Rex Lee (actor)

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Rex Lee
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Lee in 2013
Born (1969-01-07) January 7, 1969 (age 55)
NationalityAmerican
Education Oberlin College
OccupationActor
Years active1994–present

Rex Lee (born January 7, 1969) [1] is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Lloyd Lee in the HBO series Entourage and his role as Elliot Park in the television sitcom Young & Hungry .

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Early life

Lee spent his childhood in Massachusetts cities of Somerville, Woburn, and Newton. [2] He graduated from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music [3] in 1990. [4] Although Lee was studying to be a professional pianist, he decided he wanted to act after taking a theater class in college. [3]

Career

Prior to landing the role on Entourage, Lee had various jobs including performing in the children's theater company, Imagination Company, as well as working as a casting assistant. He was the casting director for the TV movie The Cure for a Diseased Life. Lee has also played roles on a variety of TV shows, including Twins , What About Brian and Maurice on two episodes of Zoey 101 .

On Entourage Lee played Lloyd Lee, the gay assistant to Ari Gold, the character played by Jeremy Piven eventually becoming an agent and interim head of TMA's television department. Lee began his role in the first episode of the show's second season, "The Boys Are Back in Town", which introduced Lloyd as the replacement to Ari's previous assistant. [5] Lee won the award for Outstanding Supporting Actor, Television at the AZN Asian Excellence Awards in 2007 [6] and 2008. [7]

Lee had a series regular role in the first two seasons of the ABC sitcom Suburgatory , playing Mr. Wolfe, a clueless high school guidance counselor. [8] He appeared as one of the judges at Nationals in the Fox Television Comedy-Drama Glee in season 3. In 2014, he had a starring role in the ABC Family (later rebranded as Freeform) television sitcom Young & Hungry where he plays Elliot Park, the publicist and "right-hand man" to a young tech entrepreneur named Josh. [9] Young & Hungry ran for five seasons, concluding in 2018.

In 2015, Lee appeared in an episode of Fresh Off the Boat as Jessica Huang's college boyfriend, Oscar Chow. [10] Lee currently plays a talent agent in the 2015 "#ItsThatEasy" celebrity-themed ad campaign for website company Wix.com. [11] [12] [13]

Personal life

Lee is gay; he came out to his parents when he was 22. [14] [15]

In an interview from 2011, Lee said that he was single and looking for something permanent, but that it was difficult to find the right relationship. [14]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1999Word of MouthJustin
2008 Shades of Ray Dale
2015 Advantageous Drake
2015 Entourage Lloyd Lee
2015 Girl on the Edge Travis Lee
2017 Lemon Jazz
2018 For the Love of George Justin
2020 Feel the Beat Wellington 'Welly' Wong

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1994 Dave's World Ticket TakerEpisode: "I Lost It at the Movies"
2001 The Huntress CoordinatorEpisode: "Diva"
2002 Son of the Beach BellboyEpisode: "Empty the Dragon"
2003 Andy Richter Controls the Universe Asian ManEpisode: "Charity Begins in Cellblock D"
2003 Lucky JackEpisode: "Savant"
2005 Twins KennyEpisode: "Twist of Fate"
2005–2011 Entourage Lloyd LeeRecurring role (season 2)
Starring (seasons 3–4)
Main role (seasons 5–8)
2006 What About Brian JeremyEpisode: "The Importance of Being Brian"
2008 Zoey 101 Maitre D'Episode: "Dinner for Two Many"
2010 Glenn Martin, DDS Gay GuyEpisode: "Tooth Fairy"
2011–2013 Suburgatory Mr. WolfeMain role (seasons 1–2)
2012 The Secret Policeman's Ball Kim Jong-un
2012 Glee Alderman Martin FongEpisode: "Nationals"
2014 Castle YumiEpisode: "Dressed to Kill"
2014–2018 Young & Hungry Elliot ParkMain role
2015 Fresh Off the Boat Oscar ChowEpisodes: "Blind Spot" and "Huangsgiving"

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