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Alec Mapa
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<p>Alejandro "Alec" Mapa is an <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">American</a> actor, comedian and writer. He got his first professional break when he was cast to replace <a href="/facts/B._D._Wong/RK7o1vcp">B. D. Wong</a> for the role of Song Liling in the <a href="/facts/Broadway_theatre/6USkK8x9">Broadway</a> production of <i><a href="/facts/M._Butterfly/l2TT0y89">M. Butterfly</a></i>. He gained recognition for roles such as Adam Benet on <i><a href="/facts/Half_%2526_Half/1jWmxf5X">Half & Half</a></i>, Suzuki St. Pierre on <i><a href="/facts/Ugly_Betty/wBxt9WgP">Ugly Betty</a></i> and Vern on <i><a href="/facts/Desperate_Housewives/rNmBsmHr">Desperate Housewives</a></i>. Mapa recurred as Renzo on <i><a href="/facts/Switched_at_Birth_(TV_series)/g4d9Ypkg">Switched at Birth</a></i>. </p><p>Mapa co-hosted the Logo network reality dating game show <i><a href="/facts/Transamerican_Love_Story/BrFS8oBV">Transamerican Love Story</a></i> with <a href="/facts/Calpernia_Addams/Xmh8NBw5">Calpernia Addams</a> in 2008. In 2013, he debuted in his own <a href="/facts/One-man_show/0eDAnx9E">one-man show</a>, <i><a href="/facts/Alec_Mapa%3a_Baby_Daddy/azmQVaxL">Alec Mapa: Baby Daddy</a></i>, which was made into a <a href="/facts/Concert_film/KRDklddS">concert film</a> and premiered on <a href="/facts/Showtime_(TV_network)/1yjns2Wy">Showtime</a> in 2015. </p>