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Alex Désert

Alex Désert

Actor · Born 1968-07-18 · New York City, New York, USA

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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 co…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. The Flash (2014) — Julio Mendez
  2. Grey's Anatomy (2005) — Miles Green
  3. The Simpsons (1989) — Carl Carlson (voice)
  4. House (2004) — Jay 'Jay-Bird' Janosik
  5. Better Call Saul (2015) — Officer Baker
  6. Shameless (2011) — Union Jerry
  7. Once Upon a Time (2011) — Stanum
  8. Chicago Fire (2012) — John Millard
  9. High Fidelity (2000) — Louis
  10. Hoppers (2026) — Additional Voice (voice)
  11. How to Get Away with Murder (2014) — Mr. Travers
  12. Station 19 (2018) — Oliver
  13. Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (2014) — Mr. Rogue
  14. Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990) — Robinson
  15. Swingers (1996) — Charles
  16. The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes (2010) — Nick Fury (voice)
  17. Mom (2013) — Wes
  18. Scandal (2012) — Bill Warren
  19. Boy Meets World (1993) — Eli Williams
  20. The Flash (1990) — Julio Mendez
  21. Marvel's Spider-Man (2017) — Swarm (voice)
  22. Let It Shine (2012) — Levi
  23. Invisible Sister (2015) — Mr. Perkins
  24. Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man (2025) — Grift (voice)
  25. Better Things (2016)
  26. Reno 911! (2003) — Thaddeus Owens III
  27. Fire Country (2022) — Rudy
  28. Carmen Sandiego (2019) — Crawfish King (voice)
  29. Becker (1998) — Jake Malinak
  30. Pretty Persuasion (2005) — Joe
  31. PCU (1994) — Mullaney
  32. Freaky Friday (2018) — Mike
  33. All Rise (2019) — Detective Collins
  34. A League of Their Own (2022) — Edgar
  35. LEGO: The Adventures of Clutch Powers (2010) — Skelly (voice)
  36. The Simpsons: O C'mon All Ye Faithful (2024) — Lou (voice)
  37. The Flash (1990) — Julio Mendez
  38. The Sarah Silverman Program. (2007) — Eugene
  39. A Different World (1987) — Livingston
  40. Masked and Anonymous (2003) — Valentine