Alex Désert

Alex Désert 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 Mr. Williams on 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.^[1][2][3][4]

Alex Désert
Alma mater	Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School
Occupation(s)	Actor, musician
Years active	1981–present
Website	www.alexdesert.com

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 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. 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,^[5] starting with "Undercover Burns", which premiered on September 27, 2020.^{[2][1][3][6][7]}

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 Desert
2003	Masked and Anonymous	Valentine
	Chicken Party	Durell Mills	Short 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[8]
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 episodes Credited as Alex Desert
1990	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 film Credited 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 cast 129 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[8]
2011	Let's Do This!	General Sam Tundiki	Television film
2011–2014	The LeBrons	Wise (voice)	23 episodes[8]
2012	Let It Shine	Levi	Television 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 Desert Episode: "Take It Back"
	Mom	Wes	Credited as Alex Desert Episode: "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 Desert
2015	Public Morals	Diamond Jack	Episode: "Collection Day"
	Invisible Sister	Mr. Perkins	Television film
2016–2017	The Flash	Captain Julio Mendez[9]	2 episodes[10][11]
2016–2019	Better Things	Donte	5 episodes Credited as Alex Desert
2016	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)[8]
2018–2019	Mr. Pickles	Mr. Bojenkins (voice)	8 episodes
2018	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, Lou (voice)[12][13][14]	Replacing Hank Azaria
2022	A League of Their Own	Edgar[15]	Recurring cast[16]
	Women of the Movement	Dr. Theodore Roosevelt Howard	4 episodes[17]
	Chicago Fire	John Millard	Episode: "Angry is Easier"[18]

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Tomb Raider: Legend	Zip	[8]
2008	Tomb Raider: Underworld		[8]
2009	Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard	Sonny Tang, Space Marine	[8]
2011	Saints Row: The Third	Zimos	[8]
2012	Avengers Initiative	Nick Fury
2013	StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm	Tempest	[8]
	Saints Row IV	Zimos	Enter the Dominatrix DLC
2017	Quake Champions	Sorlag
2018	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

References

1. France, Lisa Respers (September 28, 2020). "Alex Désert takes over for Hank Azaria voicing Carl on 'The Simpsons'". CNN. Archived from the original on September 29, 2020. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
2. "Alex Desert debuts as Carl Carlson on The Simpsons". Indy 100. September 28, 2020. Archived from the original on November 5, 2020. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
3. Jasyson (September 28, 2020). "'The Simpsons' debut voice actor for Carl Carlson after Hank Azaria steps down". The Armenian Reporter. Archived from the original on October 18, 2020. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
4. "The Simpsons: Alex Désert replaces Hank Azaria as voice of Carl Carlson". www.bbc.com. BBC News. September 25, 2020. Archived from the original on January 4, 2021. Retrieved January 17, 2021.
5. Schneider, Michael (September 24, 2020). "The Simpsons' Season Premiere: Here's Who Took Over Carl's Voice From Hank Azaria". variety.com. Archived from the original on 2020-09-24. Retrieved 2020-09-25.
6. Martin, Annie (September 25, 2020). "'The Simpsons': Alex Desert to voice Carl in Season 32 premiere". UPI. Archived from the original on September 27, 2020. Retrieved September 27, 2020.
7. Jones, Mike (September 24, 2020). "The Simpsons Cast Alex Desert To Replace Hank Azaria As Carl". www.screenrant.com. ScreenRant. Archived from the original on October 5, 2020. Retrieved January 17, 2021.
8. "Alex Desert (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved August 12, 2024. 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 opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.
9. "Alex Désert reprised his role from The Flash 1990, Julio Mendez in The Flash CW in the episode "Flashpoint" where he is the captain of the Central City Police Department in the Flashpoint timeline!". www.twitter.com. Twitter. November 20, 2020. Archived from the original on January 19, 2022. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
10. Behbakht, Andy (November 1, 2020). "Every '90s Flash Actor To Appear In The Arrowverse". www.screenrant.com. Screen Rant. Archived from the original on November 4, 2020. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
11. Saclao, Christian (October 6, 2016). "'The Flash' Star Alex Désert On Playing Captain Julio Mendez In Season 3 Premiere, 'Flashpoint'". www.ibtimes.com. International Business Times. Archived from the original on February 12, 2022. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
12. Doyle, Pip (January 29, 2021). "New Episodes Of The Simpsons, Family Guy, American Dad Hit 7mate". www.kiss1065.com.au. Kiis 1065. Archived from the original on February 13, 2021. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
13. Sciretta, Peter (September 25, 2020). "'The Simpsons' Replaces Hank Azaria With Alex Désert as the Voice of Carl in Season 32 Premiere". www.twitter.com. Twitter. Archived from the original on September 25, 2020. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
14. Swift, Andy (February 25, 2023). "The Simpsons Explores Carl's Racial Identity, Adding 'Another Layer' to the Beloved Character — Watch Sneak Peek". www.yahoo.com. Yahoo! News. Retrieved November 5, 2023.
15. Otterson, Joe (2023-08-18). "'A League of Their Own' Season 2 Scrapped at Amazon". Variety. Retrieved 2023-08-19.
16. Pedersen, Erik (June 7, 2022). "'A League Of Their Own' Teaser & Premiere Date: Abbi Jacobson, Chanté Adams & Others Play Ball With Prime Video". www.deadline.com. Deadline. Archived from the original on March 5, 2023. Retrieved March 5, 2023.
17. Petski, Denise (April 13, 2021). "'Women Of The Movement': Seven Added To Recurring Cast Of ABC Limited Series". www.deadline.com. Deadline. Archived from the original on March 5, 2023. Retrieved March 5, 2023.
18. Ingham, Alexandra (November 6, 2022). "Chicago Fire spoilers: What to expect in season 11, episode 7 (Preview)". www.onechicagocenter.com. One Chicago Center. Archived from the original on March 5, 2023. Retrieved March 5, 2023.

External links

• Official website
• Alex Désert at IMDb
• Official website for The Lions