As Lloyd, Jeremy Piven's assistant on Entourage, gay actor Rex Lee has carved out a hilarious niche for himself.

His character stuck around and gained a higher profile thanks to Lee's wicked comic timing and popularity with fans.

Soon, though, he'll jump from the small to the big screen, appearing in the independent feature Shades of Ray.

A seriocomic romance, Shades stars Chuck main man Zachary Levi as Ray, a mixed-race, American-born son of a Pakistani father and Caucasian mother.

As his parents separate and his father moves in with him, Ray must deal with his own romantic and racial issues.

Sounds heartfelt and sincere, but Romeo's guessing that Lee's job will be to pop up from time to time with just the right punchline for an awkward moment.

As HBO audiences know, he's an expert at that.

Last update: 12-19-2007 21:57