Alex Désert
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 18, 1968 (age 58)
- Birthplace
- New York City, New York, USA
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
Hoppers
Movie · as Additional Voice (voice)
Extreme Makeover: Homer Edition
Movie · as Carl Carlson (voice)
Simpsley
Movie · as Lou (voice)
Yellow Mirror
Movie · as Carl Carlson (voice)
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man
TV · as Grift (voice) · 3 eps
The Simpsons: O C'mon All Ye Faithful
Movie · as Lou (voice)
Bolivar
Movie · as Andrew
Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell My Daughter About Men
Movie
A League of Their Own
TV · as Edgar · 6 eps
Fire Country
TV · as Rudy · 1 ep
All Rise
TV · as Detective Collins · 1 ep
Momma Named Me Sheriff
TV · as Mr. Bojenkins (voice) · 9 eps
Carmen Sandiego
TV · as Crawfish King (voice) · 1 ep
Freaky Friday
Movie · as Mike
Station 19
TV · as Oliver · 1 ep
Marvel's Spider-Man
TV · as Swarm (voice) · 1 ep
Sing It!
TV · as Barry · 10 eps
Better Things
TV · 1 ep
Invisible Sister
Movie · as Mr. Perkins
Better Call Saul
TV · as Officer Baker · 1 ep
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Movie · as Mr. Rogue
The Flash
TV · as Julio Mendez · 2 eps
How to Get Away with Murder
TV · as Mr. Travers · 1 ep
Mom
TV · as Wes · 1 ep
Let It Shine
Movie · as Levi
Scandal
TV · as Bill Warren · 1 ep
Chicago Fire
TV · as John Millard · 1 ep
Once Upon a Time
TV · as Stanum · 1 ep
Shameless
TV · as Union Jerry · 1 ep
LEGO: The Adventures of Clutch Powers
Movie · as Skelly (voice)
LEGO® Clutch Powers: Bad Hair Day
Movie · as Skelly (Voice)
The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes
TV · as Nick Fury (voice), Jack Fury / Damocles Officer (voice), Jack Fury (voice) · 11 eps
Bob Funk
Movie · as Sonny
The Sarah Silverman Program
TV · as Eugene · 1 ep
Pretty Persuasion
Movie · as Joe
Still Swingin’
Movie · as Self
Grey's Anatomy
TV · as Miles Green · 1 ep
House
TV · as Jay 'Jay-Bird' Janosik · 1 ep
Masked and Anonymous
Movie · as Valentine
Chicken Party
Movie · as Durell Mills
Reno 911!
TV · as Thaddeus Owens III · 1 ep
High Fidelity
Movie · as Louis
Becker
TV · as Jake Malinak · 129 eps
Swingers
Movie · as Charles
PCU
Movie · as Mullaney
Lush Life
Movie · as Lester
Boy Meets World
TV · as Eli Williams · 16 eps
The Flash III: Deadly Nightshade
Movie · as Julio Mendez
The Heights
TV · as Stan Lee · 13 eps
The Flash II: Revenge of the Trickster
Movie · as Julio Mendez
The Flash
Movie · as Julio Mendez
The Girl with the Crazy Brother
Movie · as Jordan
The Flash
TV · as Julio Mendez · 22 eps
Beverly Hills, 90210
TV · as Robinson · 1 ep
Free Spirit
TV · 1 ep
The Simpsons
TV · as Carl Carlson (voice), Lou (voice), Audrey II (voice), Carl Carlson / Lou (voice), Carl Carlson / FBI Officer #1 (voice), Employee Praising Dance Moves (voice), Partygoer #2 (voice), Gamer (voice), Hockey Player (voice), Carl Carlson / Fausto (voice), Carl Carlson / Security Guard / Male Scientist (voice), Judge (voice), Officer Lou (voice) · 42 eps
TV 101
TV · as Holden Hines · 13 eps
A Different World
TV · as Livingston · 1 ep