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Biography

Dante Basco is a talented American Actor. He was born on 1975. His hometown is Pittsburg, CA. In his earlier years he was part…more

Born

8/29/1975, Pittsburg, California, USA

Birth Name

Gender

Male

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Star (3)

Role
- American Dragon: Jake Long
  Jake Long
  - S 2: Ep 31 The Hong Kong Longs
    9/1/07
  - S 2: Ep 30 Being Human
    8/4/07
  - S 2: Ep 29 Furious Jealousy
    7/7/07
  - S 2: Ep 28 Game On
    7/1/07
  - S 2: Ep 27 Bite Father, Bite Son
    6/17/07
  - + 26 More Credits
- American Dragon: Jake Long
  Voice of Jake Long
  - S 1: Ep 21 The Hunted
    1/29/06
  - S 1: Ep 20 Ring Around the Dragon
    1/12/06
  - S 1: Ep 19 Keeping Shop
    12/15/05
  - S 1: Ep 18 Fu and Tell / Flight of the Unicorn
    11/3/05
  - S 1: Ep 17 The Halloween Bash
    10/22/05
  - + 16 More Credits
- Avatar: The Last Airbender
  Zuko
  - S 1: Ep 0 Unaired Pilot Episode
  - S 3: Ep 21 Sozin's Comet (4): Avatar Aang
    7/19/08
  - S 3: Ep 20 Sozin's Comet (3): Into the Inferno
    7/19/08
  - S 3: Ep 19 Sozin's Comet (2): The Old Masters
    7/19/08
  - S 3: Ep 18 Sozin's Comet (1): The Phoenix King
    7/19/08
  - + 44 More Credits
Recurring Role (2)

Role
- Undressed
  Jake
  - S 1: Ep 14 Episode 114
    8/12/99
  - S 1: Ep 13 Episode 113
    8/11/99
  - S 1: Ep 12 Episode 112
    8/10/99
  - S 1: Ep 11 Episode 111
    8/9/99
  - S 1: Ep 10 Episode 110
    8/6/99
- Hothead Goes to Jen-Gu Island
  Wang Fu
  - S 1: Ep 1 Lupo T. Butcher
Guest Star (33)

Role
- Hawaii Five-0
  Nicky Chang
  - S 2: Ep 14 Pu'olo
    1/16/12
- Prime Suspect
  Bounce
  - S 1: Ep 2 Carnivorous Sheep
    9/29/11
- Generator Rex
  Tuck
  - S 2: Ep 14 Hard Target
    9/23/11
  - S 1: Ep 12 Rabble
    10/1/10
- TMZ
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 109 Episode #4.109
    1/10/11
  - S 2: Ep 187 Episode #2.187
    4/13/09
- CSI: Miami
  Ruben Franco
  - S 9: Ep 8 Happy Birthday
    12/5/10
- Dark Blue
  June Bug
  - S 2: Ep 6 Jane Wayne
    9/1/10
- The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
  Cast London
  - S 2: Ep 36 The Suite Life Goes Hollywood (1)
    4/20/07
  - S 2: Ep 37 The Suite Life Goes Hollywood (2)
    4/20/07
- The Matt Davidson Show
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 11 Show 63 - Take The Lead!
    5/6/06
- Lilo & Stitch: The Series
  Jake Long
  - S 2: Ep 25 Morpholomew
    7/1/05
- Avatar: The Last Airbender
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 0 Avatar: The Last Airbender Behind the Scenes
    2/14/05
- My Dad the Rock Star
  The Armedillo King
  - S 2: Ep 8 Rock Zilla- King of the Desert
    10/17/04
- Kim Possible
  Fukushima (voice)
  - S 2: Ep 12 Exchange
    11/7/03
- The Proud Family
  Kwok (voice)
  - S 2: Ep 4 Poetic Justice
    11/8/02
- Providence
  Justin Kim
  - S 4: Ep 14 All the King's Men
    2/1/02
- The Chronicle
  Noodles
  - S 1: Ep 3 Here There Be Dragons
    7/21/01
- The Steve Harvey Show
  Lee
  - S 4: Ep 13 Guess Who's Not Coming to Counseling
    2/4/00
- Viper
  Rishi Lama
  - S 4: Ep 18 Holy Terror
    4/17/99
- Promised Land
  Tito
  - S 3: Ep 9 Out of Bounds
    12/3/98
- Moesha
  Marco
  - S 3: Ep 22 Pajama Jam
    5/12/98
  - S 3: Ep 20 This Time You've Gone Too Far
    4/28/98
  - S 3: Ep 17 She's Back
    3/3/98
  - S 3: Ep 16 It's My Paper, And I'll Cry If I Want To
    2/24/98
- Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
  Ghost of Rudi Hernandez, Segment "The Student"
  - S 2: Ep 6 Episode 12
    3/6/98
- Touched By an Angel
  Robbie Trawkins
  - S 3: Ep 3 Random Acts
    9/22/96
- Nash Bridges
  Jimmy Chang
  - S 1: Ep 2 Home Invasion
    3/30/96
- The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
  Kevin
  - S 5: Ep 23 Cold Feet, Hot Body
    5/1/95
- Goof Troop
  Other Voice
  - S 2: Ep 15 A Goofy Movie
    4/7/95
- Hangin' With Mr. Cooper
  Sammy
  - S 2: Ep 13 For Whom the Heck the Bell Tolls
    1/7/94
  - S 2: Ep 8 Seoul Shake
    11/12/93
- Raven
  Lucas
  - S 2: Ep 3 The Journey
    1/16/93
- The Wonder Years
  Gym Class Kid
  - S 4: Ep 23 The Wonder Years, Looking Back
    5/15/91
- New Adam-12
  Manco
  - S 1: Ep 2 Kid Cop
    10/1/90
- Booker
  Ping Pong
  - S 1: Ep 3 Raising Arrizola
    10/8/89
- Highway to Heaven
  Champ Hopkins
  - S 5: Ep 9 Choices
    6/30/89
- CBS Schoolbreak Special
  Louis
  - S 6: Ep 5 15 and Getting Straight
    3/28/89
- The Wonder Years
  Eddie
  - S 1: Ep 4 Angel
    4/5/88
- The Wonder Years
  kid #3
  - S 1: Ep 2 Swingers
    3/22/88

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Trivia
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- Dante Basco appeared in one movie in which three other future voices for Avatar: The Last Airbender also had roles. In "The Perfect Weapon," Dante (Prince Zuko) plays an orphaned street kid who befriend a father figure in Mako's character Kim (who also plays Uncle Iroh). Clyde Kusatsu (from the episode entitled "The Fortuneteller") plays a detective trying to solve a murder. James Hong (from "Avatar Day") plays an Asian mafia leader.
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- Dante Basco says he likes to work on a regular basis.
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- In 1993 Dante got nominated for the Young Artist award which was for Best Young Actor Co-starring in a Motion Picture for the Movie Hook.
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- Dante Basco: Hip-hop is involved in my career, I feel I've always been a hip-hop artist, you know? No matter what I do, I'm part of the hip-hop generation.
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- Dante Basco: I was credited by the L.A. Times as the one bringing poetry back to L.A. It's weird.
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- Dante Basco: I'm Filipino and it does always influence you. You never forget that you're a person of color, you never forget that you're Asian-American. You never can.
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