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American comedian
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Male
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2 October 1970
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Biography
Dante (real name Jay Dante Rusciolelli), was born on October 2, 1970, and is an American comedian from Ridgecrest, California. Dante is the youngest of four children. In 1982, Dante and his parents moved to San Diego where he attended Patrick Henry High School.
Dante starred in the 1996 BET sitcom The Blackberry Inn. In 2007, he appeared in season 5 of Last Comic Standing on NBC, and was eliminated in episode 7, the first of seven elimination episodes.
Dante ran for mayor of Los Angeles in 2001.