Alex Désert is an American actor, known for his roles in the TV series The Flash, The Heights, Becker, and Boy Meets World, as well as the voice of Nick Fury for The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes and Wolverine and the X-Men. Désert has been seen in Mom and Grey's Anatomy. Other television credits include Tyler Perry's House of Payne, House, A League of Their Own, Reno 911!, and The Sarah Silverman Program. In 2020, he started voicing Carl Carlson and Lou on The Simpsons, replacing Hank Azaria.
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. His Disney Channel Original Movie credits include Invisible Sister and Freaky Friday.
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. Starting 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 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, as well as collaboration with other bands like the Interrupters.
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 Year Title Role Notes 1994 PCU Mullaney 1996 Swingers Charles Credited as Alex Desert 1997 Playing God Bartender 2000 High Fidelity Louis Credited as Alex Desert2003 Masked and Anonymous Valentine Chicken Party Durell MillsShort film 2004 Death of the Day Young Vance / The Masked Avenger 2005 Pretty Persuasion Joe (Security Guard) 2009 Bob Funk Sonny 2010 Lego: The Adventures of Clutch Powers Skelly (voice) Direct to video A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information. 2014 Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day Mr. Rogue 2015 Isaac and Quincy Quincy Short film 2016 Losing in Love Bob 2017 Alvin and the Alien Alien (voice)Short film 2020 Louden Louden
Television Year Title Role Notes 1988–1989 TV 101 Holden Hines 13 episodes 1989 Free Spirit Jeremy Episode: "Too Much of a Good Thing" 1990–1991 The Flash Julio Mendez 22 episodesCredited as Alex Desert1990 A Different World Livingston Episode: "The Power of the Pen" CBS Schoolbreak Special Jordan Episode: "The Girl with the Crazy Brother" Beverly Hills, 90210 Robinson Episode: "Class of Beverly Hills" 1992 The Heights Stan Lee 13 episodes 1993 Lush Life Lester Television filmCredited as Alex Desert 1994 Galaxy Beat Larry Longspan Television short 1995–1996 Boy Meets World Eli Williams / The Hepcat 16 episodes 1998–2004 Becker Jake Malinak Main cast129 episodes 2004 Harry Greene and Eugene Unknown episodes 2006 Katie Sullivan Alex Television film 2007 The Sarah Silverman Program Eugene Episode: "Face Wars"2008 Reno 911! Thaddeus Owens III Episode: "Strong Sister"Credited as Alex Desert Wolverine and the X-Men Nick Fury (voice) Episode: "Wolverine vs. Hulk" Rita Rocks Frank Episode: "The Crying Game" 2009 House Jay-Bird Episode: "Broken" 2010 Dirty Backs Killer Greg Miniseries 2010–2013 The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes Nick Fury, Jack Fury, Damocles Officer (voice) 16 episodes 2011 Let's Do This! General Sam Tundiki Television film 2011–2014 The LeBrons Wise (voice) 23 episodes2012 Let It Shine LeviTelevision film Let's Do This! Dr. David Zucco In Session with Jonathan Pessin Dr. Alex Episode: "Pilot"2014 Grey's Anatomy Miles Green Credited as Alex DesertEpisode: "Take It Back" Mom Wes Credited as Alex DesertEpisode: "Toilet Wine and the Earl of Sandwich" Doc McStuffins Sam the Snake, Serpent Sam (voice) 2 episodes Scandal Bill Warren Episode: "The Key"Credited as Alex Desert2015 Public Morals Diamond Jack Episode: "Collection Day" Invisible Sister Mr. Perkins Television film 2016–2017 The Flash Captain Julio Mendez 2 episodes 2016–2019 Better Things Donte 5 episodesCredited as Alex Desert2016 Better Call Saul Officer Baker Episode: "Switch" Sing It! Barry 10 episodes How to Get Away with Murder Keith Travers Episode: "It's About Frank" 2017 Once Upon a Time Stanum / Tin Man Episode: "Where Bluebirds Fly" 2017–2019 The Stinky & Dirty Show Steam, Carry (voice)3 episodes 2017–2020 Spider-Man Jefferson Davis / Swarm (voice) 2018–2019 Mr. Pickles Mr. Bojenkins (voice) 8 episodes2018 Station 19 Oliver Episode: "Hot Box" Freaky Friday Mike Harper Television film 2019–2021 Momma Named Me Sheriff Mr. Bojenkins (voice) 9 episodes 2019 Shameless Union Jerry Episode: "Which America?" 2020 Carmen Sandiego Crawfish King, Waiter (voice) Episode: "The Haunted Bayou Caper" 2020–present The Simpsons Carl Carlson, Officer Lou (voices) Replacing Hank Azaria 2022 A League of Their Own Edgar Recurring cast Women of the Movement Dr. Theodore Roosevelt Howard 4 episodes Chicago Fire John Millard Episode: "Angry Is Easier"
Video games Year Title Role Notes 2006 Tomb Raider: LegendZip 2008 Tomb Raider: Underworld 2009 Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard Sonny Tang, Space Marine 2011 Saints Row: The Third Zimos 2012 Avengers Initiative Nick Fury2013 StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm Tempest Saints Row IV Zimos Enter the Dominatrix DLC 2017 Quake Champions Sorlag2018 World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth Bwonsamdi Artifact Farvhan the Draemer 2020 Mafia: Definitive Edition Additional Voices Credited as Alex Desert World of Warcraft: Shadowlands Bwonsamdi, Invisible Sister 2025Fortnite Battle RoyaleCarl Carlson
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External links
Official website for The Lions