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 enti ... tled 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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| Organization | Category | Movie |
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Becker
as Jake Malinak
Episodes: 129
First Aired: Nov 02, 1998
The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes
as Nick Fury (voice)
Episodes: 52
First Aired: Oct 20, 2010
The Simpsons
as Carl Carlson (voice)
Episodes: 37
First Aired: Dec 17, 1989
The Flash
as Julio Mendez
Episodes: 22
First Aired: Sep 20, 1990
The Heights
as Stan Lee
Episodes: 13
First Aired: Aug 27, 1992
TV 101
as Holden Hines
Episodes: 13
First Aired: Nov 29, 1988
Sing It!
as Barry
Episodes: 10
First Aired: May 25, 2016
Momma Named Me Sheriff
as Mr. Bojenkins (voice)
Episodes: 9
First Aired: Nov 18, 2019
The Simpsons
as Lou (voice)
Episodes: 8
First Aired: Dec 17, 1989
A League of Their Own
as Edgar
Episodes: 6
First Aired: Aug 11, 2022
The Simpsons
as Carl Carlson / Lou (voice)
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Dec 17, 1989
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man
as Grift (voice)
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Jan 29, 2025
The Flash
as Julio Mendez
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Oct 07, 2014
The Simpsons
as Carl Carlson / Fausto (voice)
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Dec 17, 1989
A Different World
as Livingston
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 24, 1987
Station 19
as Oliver
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 22, 2018
Mom
as Wes
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 23, 2013
The Simpsons
as Audrey II (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 17, 1989
Better Call Saul
as Officer Baker
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 08, 2015
All Rise
as Detective Collins
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 23, 2019
Scandal
as Bill Warren
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Apr 05, 2012
Marvel's Spider-Man
as Swarm (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Aug 19, 2017
Grey's Anatomy
as Miles Green
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 27, 2005
How to Get Away with Murder
as Mr. Travers
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 25, 2014
Beverly Hills, 90210
as Robinson
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 04, 1990
House
as Jay 'Jay-Bird' Janosik
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Nov 16, 2004
Fire Country
as Rudy
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 07, 2022
Chicago Fire
as John Millard
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 10, 2012
Once Upon a Time
as Stanum
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 23, 2011
The Sarah Silverman Program.
as Eugene
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 01, 2007
The Simpsons
as Carl Carlson / FBI Officer #1 (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 17, 1989
The Simpsons
as Employee Praising Dance Moves (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 17, 1989
The Simpsons
as Partygoer #2 (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 17, 1989
The Simpsons
as Gamer (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 17, 1989
The Simpsons
as Hockey Player (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 17, 1989
The Simpsons
as (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 17, 1989
Shameless
as Union Jerry
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 09, 2011
Reno 911!
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 23, 2003
Free Spirit
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 22, 1989
Better Things
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 08, 2016
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