Actor, Poet, Writer & Producer... California native, born in the Bay, raised in L.A. Pioneering Asian-American movie maker... Prince Zuko. Rufio. A California Classic...

Welcome to DanteBasco.com! The official website of Actor, Poet, Writer & Producer Dante Basco. Learn more about me, my acting, poetry and other work, as well as reading my blog below.

6 Pack Abs
These days you watch TV and every other guy is ripped to shreds, totally fit and there is some ridiculous contrived moment set up for him to take off shirt and show off his six pack abs…. Now, I’m an actor and have been one for most my life, I totally understand that in our profession you have to keep in shape and be camera ready, but over the last few years, its been getting ridiculous! I was up for a film and the casting folks called up my manager and asked how many weeks am I away from a…

Added: January 15, 2012

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New Year’s Poem 2012
Happy 2012 to everyone. Here’s a poem to ring in the new year. Like everybody, I have a lot hope for the new year and like everybody I’ve heard all the rumors of the end of the world this year. Well, all that inspired me to write this poem. The holidays always remind me how much I love my family and it’s been great to take some time off, sleep on the floor of my grandparents house a few days and stay up late singing songs and talking about all of our great family memories. And now I’m excited to…

Added: January 1, 2012

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Hang Loose (Recap)
So I’ve been back from Hawaii now for a few days, just enough time to catch my breath and the people that have been following me on twitter have been wondering what the heck I was doing out there… Well, the truth is I was shooting film with a friend of mine, Kevin… Some of his fans may know him as KevJumba. A year or so ago I did a film with my partner James Sereno called, “Paradise Broken,” about the darker side of Waikiki and we decided to create a company specifically to tell stories for and about…

Added: December 10, 2011

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Hang Loose (Half way done)
It’s been busy & I haven’t been able to write, but I have a little down time & I figured I’d just check in. Let me describe to you where I’m at… Sitting under a tent in the middle of Waikiki beach surrounded by movie cameras & equipment, sun beaming down on a few miles of sand and plenty of ladies laying in the sun just soaking it in. I have to stop for a second and just make sense of it all. I was talking just a bit ago to Kevin (KevJumba) & Ben (Benjamin Arthur), who we all…

Added: November 23, 2011

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