Rex Lee (born January 7, 1969) is a South Korean-born American actor. He is best known for his role as Lloyd Lee in the HBO series ''

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'' and his role as Elliot Park in the television sitcom ''

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''.

Early life

Lee was born in

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. His parents emigrated from Korea to the United States. He grew up in the states of

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and

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. He graduated from the

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in 1990. Although Lee was studying to be a professional pianist, he decided he wanted to act after taking a theater class in college.

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

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''The Cure for a Diseased Life''. Lee has also played roles on a variety of TV shows, including ''

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'', ''

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'' and Maurice on two episodes of ''

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''. Lee played Lloyd Lee, the gay assistant to Ari Gold, the character played by

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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. Lee won the award for Outstanding Supporting Actor, Television at the AZN Asian Excellence Awards in 2007 and 2008. Lee had a series regular role in the first two seasons of the

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sitcom ''

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'', playing Mr. Wolfe, a clueless high school guidance counselor. He appeared as one of the judges at Nationals in the Fox Television Comedy-Drama ''

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'' in season 3. In 2014, he had a starring role in the ABC Family (later rebranded as Freeform) television sitcom ''

'' where he plays Elliot Park, the publicist and "right-hand man" to a young tech entrepreneur named Josh. ''Young & Hungry'' ran for five seasons, concluding in 2018. In 2015, Lee appeared in an episode of ''

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'' as Jessica Huang's college boyfriend, Oscar Chow. Lee currently plays a

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in the 2015 "#ItsThatEasy" celebrity-themed ad campaign for website company

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Personal life

Lee is gay; he came out to his parents when he was 22.Gay Rex Lee Struggles In Love Due To Tough Upbringing
- Contact Music 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.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

Rex Lee on the Return of Entourage

A Quickie with Rex Lee on PopGurls.com

with Rex Lee and the actors who portray TV assistants Kenneth ("30 Rock") and Marc

External links

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