ACTOR
Dante Basco
Known for Avatar: The Last Airbender · The Legend of Korra · Community
Dante R. Basco (born August 29, 1975) is an American actor and voice actor. He is best known for his role as Rufio, the leader of the Lost Boys in Steven Spielberg's Hook and for his many voice acting roles, most notably Prince Zuko from Nickelodeon's Avatar: The Last Airbender and Jake Long from the Disney Channel's American Dragon: Jake Long.
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- Born
- Aug 29, 1975
- Birthplace
- Pittsburg, California, USA
- Known For
- Acting
Biography
Dante R. Basco (born August 29, 1975) is an American actor and voice actor. He is best known for his role as Rufio, the leader of the Lost Boys in Steven Spielberg's Hook and for his many voice acting roles, most notably Prince Zuko from Nickelodeon's Avatar: The Last Airbender and Jake Long from the Disney Channel's American Dragon: Jake Long.
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Known For
TV
Avatar: The Last AirbenderZuko (voice) · 2005
★ 8.8
★ 8.8
TV
The Legend of KorraGeneral Iroh (voice) · 2012
★ 8.2
★ 8.2
TV
CommunityBully's Friend #2 · 2009
★ 8.0
★ 8.0
TV
Hawaii Five-0Nicky Chang · 2010
★ 7.7
★ 7.7
TV
We Bare BearsCheddar (voice) · 2015
★ 7.7
★ 7.7
TV
CSI: MiamiRuben Franco · 2002
★ 7.7
★ 7.7
TV
The Wonder YearsEddie · 1988
★ 8.3
★ 8.3
TV
The Dragon PrinceZym (voice) · 2018
★ 8.2
★ 8.2
Filmography
Movies
Dare to Say No!
1988
Cold Dog SoupChinese Boy
1990
HookRufio
1991
The Hit ManPauly
1991
The Perfect WeaponJimmy Ho
1991
A Goofy MovieAdditional Voices (voice)
1995
Fist of the North StarBat
1995
Fakin' Da FunkJulian Lee
1997
RiotJeff Lee
1997
Sinbad: The Battle of the Dark KnightsPrince Hong
1998
But I'm a CheerleaderDolph
2000
RaveJay Hoon
2000
The DebutBen Mercado
2000
A Kitty Bobo ShowKitty Bobo
2001
Extreme DaysCorey
2001
Biker BoyzPhilly
2003
Love Don't Co$t a ThingSpoken Word Artist
2003
Gettin' Some Jail TimeSelf
2006
Take the LeadRamos
2006BB
Bending BattleZuko (voice)
2007ST
School Time ShippingPrince Zuko (voice)
2007
Nite TalesGerard
2008
Blood and BonePinball
2009
FirebreatherKenny Rogers (voice)
2010
The OutsideIndo
2010
Paradise BrokenRay
2011
Subject: I Love YouNicky
2011
Hang LooseDante
2012Hang LooseWriter
2012Hang LooseProducer
2012
The Devil's Dozen
2013
Awesome Asian Bad GuysDante
2014
Bad Ass 2: Bad AssesGangly Asian
2014
JLA Adventures: Trapped in TimeKarate Kid (voice)
2014
Murder101D. Phillips
2014
Six Hours: Surviving Typhoon Yolanda
2014
CradleHannibal
2016
Jarhead 3: The SiegeBlake
2016
Perfect Timing VillainAgent Trig Tanner
2016
BangarangPrincipal
2017BangarangProducer
2017
Sex.Sound.SilenceGil Morrison
2017
SightingsAkiro Nagi
2017
LimelightRez
2018
The Head ThievesFrankie Castillo
2018
Empty by DesignAsh
2019Empty by DesignProducer
2019
Mushroom and the Forest of the WorldLeaves
2019
The CreatressFranklin
2019
Rag DollJason
2020
Monster Hunter: Legends of the GuildAiden (voice)
2021
The Fabulous Filipino Brothers
2021The Fabulous Filipino BrothersWriter
2021The Fabulous Filipino BrothersDirector
2021
Asian PersuasionMickey de los Santos
2023
Fruit of the Poisonous Tree
2023
The Keepers of the 5 KingdomsFrank
2023
The Invisible RaptorLost Man
2024
VSExecutive Producer
2024
HeartstormDante
2025
One Big Happy FamilyMarcus
2025
East of Western
2026
Muppet Treasure ScriptlandMad Monty
2026FG
First Glance
Reapers NightNoah
Television
Highway to Heaven1 eps
1984
The Wonder YearsEddie · 3 eps
1988
BookerPing Pong · 1 eps
1989
The Fresh Prince of Bel-AirKevin · 1 eps
1990
Hangin' with Mr. CooperSammy · 2 eps
1992
RavenLucas · 20 eps
1992
Touched by an AngelRobbie Hawkins · 1 eps
1994
ViperRishi Lama · 1 eps
1994
MoeshaMarco · 4 eps
1996
Nash BridgesJimmy Chang · 1 eps
1996
Promised Land1 eps
1996
The Steve Harvey ShowLee · 1 eps
1996
Beyond Belief: Fact or FictionRudy Hernandez (segment "The Student") · 1 eps
1997
ProvidenceJustin Kim · 1 eps
1999
Undressed5 eps
1999
The ChronicleNoodles · 1 eps
2001
The Proud FamilyQuoc Wong (voice) · 2 eps
2001
CSI: MiamiRuben Franco · 1 eps
2002
Kim PossibleFukushima (voice) · 1 eps
2002
Lilo & Stitch: The SeriesJake Long (voice) · 1 eps
2003
My Dad the Rock Star1 eps
2003
That's So RavenPhil · 1 eps
2003
EntourageFukijama · 1 eps
2004
American Dragon: Jake LongJake Long (voice) · 55 eps
2005
Avatar: The Last AirbenderZuko (voice) · 61 eps
2005
Hell's KitchenSelf - Restaurant Patron · 1 eps
2005
Robot ChickenSquall Leonhart / Looky Loo (voice) · 1 eps
2005Robot ChickenZuko (voice) · 1 eps
2005
The BoondocksJigme (voice) · 1 eps
2005
The Suite Life of Zack & CodyHollywood London "Madrid" · 1 eps
2005
CommunityBully's Friend #2 · 1 eps
2009
Dark BlueJune Bug · 1 eps
2009
Generator Rex1 eps
2010
Hawaii Five-0Nicky Chang · 1 eps
2010
Zevo-3Matt / Kewl Breeze (voice) · 26 eps
2010
Marvel's Ultimate Spider-ManFlash Thompson (voice) · 52 eps
2012
The Legend of KorraGeneral Iroh (voice) · 6 eps
2012
Star Wars RebelsJai Kell (voice) · 4 eps
2014
We Bare BearsCheddar (voice) · 1 eps
2015
Camp CampBilly 'Snake' Niksslip (voice) · 6 eps
2016
Fan ServiceSelf · 1 eps
2016
A Million Little ThingsCory · 2 eps
2018
Star Wars Galaxy of AdventuresNarrator (voice) · 49 eps
2018
The Dragon PrinceZym (voice) · 1 eps
2018
Um, Actually...Self - Contestant · 1 eps
2018
Carmen SandiegoSpinkick (voice) · 2 eps
2019
Victor and ValentinoJavier (voice) · 2 eps
2019WG
We Gon' Be Alright1 eps
2019
Almost ParadiseJace Vargas · 3 eps
2020
TreseBagyon Kulimlim (voice) · 1 eps
2021TD
The Dragon KingZym (Voice) · 1 eps
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