Rex Lee (actor)

Rex Lee
Lee in 2013
Born (1969-01-07) January 7, 1969 (age 55)
NationalityAmerican
EducationOberlin 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 (2005–2011), as Mr. Wolfe in ABC's sitcom Suburgatory (2011–2013) and as Elliot Park in the sitcom Young & Hungry (2014–2018).

Early life

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Lee spent his childhood in the 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

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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 plays a talent agent in the 2015 "#ItsThatEasy" celebrity-themed ad campaign for website company Wix.com.[11][12][13]

Personal life

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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

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1999 Word of Mouth Justin
2008 Shades of Ray Dale
2015 Advantageous Drake
Entourage Lloyd Lee
Girl on the Edge Travis Lee
2017 Lemon Jazz
2018 For the Love of George Justin
2020 Feel the Beat Wellington 'Welly' Wong
2021 Keeping Company Brent

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1994 Dave's World Ticket Taker Episode: "I Lost It at the Movies"
1996 America's Most Wanted Choi Episode: "Chang and Choi"
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"
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 TV special
Glee Alderman Martin Fong Episode: "Nationals"
2013 Dan Vs. Voice Episode: "Dan Vs. The Ski Trip"
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

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  1. ^ Rose, Mike (January 7, 2023). "Today's famous birthdays list for January 7, 2023 includes celebrities Nicolas Cage, Kenny Loggins". Cleveland.com. Retrieved January 7, 2023.
  2. ^ Ryan, Suzanne C. (April 8, 2007). "He Gives 'Entourage' an Assist". The Boston Globe. p. N3.
  3. ^ a b Santiago, Arabella (December 29, 2006). "Now, That's Entertainment!!!". Asianweek. San Francisco, California. p. 12.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Rex Lee: More Than Just the "Gay" One on TV's Entourage - by Drew Mackie, AfterElton.com, July 24, 2006
  6. ^ "Letters From Iwo Jima captures outstanding film honors at the 2007 AZN Asian Excellence Awards". Asian Reporter. Portland, Oregon. May 22, 2007. p. 13.
  7. ^ Tsai, Tina (May 2, 2008). "'Lust, Caution' Wins Outstanding Film Award at Asian Excellence Awards". Asianweek. San Francisco, California. p. 16.
  8. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (July 25, 2011). "TV Castings: Rex Lee Joins 'Suburgatory'". Deadline.com. Retrieved October 5, 2011.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ Lubitz, Rachel (March 31, 2015). "TV highlights: Hilary Duff returns to television with TV Land's 'Younger'". The Washington Post. p. C4.
  11. ^ "Heidi Klum Is Making Men's Underthings in Wix.com Campaign". May 13, 2015.
  12. ^ "What Businesses Do NFL Stars Start When They Retire?". January 27, 2015.
  13. ^ "Create Your Free Website - Wix.com".
  14. ^ a b Gay Rex Lee Struggles In Love Due To Tough Upbringing - Contact Music
  15. ^ "Rex Lee". Mahalo.com. Retrieved April 23, 2015.
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