Dante Basco

Dante R. Basco is an American actor, voice actor, and dancer. He is best known for his role as Rufio in the 1991 liveaction film Hook. He is also known for voicing Zuko in the Nickelodeon series Avatar The Last Airbender, and Jake Long from the Disney series American Dragon Jake Long. He also starred in the hit Indie films The Debut and But Im a Cheerleader.

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 his early years, he was part of the Streat Freaks breakdancing crew. When he got into acting, he started taking on minor roles in television. Bascos breakout performance was when he appeared as the charismatic redstripehaired leader Rufio of the Lost Boys in Steven Spielbergs 1991 film Hook with Robin Williams and Dustin Hoffman. Basco chose to characterize the role with some of the more aggressive alpha male traits of teenage boys so as to maximize the tension with Williams Pan character. Many of Rufios lines were improvised by Basco who was happy to go head on with Robin Williams, who was often popularly cited as the king of improvisation. Daring, and bold, Bascos performance proved to be memorable and a big hit among fans. A punk band is later named after this character. He attended Orange County High School of the Ar

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