Alex Désert
Alex Désert (born July 18, 1968) is a Haitian-American actor and musician most known for his roles in the TV series The Flash, Becker, and Boy Meets World. He is also a founding member of Los Angeles-based ska band Hepcat. His first strong television presence was on a controversial CBS program entitled TV 101 where he co-starred with friend Matt LeBlanc. From 1990 to 1991, he played police lab scientist Julio Mendez alongside John Wesley Shipp in CBS' superhero TV series based on DC Comics' The Flash. In 1992 he starred in the short lived Fox series the The Heights. From 1995 to 1996 Désert played Eli Williams on the hit TV show Boy Meets World From 1998 until 2004, he played the role of Jake Malinak, the blind magazine stand owner, on the American sitcom Becker alongside Ted Danson. As a film actor he appeared in PCU with Jeremy Piven and Jon Favreau. He also appeared in Swingers with Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau, where he made famous the line "This place is dead anyway." He also had a small part as the character Louis in High Fidelity in 2000. Désert also appeared in Sarah Silverman's The Great Schlep web advertisement, which encouraged young Jews to drive to Florida and convince their Jewish grandparents to support Barack Obama in the 2008 U.S. presidential election. He also appeared in Let It Shine. In 2009, he provided the voice for Col. Nick Fury in an episode of Wolverine and the X-Men. In early 2010 he starred in the film Lego: The Adventures of Clutch Powers and Lego Clutch Powers: Bad Hair Day. In late 2010, he reprised the role for the animated series, Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes and his father Jack Fury. Later in 2009 he also made an appearance on the t.v. show, House. He played a claustrophobic patient at a mental hospital in the episode "Broken" during the sixth season. In 2011, Désert starred as Wise in the YouTube web series The LeBrons. Désert has lent his voice to various Video Games in his career, including Crystal Dynamic's Tomb Raider: Legend (as "Zip"), Tomb Raider: Underworld, Splinter Cell: Double Agent and Scarface: The World is Yours. He portrayed the auto-tuned pimp Zimos in the 2011 THQ release, Saints Row: The Third. In 2012, Désert co-starred as Levi in Disney's Let It Shine. In 2013, Désert reprised his role as Zimos in Saints Row IV DLC.
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Credits
- 2022 · Fire Country as Rudy
- 2022 · Bolivar as Andrew
- 2022 · A League of Their Own as Edgar
- 2019 · Momma Named Me Sheriff as Mr. Bojenkins (voice)
- 2019 · All Rise as Detective Collins
- 2018 · Freaky Friday as Mike
- 2018 · Station 19 as Oliver
- 2017 · Marvel's Spider-Man as Swarm (voice)
- 2016 · Better Things as
- 2016 · Sing It! as Barry
- 2015 · Invisible Sister as Mr. Perkins
- 2015 · Better Call Saul as Officer Baker
- 2014 · Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day as Mr. Rogue
- 2014 · The Flash as Julio Mendez
- 2014 · How to Get Away with Murder as Mr. Travers
- 2013 · Mom as Wes
- 2012 · Chicago Fire as John Millard
- 2012 · Let It Shine as Levi
- 2012 · Scandal as Bill Warren
- 2011 · Once Upon a Time as Stanum
- 2011 · Shameless as Union Jerry
- 2010 · The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes as Nick Fury (voice)
- 2010 · LEGO: The Adventures of Clutch Powers as Skelly (voice)
- 2010 · LEGO® Clutch Powers: Bad Hair Day as Skelly (Voice)
- 2009 · Bob Funk as Sonny
- 2007 · The Sarah Silverman Program. as Eugene
- 2005 · Grey's Anatomy as Miles Green
- 2005 · Pretty Persuasion as Joe
- 2004 · House as Jay 'Jay-Bird' Janosik
- 2003 · Chicken Party as Durell Mills
- 2003 · Masked and Anonymous as Valentine
- 2003 · Reno 911! as
- 2000 · High Fidelity as Louis
- 1998 · Becker as Jake Malinak
- 1996 · Swingers as Charles
- 1994 · PCU as Mullaney
- 1993 · Lush Life as Lester
- 1992 · The Flash III: Deadly Nightshade as Julio Mendez
- 1992 · The Heights as Stan Lee
- 1991 · The Flash II: Revenge of the Trickster as Julio Mendez
- 1990 · The Flash as Julio Mendez
- 1990 · Beverly Hills, 90210 as Robinson
- 1990 · The Flash as Julio Mendez
- 1989 · The Simpsons as Carl Carlson (voice)
- 1989 · The Simpsons as Lou (voice)
- 1989 · The Simpsons as Audrey II (voice)
- 1989 · The Simpsons as Carl Carlson / Lou (voice)
- 1989 · The Simpsons as Carl Carlson / FBI Officer #1 (voice)
- 1989 · The Simpsons as Employee Praising Dance Moves (voice)
- 1989 · The Simpsons as Partygoer #2 (voice)
- 1989 · The Simpsons as Gamer (voice)
- 1989 · The Simpsons as Hockey Player (voice)
- 1989 · The Simpsons as (voice)
- 1989 · The Simpsons as Carl Carlson / Fausto (voice)
- 1989 · Free Spirit as
- 1988 · TV 101 as Holden Hines
- 1987 · A Different World as Livingston