Dante Basco

Known for: Acting
Born: August 29, 1975, Pittsburg, California, USA
Movies: 60

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.

Upcoming Dante Basco Movies

Reapers Night

Release date TBA

Best-Known Movies

6.8

Hook

1991

7.0

A Goofy Movie

1995

7.4

Blood and Bone

2009

7.1

But I'm a Cheerleader

2000

6.9

Take the Lead

2006

7.7

Love Don't Co$t a Thing

2003

6.4

Biker Boyz

2003

6.6

JLA Adventures: Trapped in Time

2014

6.1

Jarhead 3: The Siege

2016

7.4

Firebreather

2010

Filmography

2026	East of Western
2026	Muppet Treasure Scriptland	Mad Monty
2025	One Big Happy Family	Marcus
2025	Heartstorm	Dante
2024	The Invisible Raptor	Lost Man
2023	Asian Persuasion	Mickey de los Santos
2023	Fruit of the Poisonous Tree
2023	The Keepers of the 5 Kingdoms	Frank
2021	Monster Hunter: Legends of the Guild	Aiden (voice)
2021	The Fabulous Filipino Brothers
2020	Rag Doll	Jason
2019	The Creatress	Franklin
2019	Empty by Design	Ash
2019	Mushroom and the Forest of the World	Leaves
2018	The Head Thieves	Frankie Castillo
2018	Limelight	Rez
2017	Sightings	Akiro Nagi
2017	Sex.Sound.Silence	Gil Morrison
2017	Bangarang	Principal
2016	Perfect Timing Villain	Agent Trig Tanner
2016	Cradle	Hannibal
2016	Jarhead 3: The Siege	Blake
2014	Six Hours: Surviving Typhoon Yolanda
2014	Bad Ass 2: Bad Asses	Gangly Asian
2014	Awesome Asian Bad Guys	Dante
2014	Murder101	D. Phillips
2014	JLA Adventures: Trapped in Time	Karate Kid (voice)
2013	The Devil's Dozen
2012	Hang Loose	Dante
2011	Paradise Broken	Ray
2011	Subject: I Love You	Nicky
2010	Firebreather	Kenny Rogers (voice)
2010	The Outside	Indo
2009	Blood and Bone	Pinball
2008	Nite Tales	Gerard
2007	Bending Battle	Zuko (voice)
2007	School Time Shipping	Prince Zuko (voice)
2006	Gettin' Some Jail Time	Self
2006	Take the Lead	Ramos
2003	Love Don't Co$t a Thing	Spoken Word Artist
2003	Biker Boyz	Philly
2001	Extreme Days	Corey
2001	A Kitty Bobo Show	Kitty Bobo
2000	Rave	Jay Hoon
2000	But I'm a Cheerleader	Dolph
2000	The Debut	Ben Mercado
1998	Sinbad: The Battle of the Dark Knights	Prince Hong
1997	Fakin' Da Funk	Julian Lee
1997	Riot	Jeff Lee
1995	Fist of the North Star	Bat
1995	A Goofy Movie	Additional Voices (voice)
1991	The Hit Man	Pauly
1991	Hook	Rufio
1991	The Perfect Weapon	Jimmy Ho
1990	Cold Dog Soup	Chinese Boy
1988	Dare to Say No!

Directing, Writing & Producing

2021	The Fabulous Filipino Brothers	Writer, Director
2019	Empty by Design	Producer
2017	Bangarang	Producer
2012	Hang Loose	Writer, Producer

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