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Bio: Alec Mapa, stars as Vern Limoso, Warren's (Jason Bateman) outlandish, over-the-top best friend and neighbor who is prone to give unwanted relationship tips and routinely identify fellow gay men. Known for playing a wide array of characters that seldom resemble each other, Mapa's experience has encompassed stage, television and film. He has been recognized as a master of "ethnic gender bending." During his career, he has portrayed a veritable rainbow of roles, including Chinese, Indian, Japanese, Mexican, Vietnamese, Filipino and Eurasian. Mapa's first break occurred in 1989 when, fresh out of New York University, he was cast in a starring role in the hit Broadway play, David Henry Hwang's "M. Butterfly." During his three years with the show, he played opposite such actors as David Dukes, John Rubinstein, and Tony Randall. After completing "M. Butterfly," for which he received an L.A. Drama Critics Award as Best Actor, Mapa created, wrote and starred in the one-man show "I Remember Mapa," in which he recounts an outsider's experience in show business from smoky cabarets to Broadway theatres. He then appeared in "Boulot," and "A Little Hotel on the Side," in which he co-starred with Rob Lowe, Tony Randall, Lynn Redgrave and Paxton Whitehead. His other stage credits include "Timons of Athens," "A Language of Their Own," "Porcelain" and "Half Lives." On television, Mapa has been a guest star on such series as "Dharma & Greg," "Seinfeld," "Friends," "Law & Order," and "The Jamie Foxx Show," and has had recurring roles on the top-rated cop drama "N.Y.P.D. Blue," and the daytime drama "Another World." Born in San Francisco to parents who immigrated to New York from the
Philippines, Mapa fell in love with acting at the age of 12. While enrolled
at NYU, he landed his first professional parts, including a lead role
in the afterschool special "Super Mom's Daughter," and the film "Bright
Lights, Big City," with Michael J. Fox.
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