Changes: Dante Basco

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Template:Actor infoboxDanté Basco (born August 29, 1975) is an American actor, voice actor, poet, and dancer. He is best known for playing Rufio in the 1991 live-action Peter Pan film Hook. He is also well-known for voicing Zuko in the Nickelodeon series Avatar: The Last Airbender, Jake Long from the Disney series American Dragon: Jake Long, and General Iroh of the United Forces in The Legend of Korra.

Avatar: The Last Airbender credits

Zuko

Character information: Zuko

47 episodes

101. "The Boy in the Iceberg"
102. "The Avatar Returns"
103. "The Southern Air Temple"
104. "The Warriors of Kyoshi"
107. "Winter Solstice, Part 1: The Spirit World"
108. "Winter Solstice, Part 2: Avatar Roku"
109. "The Waterbending Scroll"
112. "The Storm"
113. "The Blue Spirit"
115. "Bato of the Water Tribe"
118. "The Waterbending Master"
119. "The Siege of the North, Part 1"
120. "The Siege of the North, Part 2"
201. "The Avatar State"
202. "The Cave of Two Lovers"
204. "The Swamp"
205. "Avatar Day"
207. "Zuko Alone"
208. "The Chase"
209. "Bitter Work"
211. "The Desert"
212. "The Serpent's Pass"
213. "The Drill"
214. "City of Walls and Secrets"
215. "The Tales of Ba Sing Se"
216. "Appa's Lost Days"
217. "Lake Laogai"
218. "The Earth King"
219. "The Guru"
220. "The Crossroads of Destiny"
301. "The Awakening"
302. "The Headband"
305. "The Beach"
306. "The Avatar and the Fire Lord"
309. "Nightmares and Daydreams"
310. "The Day of Black Sun, Part 1: The Invasion"
311. "The Day of Black Sun, Part 2: The Eclipse"
312. "The Western Air Temple"
313. "The Firebending Masters"
314. "The Boiling Rock, Part 1"
315. "The Boiling Rock, Part 2"
316. "The Southern Raiders"
317. "The Ember Island Players"
318. "Sozin's Comet, Part 1: The Phoenix King"
319. "Sozin's Comet, Part 2: The Old Masters"
320. "Sozin's Comet, Part 3: Into the Inferno"
321. "Sozin's Comet, Part 4: Avatar Aang"

Additional voices

101. "The Boy in the Iceberg"
104. "The Warriors of Kyoshi"
105. "The King of Omashu"
108. "Winter Solstice, Part 2: Avatar Roku"
109. "The Waterbending Scroll"
115. "Bato of the Water Tribe"

The Legend of Korra credits

Iroh

Character information: Iroh

Selected other credits

Television work

Filmography

Other credits

Aion (video game)
Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood (video game)
Final Fantasy XIII (video game)
Terminator Salvation (video game)
The Journey (short)
The Lion's Den (short)

Biographical information

Personal life

In his early years, he was part of the Streat Freaks [sic] breakdancing crew. When he got into acting, he started taking on minor roles in television. He later appeared in a substantial role in Steven Spielberg's 1991 film Hook with Robin Williams and Dustin Hoffman, as Rufio, the charismatic red-stripe-haired leader of the Lost Boys. The punk band Rufio is named after this character.

Career

He had guest roles on television shows The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and Hangin' with Mr. Cooper, and had a recurring role on Moesha. He has portrayed characters of different Asian ethnicities. He did however, star in the independent film The Debut, in which he portrayed a Filipino-American alongside his three brothers and sister. He and all of his brothers starred in Naked Brown Men, a sitcom stylized show. He starred as Ramos in the 2006 film Take the Lead alongside Antonio Banderas, where he break-danced as well as performed ballroom dance. This was not the only film in which he was required to dance. In many films he hip-hop dances, just as he did in a Verizon Wireless commercial as well as rapping and breaking in a Sprite commercial. He also produced and co-starred in a music video parody of the song "Rehab" that is called "Wiihab". He is occasionally "whacked" in the video. He played a gay teenager in the 1999 film But I'm A Cheerleader.

Trivia

Zuko and Jake Long from American Dragon: Jake Long both have the ability to breathe fire. The characters also had adversarial-turned-friendly relations with a character on their respective shows voiced by Mae Whitman, those characters being Katara and Rose/Huntsgirl, respectively. Basco voiced the villain turned friend on Avatar, while Whitman voiced the villain turned friend on American Dragon.
Dante Basco had already worked prior to Avatar: The Last Airbender with Mako Iwamatsu, Iroh's original voice actor, namely in the film Riot (1997), in which the two played father and son.
It has been learned that Dante ships Zutara.

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 * [[Zuko]] and Jake Long from ''American Dragon: Jake Long'' both have the ability to breathe fire. The characters also had adversarial-turned-friendly relations with a character on their respective shows voiced by [[Mae Whitman]], those characters being [[Katara]] and Rose/Huntsgirl, respectively. Basco voiced the villain turned friend on ''Avatar'', while Whitman voiced the villain turned friend on ''American Dragon''.
 * Dante Basco had already worked prior to ''Avatar: The Last Airbender'' with [[Mako Iwamatsu]], [[Iroh]]'s original voice actor, namely in the film [[IMDb:tt0120021|''Riot'']] (1997), in which the two played father and son.
+* It has been learned that Dante ships Zutara.
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