Alec Mapa

Alec Mapa is an American actor, comedian and writer who began in high school productions of Bye Bye Birdie, Cabaret and Harvey. His first break came on Broadway, where he took over from B. D. Wong as Song Liling in M. Butterfly and later played the part on the national tour. Off-Broadway, he earned a 2001 Lucille Lortel Award nomination for Dogeaters and acted in the Whitelands plays by Chay Yew. On television he played Adam Benet on Half & Half, Vern on Desperate Housewives, Suzuki St. Pierre on Ugly Betty and Renzo on Switched at Birth. His films include Bright Lights, Big City (1988), Playing by Heart (1998), Connie and Carla (2004), Marley & Me (2008) and Ladies of the '80s: A Divas Christmas (2023). He wrote and performed the one-man play I Remember Mapa, co-hosted Transamerican Love Story, and debuted Alec Mapa: Baby Daddy.