Alex Désert
Alex Désert
Born 18/07/1968 in New York City, New York, USA

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.

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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Filmography (Movies)

Television Appearances

Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man

Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man

Character:Grift (voice)

Fire Country

Fire Country

Character:Rudy

A League of Their Own

A League of Their Own

Character:Edgar

Momma Named Me Sheriff

Momma Named Me Sheriff

Character:Mr. Bojenkins (voice)

All Rise

All Rise

Character:Detective Collins

Station 19

Station 19

Character:Oliver

Marvel's Spider-Man

Marvel's Spider-Man

Character:Swarm (voice)

Better Things

Better Things

Character:

Sing It!

Sing It!

Character:Barry

Better Call Saul

Better Call Saul

Character:Officer Baker

The Flash

The Flash

Character:Julio Mendez

How to Get Away with Murder

How to Get Away with Murder

Character:Mr. Travers

Mom

Mom

Character:Wes

Chicago Fire

Chicago Fire

Character:John Millard

Scandal

Scandal

Character:Bill Warren

Once Upon a Time

Once Upon a Time

Character:Stanum

Shameless

Shameless

Character:Union Jerry

The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes

The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes

Character:Nick Fury (voice)

The Sarah Silverman Program.

The Sarah Silverman Program.

Character:Eugene

Grey's Anatomy

Grey's Anatomy

Character:Miles Green

House

House

Character:Jay 'Jay-Bird' Janosik

Reno 911!

Reno 911!

Character:Thaddeus Owens III

Becker

Becker

Character:Jake Malinak

Boy Meets World

Boy Meets World

Character:Eli Williams

The Heights

The Heights

Character:Stan Lee

Beverly Hills, 90210

Beverly Hills, 90210

Character:Robinson

The Flash

The Flash

Character:Julio Mendez

The Simpsons

The Simpsons

Character:Carl Carlson (voice)

The Simpsons

The Simpsons

Character:Lou (voice)

The Simpsons

The Simpsons

Character:Audrey II (voice)

The Simpsons

The Simpsons

Character:Carl Carlson / Lou (voice)

The Simpsons

The Simpsons

Character:Carl Carlson / FBI Officer #1 (voice)

The Simpsons

The Simpsons

Character:Employee Praising Dance Moves (voice)

The Simpsons

The Simpsons

Character:Partygoer #2 (voice)

The Simpsons

The Simpsons

Character:Gamer (voice)

The Simpsons

The Simpsons

Character:Hockey Player (voice)

The Simpsons

The Simpsons

Character:(voice)

The Simpsons

The Simpsons

Character:Carl Carlson / Fausto (voice)

The Simpsons

The Simpsons

Character:Carl Carlson / Security Guard / Male Scientist (voice)

The Simpsons

The Simpsons

Character:Judge (voice)

The Simpsons

The Simpsons

Character:Officer Lou (voice)

Free Spirit

Free Spirit

Character:

TV 101

TV 101

Character:Holden Hines

A Different World

A Different World

Character:Livingston

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