Name
Alex Désert
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1968-07-18 (58 years old)
Place of Birth
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.
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- 2000 High Fidelity as Louis
- 2003 Masked and Anonymous as Valentine
- 1996 Swingers as Charles
- 2010 LEGO: The Adventures of Clutch Powers as Skelly (voice)
- 1993 Lush Life as Lester
- 2012 Let It Shine as Levi
- 2022 Bolivar as Andrew
- 2009 Bob Funk as Sonny
- 1994 PCU as Mullaney
- 2015 Invisible Sister as Mr. Perkins
- 1991 The Flash II: Revenge of the Trickster as Julio Mendez
- 1992 The Flash III: Deadly Nightshade as Julio Mendez
- 2010 LEGO® Clutch Powers: Bad Hair Day as Skelly (Voice)
- 2018 Freaky Friday as Mike
- 2014 Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day as Mr. Rogue
- 1990 The Flash as Julio Mendez
- 2005 Pretty Persuasion as Joe
- 2003 Chicken Party as Durell Mills
- 2024 The Simpsons: O C'mon All Ye Faithful as Lou (voice)
- 2005 Still Swingin’ as Self
- 2026 Hoppers as Additional Voice (voice)
- 2026 Extreme Makeover: Homer Edition as Carl Carlson (voice)
- 2026 Simpsley as Lou (voice)
- 2022 Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell My Daughter About Men
- 2026 Yellow Mirror as Carl Carlson (voice)
- 1987 A Different World ( 1 episode ) as Livingston
- 1990 The Flash ( 22 episodes ) as Julio Mendez
- 2003 Reno 911! ( 1 episode ) as Thaddeus Owens III
- 2018 Station 19 ( 1 episode ) as Oliver
- 1998 Becker ( 129 episodes ) as Jake Malinak
- 1989 Free Spirit ( 1 episode )
- 1992 The Heights ( 13 episodes ) as Stan Lee
- 2016 Sing It! ( 10 episodes ) as Barry
- 1988 TV 101 ( 13 episodes ) as Holden Hines
- 2013 Mom ( 1 episode ) as Wes
- 1989 The Simpsons ( 42 episodes ) as Carl Carlson (voice)
- 1989 The Simpsons ( 8 episodes ) as Lou (voice)
- 1989 The Simpsons ( 1 episode ) as Audrey II (voice)
- 2015 Better Call Saul ( 1 episode ) as Officer Baker
- 2014 The Flash ( 2 episodes ) as Julio Mendez
- 2019 All Rise ( 1 episode ) as Detective Collins
- 1989 The Simpsons ( 4 episodes ) as Carl Carlson / Lou (voice)
- 2012 Scandal ( 1 episode ) as Bill Warren
- 2017 Marvel's Spider-Man ( 1 episode ) as Swarm (voice)
- 2022 A League of Their Own ( 6 episodes ) as Edgar
- 2005 Grey's Anatomy ( 1 episode ) as Miles Green
- 2014 How to Get Away with Murder ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Travers
- 1990 Beverly Hills, 90210 ( 1 episode ) as Robinson
- 2004 House ( 1 episode ) as Jay 'Jay-Bird' Janosik
- 2022 Fire Country ( 1 episode ) as Rudy
- 2012 Chicago Fire ( 1 episode ) as John Millard
- 2011 Once Upon a Time ( 1 episode ) as Stanum
- 2019 Momma Named Me Sheriff ( 9 episodes ) as Mr. Bojenkins (voice)
- 2007 The Sarah Silverman Program ( 1 episode ) as Eugene
- 2016 Better Things ( 1 episode )
- 1989 The Simpsons ( 1 episode ) as Carl Carlson / FBI Officer #1 (voice)
- 1989 The Simpsons ( 1 episode ) as Employee Praising Dance Moves (voice)
- 1989 The Simpsons ( 1 episode ) as Partygoer #2 (voice)
- 1989 The Simpsons ( 1 episode ) as Gamer (voice)
- 1989 The Simpsons ( 1 episode ) as Hockey Player (voice)
- 1989 The Simpsons ( 2 episodes ) as (voice)
- 1989 The Simpsons ( 2 episodes ) as Carl Carlson / Fausto (voice)
- 2011 Shameless ( 1 episode ) as Union Jerry
- 2025 Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man ( 3 episodes ) as Grift (voice)
- 1989 The Simpsons ( 1 episode ) as Carl Carlson / Security Guard / Male Scientist (voice)
- 1989 The Simpsons ( 1 episode ) as Judge (voice)
- 1993 Boy Meets World ( 16 episodes ) as Eli Williams
- 1989 The Simpsons ( 1 episode ) as Officer Lou (voice)
- 2010 The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes ( 11 episodes ) as Nick Fury (voice)
- 2010 The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes ( 1 episode ) as Jack Fury / Damocles Officer (voice)
- 2010 The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes ( 1 episode ) as Jack Fury (voice)
- 2019 Carmen Sandiego ( 1 episode ) as Crawfish King (voice)
