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...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution
2024
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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
2024
as Gary
A grieving woman uses her virtual reality therapy to exact revenge on her former friends.

Ladies of the '80s: A Divas Christmas
2023
as Jeffrey
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
2023
as Dr. Nguyen
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
2023
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
2022
as Hal
A man falls in love with a woman who has multiple personalities.

Another Coffee House Chronicles Movie
2022
as Felix
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
2022
as Miles
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
2021
as Xander
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
2021
as Lito Santos
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
2020
as Chuck
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
2019
as Ned Tooley
A man has to figure out a way to make extra money when his father-in-law moves in.

The Year of Spectacular Men
2018
as Overzealous Casting Director
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
2017
as Marty Wells
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
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
2014
as Simon
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
2014
as Rigzang Wangchuk
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
2014
as Himself
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
2014
Executive Producer
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
2012
as Simon
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
2011
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
2011
as Himself
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
2011
as Simon
A self-involved but seductive beauty engineers his two lovers to fight over him. And we mean, really fight.

Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure
2011
as Gill Samms
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
2010
as Himself - Comedian
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
2009
as Self
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
2008
as Jorge
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
2008
as Claude
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
2008
as Mr. Bushnell
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
2006
as Daniel
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
2005
as Protester
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
2004
as Lee / N'Cream
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?
2004
as Nat-San Wang
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
2000
as Ho Chi Minh
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
1998
as Lana
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
1996
as New Receptionist
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
1994
as Hal Trask
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
1988
as Yasu Wade
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
1988
as Sybil
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
A career driven mother and her daughter don't see eye to eye when it comes to the daughter's future plans.

Silver Fox
N/A
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...