Alec Mapa Biography (1965-)

Born July 10, 1965, in San Francisco, CA.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Actor, writer
Birth Details: July 10, 1965; San Francisco, California, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Stage Appearances
Kurogo, M. Butterfly, Eugene O'Neill Theatre, New York City, 1988-1990, then Los Angeles, c. 1991
Boulot, A Little Hotel on the Side, Belasco Theatre, New York City, 1992
Flaminius, Timon of Athens, Lyceum Theatre, New York City, 1993
Eddie, House Arrest: First Edition, Kreeger Theatre, Arena Stage,Washington, DC, 1997
"I Remember Mapa" (solo show; double-bill with "Depth Becomes Her"), Two at the Too, Asian Theatre Workshop, Taper Too, Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, 1997
Pointless (solo show), East West Players, David Henry Hwang Theatre, Union Center for the Arts, Los Angeles, 1999
Anne, Valley Boys (staged reading; benefit performance), Los Angeles, 2001
Perlita Alacran and Steve Jacobs, Dogeaters, Martinson Hall, Public Theatre, New York City, 2001
Also appeared in productions of Half Lives, A Language of TheirOwn, and Porcelain.
Major Tours
I Remember Mapa (solo show), U.S. cities, between 1998 and 2000
Film Appearances
Yasu Wade, Bright Lights, Big City, United Artists, 1988
Sybil, A New Life, Paramount, 1988
John, Home, 1989
New receptionist, The Substance of Fire, Miramax, 1996
Lana, Playing by Heart, Miramax, 1998
Literary publicist, Falling off the Verge, Greenrich International/Pendulum Media Partners/Urbanmind Pictures, 2002
Television Appearances

Series
Vern Limoso, Some of My Best Friends, CBS, 2001
Episodic
Wretched fan, "Off to See the Wretched," The Cosby Show, NBC, 1990
Lucas, "The Secret of My Great Dress," Flying Blind, Fox, 1992
Nguyen, "Paris, May 1919," The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, ABC, 1993
Kyle, "Skeleton in the Closet," Roseanne, ABC, 1994
"The Parenting Trap," Roseanne, ABC, 1994
Troy Thomas, "The Sea Wasp," M.A.N.T.I.S., Fox, 1995
Brian Yoshimara, "Rebels," Law & Order, NBC, 1995
Perry, "Halloween," Hangin' with Mr. Cooper, ABC, 1995
Paul, "The Pool Guy," Seinfeld, NBC, 1995
Ike Yee, "A Star Is Almost Born," The Jamie Foxx Show, The WB, 1996
Angela, "Unembraceable You," NYPD Blue, ABC, 1996
Andy Shawn, "Well, Nothing to Fear But Death Itself," Spy Game, ABC, c. 1997
Andy Shawn, "With Friends Like These ... ," Spy Game, ABC, 1997
Angela, "I Love Lucy," NYPD Blue, ABC, 1997
Nelson, "No Man Is a Fantasy Island," Holding the Baby, Fox, c. 1998
The housekeeper, "The One with the Thanksgiving Flashbacks," Friends, NBC, 1998
Trina, "Welcome to the Hotel Calamari," Dharma & Greg, ABC, 1999
Also appeared in episodes of Another World, Maggie, and Melrose Place.
Other
Hal Trask, Hart to Hart: Crimes of the Heart (movie), NBC, 1994
Murder One: Diary of a Serial Killer (miniseries), ABC, 1997
Tim Inman, Everything's Relative (pilot), 1999
Appeared in the special Super Mom's Daughter.
WRITINGS
For Stage
"I Remember Mapa" (solo show; double-bill with "Depth Becomes Her"), Two at the Too, Asian Theatre Workshop, Taper Too, Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, 1997; published in O Solo Homo: The New Queer Performance, Grove Atlantic

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

San Francisco Chronicle, March 28, 1998

Electronic

The Stranger, http://www.thestranger.com, February 3, 2000

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