Dante Graves started acting when he was 9 years old when he joined a Theater School in Miami, Dante enjoyed being on stage so much he decided to take other Theater Schools which were taught under various methods, such as Stanislavsky, and Strausberg, Dante decided to move out to California when he was 18 for a change in scenery, Dante had no ambition at the time to become a film actor, until he saw the 2008 Film The Wrestler with Mickey Rourke, and he immediately had the urge to become a film actor, Dante then audited at the well Respected Playhouse West, and was moved that night and joined the classes the very next week.