Dante Basco

American actor and rapper

Born

29 August 1975, Pittsburg

Citizenship

United States

Occupation

film actor, television actor, voice actor, rapper, actor

Films here

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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.

Filmography (martial arts films)

Frequent collaborators

• John Dye
• Mako
• Charles Kalani
• James Hong
• Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
• Mark DiSalle
• Gary Daniels
• Costas Mandylor

External links

• Wikipedia
• IMDb
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q738253 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.