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Rex Lee (born January 7, 1969) 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.

Rex Lee
Born (1969-01-07) January 7, 1969 (age 53)
EducationOberlin College
OccupationActor
Years active1994–present

Early life


Lee was born in Warren, Ohio. His parents emigrated from Korea to the United States.[citation needed] He grew up in the states of Massachusetts and California. He graduated from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music[1] in 1990.[2] Although Lee was studying to be a professional pianist, he decided he wanted to act after taking a theater class in college.[1]


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.

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.[3] Lee won the award for Outstanding Supporting Actor, Television at the AZN Asian Excellence Awards in 2007[4] and 2008.[5]

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.[6] 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.[7] 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.[8] Lee currently plays a talent agent in the 2015 "#ItsThatEasy" celebrity-themed ad campaign for website company Wix.com.[9][10][11]


Personal life


Lee is gay; he came out to his parents when he was 22.[12][13]

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.[12]


Filmography



Film


Year Title Role Notes
1999 Word of Mouth Justin
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


Year Title Role Notes
1994 Dave's World Ticket Taker Episode: "I Lost It at the Movies"
2001 The Huntress Coordinator Episode: "Diva"
2002 Son of the Beach Bellboy Episode: "Empty the Dragon"
2003 Andy Richter Controls the Universe Asian Man Episode: "Charity Begins in Cellblock D"
2003 Lucky Jack Episode: "Savant"
2005 Twins Kenny Episode: "Twist of Fate"
2005–2011 Entourage Lloyd Lee Recurring role (season 2)
Starring (seasons 3–4)
Main role (seasons 5–8)
2006 What About Brian Jeremy Episode: "The Importance of Being Brian"
2008 Zoey 101 Maitre D' Episode: "Dinner for Two Many"
2010 Glenn Martin, DDS Gay Guy Episode: "Tooth Fairy"
2011–2013 Suburgatory Mr. Wolfe Main role (seasons 1–2)
2012 The Secret Policeman's Ball Kim Jong-un
2012 Glee Alderman Martin Fong Episode: "Nationals"
2014 Castle Yumi Episode: "Dressed to Kill"
2014–2018 Young & Hungry Elliot Park Main role
2015 Fresh Off the Boat Oscar Chow Episodes: "Blind Spot" and "Huangsgiving"

References


  1. Santiago, Arabella (December 29, 2006). "Now, That's Entertainment!!!". Asianweek. San Francisco, California. p. 12.
  2. Gelt, Jessica (April 12, 2007). "Memoirs of a Gaysian: As Lloyd on 'Entourage,' it's all about serving nasty super agent Ari Gold. Off-screen, Rex Lee is master of his 'incredibly strange' domain". Los Angeles Times. p. E26.
  3. Rex Lee: More Than Just the "Gay" One on TV's Entourage - by Drew Mackie, AfterElton.com, July 24, 2006
  4. "Letters From Iwo Jima captures outstanding film honors at the 2007 AZN Asian Excellence Awards". Asian Reporter. Portland, Oregon. May 22, 2007. p. 13.
  5. Tsai, Tina (May 2, 2008). "'Lust, Caution' Wins Outstanding Film Award at Asian Excellence Awards". Asianweek. San Francisco, California. p. 16.
  6. Andreeva, Nellie (25 July 2011). "TV CASTINGS: Rex Lee Joins 'Suburgatory'". Deadline.com. Retrieved 2011-10-05.
  7. Bucksbaum, Sydney (June 24, 2014). "Rex Lee compares Elliot on 'Young & Hungry' to his 'Entourage' and 'Suburgatory' roles". screenertv.com. Archived from the original on June 21, 2017.
  8. Lubitz, Rachel (March 31, 2015). "TV highlights: Hilary Duff returns to television with TV Land's 'Younger'". The Washington Post. p. C4.
  9. "Heidi Klum Is Making Men's Underthings in Wix.com Campaign". 13 May 2015.
  10. "What Businesses Do NFL Stars Start When They Retire?". 27 January 2015.
  11. "Create Your Free Website - Wix.com".
  12. Gay Rex Lee Struggles In Love Due To Tough Upbringing - Contact Music
  13. "Rex Lee". Mahalo.com. Retrieved 23 April 2015.



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Рекс Ли (англ. Rex Lee, род. 7 января 1969, Уоррен, Огайо) — американский актёр корейского происхождения. Наиболее известен по роли Ллойда Ли в оригинальном телесериале канала HBO «Красавцы».



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