Alex Désert

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Alex Désert born July 18 1968 is a HaitianAmerican 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 Angelesbased ska band Hepcat His first strong television presence was on a controversial CBS program entitled TV 101 where he costarred 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 Silvermans 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 US 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 XMen 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 Earths Mightiest Heroes and his father Jack Fury Later in 2009 he also made an appearance on the tv 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 Dynamics Tomb Raider Legend as Zip Tomb Raider Underworld Splinter Cell Double Agent and Scarface The World is Yours He portrayed the autotuned pimp Zimos in the 2011 THQ release Saints Row The Third In 2012 Désert costarred as Levi in Disneys Let It Shine In 2013 Désert reprised his role as Zimos in Saints Row IV DLC