Derek Basco

Acting

Derek Basco

Born 1970-08-29 · Pittsburg, California, USA

Derek Basco (born 29 August 1970) is an American actor, producer, director, and writer.

Acting credits

The First Purge poster
6.0

To push the crime rate below one percent for the rest of the year, the New Founding Fathers of America test a sociological theory that vents aggression for one night in one isolated community. But when the violence of oppressors meets the rage of the others, the contagion will explode from the trial-city borders and spread across the nation.

The First Purge

2018

Six Days Seven Nights poster
6.1

In the South Pacific, in Polynesia, on the island of Makatea, Quinn Harris, a taciturn pilot, leads a quiet life, content to earn a living by transporting goods in his De Havilland Beaver. His life is exactly as he wants it to be—until he meets Robin Monroe, a sophisticated and determined woman, the assistant editor of a New York magazine, on vacation for a week with her boyfriend, Frank Martin. An urgent work assignment in Tahiti, the neighboring island, forces Robin to reluctantly hire Quinn to fly her there. But a violent storm forces them to make an emergency landing on a deserted island. This unlikely pair avoids each other at first, until they are forced to team up to escape the island... and evade the pirates who are after them. Danger and temptation are never far away...

Six Days Seven Nights

1998

This Is 40 poster
5.9

Pete and Debbie are both about to turn 40, their kids hate each other, both of their businesses are failing, they're on the verge of losing their house, and their relationship is threatening to fall apart.

This Is 40

2012

Perfect Opposites poster
5.6

The story of two college graduates from the Midwest who move to Los Angeles, where their love is tested for the first time.

Perfect Opposites

2004

Maggie Moore(s) poster
5.8

Bizarre back-to-back murders in an otherwise quiet Arizona desert town has rattled local Police Chief Jordan Sanders. The two dead women have no connection to each other – except they’re both named Maggie Moore. While unravelling a web of small-town lies and mysteries, the investigation gets even more complicated when Sanders begins a romantic relationship with one of the murdered women's neighbor, Rita.

Maggie Moore(s)

2023

Can't Buy My Love poster
6.0

Lilly, a hard working EMT, is only focused on her job and getting into medical school. So when wealthy slacker Jeff enters her life it throws her off course. At first, Lilly wants nothing to do with Jeff or his sense of entitlement and lack of direction. As she spends more time with him, she starts to realize that you can’t always judge a book by its cover.

Can't Buy My Love

2017

Alien Raiders poster
5.4

It's the end of yet another night at Hastings Supermarket, a grocery store in Buck Lake, Arizona. But just before closing, a group of masked and armed to the teeth militants invades the store and take everyone hostage

Alien Raiders

2008

Beverly Hood poster
7.0

When the Washington family wins the lottery they decide to move from the poor south to the hood, Beverly Hood! When the Washington's daughter, Pam, falls for the guy next door the new neighbors really clash.

Beverly Hood

1999

Spider's Web poster
4.6

A wily businessman plots with a sultry executive to swindle $40 million from his father. But who is conning who?

Spider's Web

2002

All In poster
4.5

Six medical students with unique talents pool their resources to win the World Series of Poker.

All In

2006

Riot poster
5.4

In April 1992, following the notorious Rodney King verdict, the streets of Los Angeles became a battlefield, the backdrop to four personal intertwined stories.

Riot

1997

VS poster
NR

Set in 1992, a Filipino kid working at his father’s liquor store seeks community through the arcade game Street Fighter II, but finds himself clashing with a local bully.

VS

2024

The Debut poster
6.0

Filipino-American high school student Ben works in a comic book shop to earn money to pay his way into Cal Arts. His father, a postman, is determined that his son, who has won a pre-med scholarship to UCLA, will become a doctor. The eighteenth birthday party of Ben's sister, Rose, sets off a comedic and touching series of events and family struggles that will in turn determine young Ben's future.

The Debut

2000

Matters of the Heart poster
5.0

A noted concert pianist in her early forties, totally obsessed with her music, retreats to a small town to be alone and to write a concerto, but there falls for a talented teenage musician and becomes consumed in an affair with him.

Matters of the Heart

1990

The Fabulous Filipino Brothers poster
5.5

Written by Basco and his brothers Darion Basco and Dionysio Basco and their sister Arianna Basco, the feature is set in the brothers’ hometown of Pittsburg, Calif., a working class suburb of Oakland. Starring Basco and his brothers (including Derek Basco), the dark romantic comedy weaves together four vignettes, narrated by their sister, Arianna Basco. The story follows the brothers and their shenanigans. One of them ventures off to a cockfight for reciprocity while one flies to old Manila where an old flame is rekindled. Another brother delves into the hidden sensuality of Filipino cuisine, while the last brother, struggles to heal deep wounds and finds love in an unexpected package. All this, leading to a shotgun wedding in the backyard of the family house.

The Fabulous Filipino Brothers

2021

Pros & Cons poster
3.6

Framed for crimes they didn't commit, two small-timers are headed up the river without a paddle. Now, the only thing that can bail them out is a case of mistaken identity. It's the hysterical prison comedy that's so funny, it's criminal!

Pros & Cons

1999

Gettin' Some Jail Time poster
2.0

A film about four friends of different ethnicities, beginning to take things for granted. Three of them end up in jail while one of the guys is throwing a party. While in prison, the three buddies realize what they are missing out on and make an effort to redeem themselves and get out.

Gettin' Some Jail Time

2006

I'm in Love with Edgar Allan Poe poster
NR

Two goth teens face an ingredient supply issue as they prepare to resurrect the soul of Edgar Allan Poe.

I'm in Love with Edgar Allan Poe

2024

Can We Play poster
2.0

Based on Emerson’s real life experience in preschool. Emmy and Ryder are best friends and love to play. However what they play is often up to debate with Ryder usually winning. That is… until Emmy makes an ultimatum.

Can We Play

2022

Flip the Record poster
3.0

A little-known but lasting explosion of hip-hop culture grew out of the Filipino-American community of 1980s San Francisco. This film takes us into the beat of an aspiring mobile DJ crew in '84. Vanessa, sick of the the constraints and boring piano lessons in her conservative Filipino-American household.

Flip the Record

2017

Behind the camera