Dante Basco Biography

Dante Basco (Dante R. Basco) is an American actor, voice actor and dancer best known for his role as Rufio, leader of the Lost Boys in the 1991 movie Hook. He is also known for his many voice acting roles, most prominent among them the character Zuko from Avatar: The Last Airbender.

Dante Basco Age | How Old Is Dante Basco?

He was born on August 29, 1975 in Pittsburg, California, United States. He is 48 years old as of 2023.

Dante Basco Height

Basco stands ata a height of 5 feet 7 inches tall.

Dante Basco Family

Basco is a Filipino American born in Pittsburg, California and raised in Cerritos and Paramount, California. He has four siblings, three brothers; Dion Basco, Darion Basco, Derek Basco and a sister Arianna Basco.

Dante Basco Wife

Basco is currently in a relationship with Alice Rehemutula, who is also an actress.

Dante Basco Gay | Is Dante Basco Gay?

Dante Basco is not gay. However, in 1999, he played a gay teenager in the film But I’m A Cheerleader.

Dante Basco Net Worth

He has an estimated net worth of $500 thousand dollars.

Dante Basco Salary

Basco earns an estimated salary of about $10000 to $50000 annualy.

Dante Basco Education

Dante Basco attended Orange County High School of the Arts in the Music and Theatre Conservatory and graduated in 1993.

Dante Basco Career

In his early years, Basco was part of the Streat Freaks breakdancing crew. When he got into acting, he began taking on minor roles in television. His breakout performance was when he appeared as the leader Rufio of the Lost Boys in Steven Spielberg’s 1991 film Hook with Dustin Hoffman and Robin Williams. A punk band was later 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 ethnicity except his own, Basco portrayed a Filipino American alongside his three brothers and sister in the independent film The Debut. Basco and his brothers starred in the sitcom Naked Brown Men.

He then starred as breakdancer Ramos in the 2006 film Take the Lead alongside Antonio Banderas. In many films, Basco 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 Jake Long in American Dragon: Jake Long and Zuko in Avatar: The Last Airbender. He also voice acted Quoc Wong from The Proud Family

Basco also 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.

Basco also voiced Seeing Farther in the video game Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood, the Asmodian male youth voice for the MMORPG game Aion: Tower of Eternity and Iroh II in The Legend of Korra.

He also provided additional voice-over work for Avatar: The Last Airbender and the games Scarface: The World Is Yours, Aion, Mortal Kombat X and Aion: Upheaval.

In June 2017, Basco agreed with Jonah Feingold to work on a new film together, Bangarang, about the character Rufio. The development of the project started with a Kickstarter campaign.

Dante Basco Ethnicity

Basco is a Filipino–American to which he says is a big advantage for him in the film industry.

Dante Basco Zuko | Dante Basco Avatar

Basco voiced the character Zuko from Avatar: The Last Airbender.

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