Alec Mapa

Alec Mapa

1965-07-10 San Francisco, California, USA 41 Credits

Biography

Alejandro "Alec" Mapa (born July 10, 1965) is an American actor, comedian and writer. He got his first professional break when he was cast to replace B.D. Wong for the role of Song Liling in the Broadwayproduction of M. Butterfly. He later gained notoriety for the roles of Adam Benet in Half & Half and Suzuki St. Pierre in Ugly Betty which are his best known roles. He is also known for his recurring role as Vern in Desperate Housewives. He co-hosted with Calpernia Addams the Logo network realit...

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Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

2024

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

6.2
Acting

This rapturous documentary steps into the dynamic world of queer stand-up and examines the powerful cultural influence it has had on social change in ...

ClearMind

ClearMind

2024

as Gary

4.6
Acting

A grieving woman uses her virtual reality therapy to exact revenge on her former friends.

Ladies of the '80s: A Divas Christmas

Ladies of the '80s: A Divas Christmas

2023

as Jeffrey

8.2
Acting

Five soap opera divas as they reunite to shoot the final Christmas episode of their long-running sudser. The producer, Alex and director Nell, who hap...

Baby Steps

Baby Steps

2023

as Dr. Nguyen

2.0
Acting

A year after the death of their beloved Lily, Beau and Caden learn that she froze some of her eggs and they must decide whether they are ready to take...

Marriage of Inconvenience

Marriage of Inconvenience

2023

Acting

New names, new jobs, new lives, new husbands...? Two total strangers entering a witness protection program must pretend to be happily married to hide ...

My Favorite Girlfriend

My Favorite Girlfriend

2022

as Hal

5.4
Acting

A man falls in love with a woman who has multiple personalities.

Another Coffee House Chronicles Movie

Another Coffee House Chronicles Movie

2022

as Felix

1.0
Acting

Pulled from the second season of web series "Coffee House Chronicles," with new adventures of unlucky-in-love Eli, this movie continues to explore the...

Just Swipe

Just Swipe

2022

as Miles

5.0
Acting

Vanessa has always had trouble in the dating world, never mind now being confined to her home. She soon discovers just how much you can get away with ...

The Housewives of the North Pole

The Housewives of the North Pole

2021

as Xander

4.7
Acting

The Christmas Queens of North Pole, Vermont, Trish and Diana, have won the Best Holiday House decorating competition every year for the past nine year...

Queen Bees

Queen Bees

2021

as Lito Santos

5.9
Acting

Helen is an independent widow who moves into the Pine Grove Senior Community and discovers it’s just like high school – full of cliques and flirtatiou...

Chick Fight

Chick Fight

2020

as Chuck

5.8
Acting

When Anna Wyncomb is introduced to an underground, all-female fight club in order to turn the mess of her life around, she discovers she is much more ...

Grand-Daddy Day Care

Grand-Daddy Day Care

2019

as Ned Tooley

5.8
Acting

A man has to figure out a way to make extra money when his father-in-law moves in.

The Year of Spectacular Men

The Year of Spectacular Men

2018

as Overzealous Casting Director

5.6
Acting

In the year after graduating college, Izzy struggles to navigate the seemingly incessant failures of adulthood, the reality of a substandard dating po...

A Very Sordid Wedding

A Very Sordid Wedding

2017

as Marty Wells

5.5
Acting

Del Shores' follow-up to "Sordid Lives" revisits Winters, Texas for a showdown between the gradually liberalizing locals and the new fundamentalist pr...

Fifty & Over Club

2015

as Phillip

Acting

In 1970, Tony and Lawson started a cool club with the kids in the neighborhood, were boys could be boys. Now late into their 50's, the club is still g...

Beethoven's Treasure Tail

Beethoven's Treasure Tail

2014

as Simon

5.7
Acting

After everyone's favorite St. Bernard gets fired from a movie, Beethoven begins the long journey home with his trainer, Eddie. On their way, they beco...

Such Good People

Such Good People

2014

as Rigzang Wangchuk

5.4
Acting

A young couple discovers a secret room filled with cash while house-sitting for rich friends who die while out of the country.

Alec Mapa: Baby Daddy

Alec Mapa: Baby Daddy

2014

as Himself

4.9
Acting

Actor and comedian Alec Mapa (America's Gaysian Sweetheart) shares hilarious and heartfelt stories about how his life has changed since he and his hus...

Alec Mapa: Baby Daddy

Alec Mapa: Baby Daddy

2014

Executive Producer

4.9
Producing

Actor and comedian Alec Mapa (America's Gaysian Sweetheart) shares hilarious and heartfelt stories about how his life has changed since he and his hus...

Black Briefs

Black Briefs

2012

as Simon

3.8
Acting

Six dark-themed gay short films, including: SPRING: A young man meets a stranger for S&M sex, an experience that will change his life forever. REMI...

Half-Share

Half-Share

2011

1.0
Acting

Fresh out of a long-term relationship, Mac leaves Oregon for a summer on Fire Island and must decide if he can handle his eccentric new housemates on ...

Going Down in La-La Land

Going Down in La-La Land

2011

as Himself

5.8
Acting

A fresh face comes to Hollywood to act in movies but only the gay porn studios are eager to provide him with work.

Winner Takes All

Winner Takes All

2011

as Simon

4.0
Acting

A self-involved but seductive beauty engineers his two lovers to fight over him. And we mean, really fight.

Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure

Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure

2011

as Gill Samms

6.0
Acting

After a talent scout spots her performing with her dog Boi at a charity gala, Sharpay Evans sets off for the bright lights of NYC, convinced instant f...

Pride: The Gay & Lesbian Comedy Slam

Pride: The Gay & Lesbian Comedy Slam

2010

as Himself - Comedian

4.3
Acting

Gay & Lesbian Comedy Show Hosted by the Oscars resident writer for the past 17 years and comedy satirist Bruce Villanch, "Pride" the Gay & Lesbian Com...

Annul Victory

Annul Victory

2009

as Self

Acting

Annul Victory is a documentary on the fight for marriage equality and the Proposition 8 election battle. The film documents the roller coaster ride of...

Marley & Me

Marley & Me

2008

as Jorge

7.2
Acting

A newly married couple, in the process of starting a family, learn many of life's important lessons from their trouble-loving retriever, Marley. Packe...

You Don't Mess with the Zohan

You Don't Mess with the Zohan

2008

as Claude

5.7
Acting

An Israeli counterterrorism soldier with a secretly fabulous ambition to become a Manhattan hairstylist. Zohan's desire runs so deep that he'll do any...

Tru Loved

Tru Loved

2008

as Mr. Bushnell

4.9
Acting

Recently relocated from San Francisco to conservative suburbia by her lesbian mothers, Tru struggles like all teens to fit in and find love, but her q...

Dirty Laundry

Dirty Laundry

2006

as Daniel

6.2
Acting

After ten years, Sheldon returns from New York City to Paris, Georgia. His mother Evelyn, a laundress who is stubborn, ornery, opinionated, mean-spiri...

Hard Pill

Hard Pill

2005

as Protester

5.5
Acting

A despondent gay man throws his life and relationships into turmoil when he volunteers for a controversial pharmaceutical study for a drug designed to...

Connie and Carla

Connie and Carla

2004

as Lee / N'Cream

5.8
Acting

After accidentally witnessing a mafia hit in the Windy City, gal pals Connie and Carla skip town for L.A., where they go way undercover as singers wor...

Who's Your Daddy?

Who's Your Daddy?

2004

as Nat-San Wang

4.9
Acting

An adopted Ohio high school senior discovers he is the inherited heir to a porn empire. Dropped into a bitter power struggle, his new flock of beautif...

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change

2000

as Ho Chi Minh

5.7
Acting

Following World War I, Indy - now fluent in several languages - works as a translator at the controversial Paris Peace Conference, where he once more ...

Playing by Heart

Playing by Heart

1998

as Lana

6.6
Acting

In a vibrant tapestry of love and longing, nine interconnected souls navigate romance and heartbreak in L.A., where passions collide and truths unfold...

The Substance of Fire

The Substance of Fire

1996

as New Receptionist

7.2
Acting

Isaac Geldhart is a Holocaust survivor who, overcome by grief at the recent death of his wife, seems determined to run his publishing firm into the gr...

Hart to Hart: Crimes of the Hart

Hart to Hart: Crimes of the Hart

1994

as Hal Trask

6.2
Acting

In their very last adventure, Jonathan and Jennifer Hart travel to The Big Apple, where a play she wrote in college is being produced on Broadway. But...

Bright Lights, Big City

Bright Lights, Big City

1988

as Yasu Wade

5.7
Acting

A disillusioned young writer living in New York City turns to drugs and drinking to block out the memories of his dead mother and estranged wife.

A New Life

A New Life

1988

as Sybil

4.0
Acting

Steve Giardino, an abrasive workaholic Wall Streeter, and his wife Jackie divorce after twenty-six years of marriage and find themselves thrust back i...

Supermom's Daughter

1987

as Peng

Acting

A career driven mother and her daughter don't see eye to eye when it comes to the daughter's future plans.

Silver Fox

Silver Fox

N/A

Acting

It’s minutes before curtain when America’s favorite “guncle” (gay uncle), standup comedian Joe Fox, finds himself cornered by his family in his dressi...