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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 titular protagonist of and Prince Zuko in .
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.
In 1998, Basco co-founded the Da Poetry Lounge, a slam and spoken poetry venue in Hollywood.
In 2017, Basco produced a Kickstarter-funded short film, Bangarang, about the character Rufio. The film was directed by Jonah Feingold.
Basco streams gameplay on Twitch.
Basco released his memoir From Rufio to Zuko through the independent publisher Not a Cult.
Avatar: Braving the Elements, an official Nickelodeon companion podcast to , premiered on June 22, 2021. Basco and Janet Varney (voice of Korra) host the podcast, which follows them as they rewatch the series, discuss each episode's key moments and behind-the scenes information, and feature special guests.
He contributed additional voices for Aion, Mortal Kombat X, and Saints Row. He also voiced Shingo in the Skate series and Seeing Farther in the Call of Juarez series. Basco also voiced in Date Everything!
| 1988 | Moonwalker | Romeo | Uncredited; segment: "Bad" |
| 1989 | The Wizard | Corey's friend | Deleted Scenes |
| 1990 | Cold Dog Soup | Chinese Boy | |
| 1991 | The Perfect Weapon | Jimmy Ho | |
| 1991 | Hook | Rufio | |
| 1995 | A Goofy Movie | Additional voices | |
| 1995 | Fist of the North Star | Bat | Direct-to-video |
| 1997 | Fakin' da Funk | Julian Lee | |
| 1999 | But I'm a Cheerleader | Dolph | |
| 2000 | The Debut | Ben Mercado | |
| 2001 | Extreme Days | Corey Ng | |
| 2003 | Love Don't Cost a Thing | Spoken Word Artist | |
| 2003 | Biker Boyz | "Philly" | |
| 2006 | Take the Lead | Ramos | |
| 2008 | Gerard | ||
| 2009 | Blood and Bone | "Pinball" | Direct-to-video |
| 2011 | Nicky | ||
| 2014 | Karate Kid | Voice, direct-to-video A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information. | |
| 2014 | Cesar Chavez | Filipino Striker | |
| 2014 | Bad Asses | Gangly Asian | |
| 2014 | Murder101 | D. Phillips | |
| 2016 | Blake | ||
| 2019 | The Creatress | Franklin | |
| 2021 | The Fabulous Filipino Brothers | Douglas "Duke" Abasta | Also director |
| 2021 | Aiden | Voice |
| 1988 | The Wonder Years | Eddie, Kid #3 | 2 episodes |
| 1988 | Santa Barbara | Amado | 4 episodes |
| 1988 | Dare to Say No | Asian Kid | Educational short film for EPCOT |
| 1989 | CBS Schoolbreak Special | Luis | Episode: "15 and Getting Straight" |
| 1989 | Highway To Heaven | "Champ" Hopkins | Episode: "Choices" |
| 1989 | Booker | Ping Pong | Episode: "Razing Arrizola" |
| 1990 | The New Adam 12 | Manko | Episode: "Kid Kop" |
| 1990 | The Earth Day Special | Kid | Uncredited |
| 1993 | Raven | Lucas | Episode: "The Journey" |
| 1993–1994 | Hangin' with Mr. Cooper | Sammy | 2 episodes |
| 1995 | 500 Nations | Additional voices | 3 episodes |
| 1995 | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | Kevin | Episode: "Cold Feet, Hot Body" |
| 1995 | Trash #2 | Television film | |
| 1996 | Nash Bridges | Jimmy Chang | Episode: "Home Invasion" |
| 1997 | Riot | Jeff Lee | Television film Segment: "Gold Mountain" |
| 1996 | Touched by an Angel | Robbie Hawkins | Episode: "Random Acts" |
| 1998 | Rudy Hernandez | Episode: "Bright Lights/Magic Mightyman/The Student/Scribbles/County Mystery" | |
| 1998 | Moesha | Marco | 4 episodes |
| 1998 | Promised Land | Tito | Episode: "Out of Bounds" |
| 1999 | Viper | Rishi Lama | Episode: "Holy Terror" |
| 1999 | Undressed | Jake | 5 episodes |
| 2000 | The Steve Harvey Show | Lee | Episode: "Guess Who's Not Coming to Counseling" |
| 2001 | A Kitty Bobo Show | Kitty Bobo | Voice, pilot |
| 2001 | The Chronicle | "Noodles" | Episode: "Here There Be Dragons" |
| 2002 | Providence | Justin Kim | Episode: "All the King's Men" |
| 2002 | The Proud Family | Quoc Wong | Voice, 2 episodes |
| 2003 | Kim Possible | Fukushima | Voice, episode: "Exchange" |
| 2004 | Johnny Bravo | Filipino, Man #3 | Voice, episode: "Win an El Toro Guapo/Witch-ay Woman" |
| 2004 | That's So Raven | Phil | 4 episodes |
| 2005–2007 | Jake Long | Voice, main role | |
| 2005 | Voice, episode: "Morpholomew" | ||
| 2005–2008 | Zuko | Voice, main cast (50 episodes) | |
| 2006 | Entourage | Fukijama | Episode: "What About Bob?" |
| 2007 | The Suite Life of Zack & Cody | Madrid | 2 episodes |
| 2009 | Community | Bully's Friend #2 | Episode: "Comparative Religion" (uncredited) |
| 2010 | The Boondocks | Jingmei | Voice, episode: "The Red Ball" |
| 2010 | Dark Blue | "June Bug" | Episode: "Jane Wayne" |
| 2010 | Zevo-3 | Matt Martin / Kewl Breeze | Voice, 6 episodes |
| 2010 | Firebreather | Kenny Rogers | Voice, television film |
| 2010 | Ruben Franco | Episode: "Happy Birthday" | |
| 2010–2012 | Generator Rex | Tuck | Voice, 3 episodes |
| 2011 | Prime Suspect | Bounce | Episode: "Carnivorous Sheep" |
| 2012 | Hawaii Five-0 | Nicky Chang | Episode: "Pu'olo (The Package)" |
| 2012–2014 | The Legend of Korra | General Iroh | Voice, 6 episodes |
| 2013 | Ultimate Spider-Man | Scorpion | Voice, 2 episodes |
| 2014 | Star Wars Rebels | Jai Kell | Voice, 4 episodes |
| 2018 | A Million Little Things | Cory | 2 episodes |
| 2019 | We Bare Bears | Cheddar | Voice, episode: "Baby Orphan Ninja Bears" |
| 2019 | Drunk History | The Rabbit | Episode: "The Rabbit" |
| 2019–2020 | Victor and Valentino | Javier | Voice, 2 episodes |
| 2020 | Carmen Sandiego | Spinkick | Voice, 2 episodes |
| 2021 | Trese | Bagyon Kulimlim | Voice, 2 episodes |
| 2021 | Robot Chicken | Squall Leonhart, Looky Loo, Zuko | Voice, 2 episodes |
| 2022 | Little Demon | Ignatius | Voice, 2 episodes |
| 2023 | Blindspotting | Himself | Episode: "By Hook or by Crook" |
| 2023 | Almost Paradise | Jace Vargas | 3 episodes; recurring role |
| 2024 | The Dragon Prince | Zym / Azymondias | Episode: "Nova" |
| Zym / Azymondias | In production; funded by a Kickstarter campaign | ||
| 2014–2019 | Nostalgia Critic | Himself | 6 episodes |
| 2016–2019 | Camp Camp | Billy "Snake" Niksslip | Voice |
| 2018–2020 | The Narrator | Voice | |
| 2020 | Let's Read Homestuck | Rufioh Nitram | Voice, episode: "Act 6 Intermission 3 - Part 7" |
| 2020 | Death Battle | Zuko | Voice, episode: "Zuko VS Shoto Todoroki (Avatar vs My Hero Academia)" |
| 2006 | Saints Row | Stilwater's Residents |
| 2006 | Call of Juarez | Sees Farther |
| 2006 | Additional voices | |
| 2006 | Zuko | |
| 2007 | Skate | Shingo |
| 2007 | Zuko | |
| 2008 | ||
| 2008 | Aion | Additional voices |
| 2009 | Terminator Salvation | Resistance Soldiers |
| 2009 | Seeing Farther | |
| 2009 | Skate 2 | Shingo |
| 2010 | Final Fantasy XIII | Cocoon Inhabitants |
| 2010 | Skate 3 | Shingo |
| 2011 | Nicktoons MLB | Prince Zuko |
| Mortal Kombat X | Additional voices | |
| 2025 | Date Everything! | Dante |
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