Rex David Britten[1] is a fictional main character in the American police procedural drama television series Awake.

Rex was created and designed by series creator and executive producer Kyle Killen after he created and developed the series Lone Star for the Fox network; Killen had been called in to pitch a new drama for NBC after the cancellation of Lone Star.

"It was 1 or 2 o'clock in the morning, and I remember I was so freaked out by the script that I went upstairs to our guest bedroom where my wife was sick with the flu and I got into bed with her," recalled Korman.

I've never read a pilot like this, and for a guy who has never written a procedural show in his life, he's actually making two cases work".

He had a tennis racket which he put in his bag after his mother died: his friend Cole accidentally broke it, in "Oregon".

[10] He claimed that "Laura Allen and Dylan Minnette also deliver strong performances as Michael’s wife and son respectively.

[10] Rex's motorbike was praised by TV Fanatic's Lindey Kempton called it "a nice touch", "personal", "not unrealistic", and "it helped start developing his character a little bit".