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Article: Dante's Inferno
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- Filipinas
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- May 1, 2007
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The multi-talented Dante Basco has had an epiphany about being Filipino.
Acting flows in Dante's veins, but not as a legacy from past generations. The profession runs laterally across one generation of the Basco family through Dante, age 31, and his brothers Derek, Darion and Dion. They have earned their claim to being the first family of Asian entertainers in America. It's a status that Dante has given his share to expand.
Dante has been a working actor since his big break in the 1986 TV series "The Wizard." Through the years he has appeared in every kind of production from Steven Spielberg's "Hook" to "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" as well as steady voice work for the animated series "The ...