Dante Basco is one of the most popular and richest Movie Actor who was born on August 29, 1975 in Pittsburg, California, United States. Filipino musician and actor who is best well-known for his role as Zuko on The Nickelodeon television series Avatar: The Last Airbender.
The actor co-stars in the movie Hook with He co-starred in the film Hook alongside Robin Williams, playing the role of Rufio., portraying the character Rufio.
Dante Basco is a Filipino American born in Pittsburg, California, and raised in Cerritos and Paramount, California. He has four siblings, including actor Dion Basco. In Dante’s early years, he was part of the Streat Freaks breakdancing crew. When he got into acting, he started taking on minor roles in television. Basco’s breakout 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. A punk band was later named after this character. He attended Orange County High School of the Arts in the Music and Theatre Conservatory and graduated in 1993.
Basco 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, he portrayed a Filipino American alongside his three brothers and sister in the independent film The Debut. He and his brothers starred in the sitcom Naked Brown Men. He played a gay teenager in the 1999 film But I’m A Cheerleader. He starred as breakdancer Ramos in the 2006 film Take the Lead alongside Antonio Banderas. In many films, he 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”.
Brothers Darion, Derek, and Dion and the sister Arianna Basco are all actors.
