Alex Désert
Alex Désert (born July 18, 1968) is an American actor and musician known for his roles in the TV series The Flash, The Heights with Jamie Walters, Becker with Ted Danson, and Boy Meets World, as well as the voice of Nick Fury for the animated series The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes. Désert has been seen in Mom and Grey's Anatomy. Other television credits include Tyler Perry's House of Payne, House M.D., Reno 911!, and The Sarah Silverman Program.
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Occupation | Actor, musician |
Years active | 1981–present |
Website | www |
Career
His motion picture credits include the independent hit Swingers, Playing God, High Fidelity, Bob Funk and PCU with Jeremy Piven, David Spade and Jon Favreau, and Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, from Disney Studios.
Désert has lent his voice to various animated series and video games including; Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes as Nick Fury; as Wise in the web series The LeBrons; Crystal Dynamic's Tomb Raider; and, Scarface: The World is Yours. He also portrayed the auto-tuned pimp Zimos in the 2011 THQ release, Saints Row: The Third; In the World of Warcraft expansion Battle for Azeroth he portrayed the loa Bwonsamdi.
In addition to his acting career, Désert is one of the lead singers in Hepcat, a ska/reggae band that has toured the United States and Europe with bands such as The Mighty Mighty Bosstones and The Specials. Having released four albums, Hepcat's exposure has included national magazine features and an appearance on Late Night with Conan O’Brien. He also lends his vocal talents to the Los Angeles-based reggae collective The Lions.
Filmography
Films
- PCU (1994) - Mullaney
- Swingers (1996) - Charles
- Playing God (1997) - Bartender
- High Fidelity (2000) - Louis
- Masked and Anonymous (2003) - Valentine
- Pretty Persuasion (2005) - Joe (Security Guard)
- Bob Funk (2009) - Sonny
- Lego: The Adventures of Clutch Powers (2010)- Skelly
- Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (2014) - Mr. Rogue
- Losing in Love (2016) - Bob
- Freaky Friday (2019) - Mike Harper
Television
- A Different World (1990) - Livingston
- Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990) - Robinson
- The Flash (1990-1991) - Julio Mendez
- Boy Meets World (1995-1997) - Eli Williams / The Hepcat
- Becker (1998-2004) - Jake Malinak
- House (2009) - Jay-Bird
- The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes (2010-2013) - Nick Fury / Jack Fury / Damocles Officer (voice)
- Scandal (2011-2014) - Bill Warren
- Grey's Anatomy (2014) - Miles Green
- Mom (2014) - Wes
- Doc McStuffins (2014) - Sam the snake / Serpent Sam
- Better Call Saul (2016) - Officer Baker
- The Flash (2016-2017) - Captain Julio Mendez
- Better Things (2016-2019) - Donte
- Mr. Pickles (2018-2019) - Mr. Bojenkins
- Momma Named Me Sheriff (2019-present) - Mr. Bojenkins
- Spider-Man (2020) - Swarm (voice)