Background
Lenk was born in Camarillo, California, the son of Pam Sherman, a teacher, and Fred Lenk, a tuba player, high school music teacher, and school district computer network administrator.
Actor comedian playwright singer
Lenk was born in Camarillo, California, the son of Pam Sherman, a teacher, and Fred Lenk, a tuba player, high school music teacher, and school district computer network administrator.
He attended Adolfo Camarillo High School. He graduated from University of California, Los Angeles with a Bachelor of Arts.
He has also had small parts in the films Date Movie, The Number 23, and Transformers. Lenk appeared in the Web series Border Patrol, which premiered in June 2008 on Atom.com. In 2009 Lenk appeared as a guest star on Nip/Tuck.
Besides acting, Lenk is a singer and playwright.
He has toured with the European cast of Grease and has written three plays. Lenk took over the role of Franz in the Broadway musical Rock of Ages as of September 14, 2009, having originated the role in the Las Vegas and Los Angeles productions in 2006.
From 2009 to 2010, Lenk posted video blogs of himself on YouTube summing up his experiences on Broadway, usually under the title "Tom"s Broadway Blogs". Lenk also participates in video content with Felicia Day"s YouTube channel Geek and Sundry.
Lenk appeared in commercials for Pepsi Max and, in late 2012, in television ads for QuickBooks.
He also appeared in an episode of Psychology that poked fun at Buffy the Vampire Slayer (original Buffy actress Kristy Swanson appears in the episode). Lenk performed in the June 2012 edition of Don"t Tell My Mother! In 2013, Lenk joined the Lifetime series Witches of East End as Hudson Rafferty. Lenk is openly gay.