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Alex Désert
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Alex Désert
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1968-07-18,New York City, New York, USA
Gender
Male
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.

Filmography

7.13

High Fidelity
2000-03-17

Masked and Anonymous

5.197

Masked and Anonymous
2003-07-25

6.842

Swingers
1996-10-18

LEGO: The Adventures of Clutch Powers

5.8

LEGO: The Adventures of Clutch Powers
2010-05-28

7.167

Lush Life
1993-10-01

6.961

Let It Shine
2012-06-15

0

Bolivar
2022-08-31

4.636

Bob Funk
2009-03-20

6.04

PCU
1994-04-29

Invisible Sister

6.7

Invisible Sister
2015-12-10

The Flash II: Revenge of the Trickster

6.5

The Flash II: Revenge of the Trickster
1991-09-18

The Flash III: Deadly Nightshade

7

The Flash III: Deadly Nightshade
1992-12-31

LEGO® Clutch Powers: Bad Hair Day

5.4

LEGO® Clutch Powers: Bad Hair Day
2010-02-23

5.4

Freaky Friday
2018-09-14

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

6.2

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
2014-10-08

6.5

The Flash
1990-11-04

Pretty Persuasion

5.832

Pretty Persuasion
2005-01-22

8

Chicken Party
2003-10-14

The Simpsons: O C'mon All Ye Faithful

7.02

The Simpsons: O C'mon All Ye Faithful
2024-12-16

0

Still Swingin’
2005-01-01

8.185

Hoppers
2026-03-04

Extreme Makeover: Homer Edition

7.357

Extreme Makeover: Homer Edition
2026-06-17

7.9

Simpsley
2026-07-03

A Different World

7.08

A Different World
1987-09-24

7.4

The Flash
1990-09-20

7.208

Reno 911!
2003-07-23

8.197

Station 19
2018-03-22

7.192

Becker
1998-11-02

7

Free Spirit
1989-09-22

8

The Heights
1992-08-27

4

Sing It!
2016-05-25

7

TV 101
1988-11-29

7.311

Mom
2013-09-23

8.02

The Simpsons
1989-12-17

8.02

The Simpsons
1989-12-17

8.02

The Simpsons
1989-12-17

Better Call Saul

8.71

Better Call Saul
2015-02-08

7.8

The Flash
2014-10-07

7.452

All Rise
2019-09-23

8.02

The Simpsons
1989-12-17

7.2

Scandal
2012-04-05

Marvel's Spider-Man

7.5

Marvel's Spider-Man
2017-08-19

A League of Their Own

6.818

A League of Their Own
2022-08-11

8.207

Grey's Anatomy
2005-03-27

How to Get Away with Murder

7.816

How to Get Away with Murder
2014-09-25

Beverly Hills, 90210

7.3

Beverly Hills, 90210
1990-10-04

8.565

House
2004-11-16

8

Fire Country
2022-10-07

8.4

Chicago Fire
2012-10-10

Once Upon a Time

7.397

Once Upon a Time
2011-10-23

Momma Named Me Sheriff

5.919

Momma Named Me Sheriff
2019-11-18

The Sarah Silverman Program.

6.257

The Sarah Silverman Program.
2007-02-01

7.201

Better Things
2016-09-08

8.02

The Simpsons
1989-12-17

8.02

The Simpsons
1989-12-17

8.02

The Simpsons
1989-12-17

8.02

The Simpsons
1989-12-17

8.02

The Simpsons
1989-12-17

8.02

The Simpsons
1989-12-17

8.02

The Simpsons
1989-12-17

8.167

Shameless
2011-01-09

Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man

7.819

Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man
2025-01-29

8.02

The Simpsons
1989-12-17

8.02

The Simpsons
1989-12-17

Boy Meets World

8.291

Boy Meets World
1993-09-24

8.02

The Simpsons
1989-12-17

The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes

8.21

The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes
2010-10-20

The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes

8.21

The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes
2010-10-20

The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes

8.21

The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes
2010-10-20

Carmen Sandiego

7.933

Carmen Sandiego
2019-01-18