Alex Mapa | Host of The Hookies 2012 International Escort Awards
Ellen Degeneres has called Alec Mapa "smart, hilarious and funny. Variety has said "Alec Mapa is a freak. No one should be this talented." With uproarious live performances and ground breaking television roles, actor and comedian Alec Mapa has entertained audiences worldwide in every imaginable medium.
Alec's television career has gone from desperate to ugly with not one but two recurring roles on ABC's "Desperate Housewives" and "Ugly Betty." On Wisteria Lane Alec is known as Gabriel Solis' personal shopper "Vern." On "Ugly Betty no gossip report would be complete without the latest from Alec as fashion reporter extraordinaire "Suzuki St. Pierre." Alec also recently starred in the TV sitcom pilot,"Half Share."
Audiences first discovered Alec on Broadway in the Tony Award winning production of "M. Butterfly." He guest starred on over 40 television series, including Alias, Friends, Roseanne, Seinfeld and NYPD Blue. Alec played network television's very first gay asian series regular role on the short lived CBS sitcom "Some Of My Best Friends." He then starred in four seasons of the UPN sitcom "Half and Half". Film audiences howled at Alec as "N'Cream" in the wildly popular drag queen musical "Connie and Carla". Other films include "Playing By Heart" ,"Marley and Me" and "You Don't Mess with The Zohan." Alec appears regularly on the Logo Channel, RuPaul's Drag Race, The Gossip Queens, and The View.
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