesDion Basco (brother)
Ella Jay Basco (niece)

Dante Roman Basco (born August 29, 1975) is an American film, television, and voice actor. He is best known for his role as Rufio, the leader of the Lost Boys in Steven Spielberg's Hook, for voicing the titular main protagonist of American Dragon: Jake Long, and Zuko in Avatar: The Last Airbender.

Some other roles he voiced are Zuko's grandson: General Iroh II in The Legend of Korra, Quoc Wong in The Proud Family, Tuck in Generator Rex, Scorpion in Ultimate Spider-Man, Jai Kell in Star Wars Rebels, and Jingmei in The Boondocks.

Early life

Basco was born in Pittsburg, California, and raised in Cerritos and Paramount, California. He has four siblings, including actor Dion Basco. In the mid-1980s, he and his brothers formed a breakdancing crew and worked as street performers. He attended Orange County High School of the Arts in the Music and Theatre Conservatory and graduated in 1993.

Career

He began his acting career with minor television roles. His breakthrough performance was when he appeared as the leader Rufio of the Lost Boys in Steven Spielberg's 1991 film Hook with Robin Williams and Dustin Hoffman.

In 2017, Basco produced a Kickstarter-funded short film, Bangarang, about the character Rufio. The film was directed by Jonah Feingold.

Basco streams gameplay on Twitch.

Basco released his memoir From Rufio to Zuko through the independent publisher Not a Cult.

Avatar: Braving the Elements, an official Nickelodeon companion podcast to Avatar: The Last Airbender, premiered on June 22, 2021. Basco and Janet Varney (voice of Korra) host the podcast, which follows them as they rewatch the series, discuss each episode's key moments and behind-the scenes information, and feature special guests.

Voice acting

Man and woman seated at table conversing with adult and youth.
Basco talking to a Zuko cosplayer at Otakon 2014.

Basco has done voice acting for many animated productions, including Zuko in Avatar: The Last Airbender, Jai Kell in Star Wars Rebels and Jake Long in American Dragon: Jake Long. He also voice acted Kwok Wong in The Proud Family, and Master Cheddar in S4 E22 of We Bear Bears titled Baby Orphan Ninja Bears. He voiced Matt Martin/Kewl Breeze in the short-lived animated series Zevo-3, and voiced General Iroh, Zuko's grandson, in The Legend of Korra.

He contributed additional voices for Aion, Mortal Kombat X, and Saints Row. He also voiced Shingo in the Skate series and Seeing Farther in the Call of Juarez series.

Personal life

On April 19, 2023, Basco became engaged to Uyghur actress and television host Alice Rehemutula. The spouse later married in September 2023 in China.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1990 Cold Dog Soup Chinese Boy
1991 The Perfect Weapon Jimmy Ho
1991 Hook Rufio
1995 A Goofy Movie Additional Voices
1995 Fist of the North Star Bat Direct-to-video
1997 Fakin' da Funk Julian Lee
1999 But I'm a Cheerleader Dolph
2000 The Debut Ben Mercado
2001 Extreme Days Corey Ng
2003 Love Don't Cost a Thing Spoken Word Artist
2003 Biker Boyz Philly
2006 Take the Lead Ramos
2008 Nite Tales: The Movie Gerard
2009 Blood and Bone Pinball Direct-to-video
2011 Subject: I Love You Nicky
2014 JLA Adventures: Trapped in Time Karate Kid Voice, direct-to-video
2014 Cesar Chavez Filipino Striker
2014 Bad Asses Gangly Asian
2014 Murder101 D. Phillips
2016 Jarhead 3: The Siege Blake
2019 The Creatress Franklin
2021 Monster Hunter: Legends of the Guild Aiden Voice

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1988 The Wonder Years Eddie, Kid #3 2 episodes
1988 Santa Barbara Amado 4 episodes
1989 CBS Schoolbreak Special Luis Episode: "15 and Getting Straight"
1989 Highway To Heaven Champ Hopkins Episode: "Choices"
1989 Booker Ping Pong Episode: "Razing Arrizola"
1990 The New Adam 12 Manko Episode: "Kid Kop"
1990 The Earth Day Special Kid (uncredited)
1993 Raven Lucas Episode: "The Journey"
1993–94 Hangin' with Mr. Cooper Sammy 2 episodes
1995 500 Nations Additional Voices 3 episodes
1995 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Kevin Episode: "Cold Feet, Hot Body"
1995 Alien Nation: Body and Soul Trash #2 Television film
1996 Nash Bridges Jimmy Chang Episode: "Home Invasion"
1997 Riot Jeff Lee Television film
Segment: "Gold Mountain"
1996 Touched by an Angel Robbie Hawkins Episode: "Random Acts"
1998 Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction Rudy Hernandez Episode: "Bright Lights/Magic Mightyman/The Student/Scribbles/County Mystery"
1998 Moesha Marco 4 episodes
1998 Promised Land Tito Episode: "Out of Bounds"
1999 Viper Rishi Lama Episode: "Holy Terror"
1999 Undressed Jake 5 episodes
2000 The Steve Harvey Show Lee Episode: "Guess Who's Not Coming to Counseling"
2001 A Kitty Bobo Show Kitty Bobo Voice, pilot
2001 The Chronicle Noodles Episode: "Here There Be Dragons"
2002 Providence Justin Kim Episode: "All the King's Men"
2002 The Proud Family Quoc Wong Voice, 2 episodes
2003 Kim Possible Fukushima Voice, episode: "Exchange"
2004 Johnny Bravo Filipino, Man #3 Voice, episode: "Win an El Toro Guapo/Witch-ay Woman"
2004 That's So Raven Phil 4 episodes
2005–07 American Dragon: Jake Long Jake Long Voice, main role
2005 Lilo & Stitch: The Series Voice, episode: "Morpholomew"
2005–08 Avatar: The Last Airbender Prince Zuko Voice, main role (50 episodes)
2006 Entourage Fukijama Episode: "What About Bob?"
2007 The Suite Life of Zack & Cody Madrid 2 episodes
2009 Community Mike's Friend Uncredited
Episode: "Comparative Religion"
2010 The Boondocks Jingmei Voice, episode: "The Red Ball"
2010 Dark Blue June Bug Episode: "Jane Wayne"
2010 Zevo-3 Matt Martin / Kewl Breeze Voice, 6 episodes
2010 Firebreather Kenny Rogers Voice, television film
2010 CSI: Miami Ruben Franco Episode: "Happy Birthday"
2010–12 Generator Rex Tuck Voice, 3 episodes
2011 Prime Suspect Bounce Episode: "Carnivorous Sheep"
2012 Hawaii Five-0 Nicky Chang Episode: "Pu'olo (The Package)"
2012–14 The Legend of Korra General Iroh Voice, 6 episodes
2013 Ultimate Spider-Man Scorpion Voice, 2 episodes
2014 Star Wars Rebels Jai Kell Voice, 4 episodes
2018 A Million Little Things Cory 2 episodes
2019 We Bare Bears Cheddar Voice, episode: "Baby Orphan Ninja Bears"
2019 Drunk History The Rabbit Episode: "The Rabbit"
2019–20 Victor & Valentino Javier Voice, 2 episodes
2020 Carmen Sandiego Spinkick Voice, 2 episodes
2021 Trese Bagyon Kulimlim Voice, 2 episodes
2021 Robot Chicken Squall Leonhart, Looky Loo, Zuko Voice, 2 episodes
2022 Little Demon Ignatius Voice, 2 episodes
2023 Blindspotting Himself Season 2, Episode 4: “By Hook or by Crook”
2023 Almost Paradise Jace Vargas Season 2, Recurring Role

Web series

Year Title Role Notes
2014–19 Nostalgia Critic Himself 6 episodes
2016–19 Camp Camp Billy "Snake" Niksslip Voice, 6 episodes
2020 Let's Read Homestuck Rufioh Nitram Voice, episode: "Act 6 Intermission 3 - Part 7"
2020 Death Battle Zuko Voice, episode: "Zuko VS Shoto Todoroki (Avatar vs My Hero Academia)"

Video games

Year Title Role
2006 Saints Row Stilwater's Residents
2006 Call of Juarez Sees Farther
2006 Scarface: The World Is Yours Additional Voices
2006 Avatar: The Last Airbender Zuko
2007 Skate Shingo
2007 Avatar: The Last Airbender – The Burning Earth Zuko
2007 Avatar: The Last Airbender – Into the Inferno
2008 Aion Additional Voices
2009 Terminator Salvation Resistance Soldiers
2009 Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood Seeing Farther
2009 Skate 2 Shingo
2010 Final Fantasy XIII Cocoon Inhabitants
2010 Skate 3 Shingo
2011 Nicktoons MLB Prince Zuko
2015 Mortal Kombat X Additional Voices

Awards

See also


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