Dante Basco

Also known as Dante Roman Basco

American actor and rapper

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Acting · Pittsburg, California, USA

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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Muppet Treasure Scriptland — Mad Monty2026
Heartstorm — Dante2025
One Big Happy Family — Marcus2025
The Invisible Raptor — Lost Man2024
The Keepers of the 5 Kingdoms — Frank2023
Fruit of the Poisonous Tree2023
Asian Persuasion — Mickey de los Santos2023
The Fabulous Filipino Brothers2021
Monster Hunter: Legends of the Guild — Aiden (voice)2021

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Dante Roman Titus Basco (born August 29, 1975) is an American actor. He is known for his role as Rufio, the leader of the Lost Boys, in Steven Spielberg's Hook, Dolph in the cult film But I'm a Cheerleader, the lead character Ben Mercado in the independent film The Debut, and for voicing the title character of American Dragon: Jake Long and Prince Zuko in Avatar: The Last Airbender.

His voice acting roles also include Zuko's grandson General Iroh II in The Legend of Korra, Quoc Wong in The Proud Family, Jingmei in The Boondocks, Tuck in Generator Rex, Scorpion in Ultimate Spider-Man, and Jai Kell in Star Wars Rebels.