Alex Désert (born July 18, 1968) is an American actor and musician, known for his roles in the TV series ''
The Flash
The Flash (or simply Flash) is the name of several superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Harry Lampert, the original Flash first appeared in ''Flash Comics'' #1 (cover date ...
'', ''
The Heights'' with
Jamie Walters
James Leland Walters Jr. (born June 13, 1969) is an American actor and singer, best known for his roles on ''Beverly Hills, 90210'' and '' The Heights'' and singing lead vocal on " How Do You Talk to an Angel".
Career
Walters was born in Boston ...
, ''
Becker'' with
Ted Danson, and Mr. Williams on ''
Boy Meets World'', as well as the voice of
Nick Fury
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for ''
The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes''. Désert has been seen in ''
Mom
]
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'' and ''
Grey's Anatomy''. Other television credits include ''
Tyler Perry's House of Payne'', ''
House
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'', ''
Reno 911!'', and ''
The Sarah Silverman Program''. In 2020, he started voicing
Carl Carlson and
Lou on ''
The Simpsons'', replacing
Hank Azaria.
Early life
Désert was born in
New York City on July 18, 1968. He graduated from
Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School
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.
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
Jonathan Kolia Favreau (; born October 19, 1966) is an American actor and filmmaker. As an actor, Favreau has appeared in films such as ''Rudy (film), Rudy'' (1993), ''PCU (film), PCU'' (1994), ''Swingers (1996 film), Swingers'' (1996), ''Very ...
, 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; ''
The 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, Australia and Europe with bands such as
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
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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
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''. He also lends his vocal talents to the Los Angeles-based reggae collective The Lions.
In 2020, he took over the role of
Carl Carlson and
Lou from
Hank Azaria on ''
The Simpsons'' in light of the
George Floyd protests, starting with "Undercover Burns", which premiered on September 27, 2020.
Filmography
Film
Television
Video games
References
External links
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Official website for The Lions
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African-American male actors
American male film actors
American male television actors
American male voice actors
Living people
1968 births
20th-century American male actors
21st-century American male actors
American ska singers
American reggae musicians
20th-century American singers
21st-century American singers
20th-century African-American male singers
21st-century African-American musicians