Name
Malcolm Barrett
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1980-04-22 (46 years old)
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Biography
Malcolm Barrett (born 1980) is an American actor known for playing the role of scientist and time traveler Rufus Carlin in Timeless on NBC.
He was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY and attended Stuyvesant High School in Manhattan. He has appeared as a series regular on Fox's The Sketch Show and Luis.
Barrett played the character "Dr. Lem Hewitt" on the ABC television show, Better Off Ted and was a supporting character in the Academy Award-winning The Hurt Locker.
Barrett has had recurring appearances on the New York-based Law & Order franchise. He was featured as a squatter and drug dealer in an episode of The Sopranos and also guest starred in the pilot episode of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, the series finale of The Office as one of Dunder/Mifflin's new employees, and in an episode of Monk as a lottery fanatic. He also had a small role in the movie Larry Crowne, as one of Tom Hanks' character's classmates. He has also appeared in several television commercials, including national spots for Hummer and AT&T. The AT&T spot, which features Barrett shooting baskets in a sports bar, received frequent airplay during the 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. Barrett began playing the role of Rufus Carlin in the Fall of 2016 in the NBC series, Timeless.
Barrett is a spoken word artist and hip hop performer who has recorded under the aliases "Tourette's," "Verbal," and "The Velvet Rope." He appeared on the 2002 EP Timber, by electronic recording artist M Pinto. He is currently working on his debut album entitled The Backpacker's Guide to the Galaxy.
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- 2012 Missed Connections as Jules Norris
- 2015 Addicted to Fresno as Eric
- 2014 10.0 Earthquake as Booker
- 2015 Reunited as Chad
- 2016 War on Everyone as Reggie X
- Soon A.A.
- 2024 Fractal as Baba
- 2008 American Violet as Byron Hill
- 2002 Swimfan as Jock
- 2008 The Hurt Locker as Sergeant Foster
- 2018 Dinner Party as Barney
- 2003 The Forgotten as Anderson
- 2017 Literally, Right Before Aaron as Greg
- 2020 Pooka Lives! as Derrick
- 2020 The Comeback Trail as Xavier Clay
- 2013 OJ: The Musical as Lawrence
- 2021 Horror Noire as Arthur (segment 'Fugue State')
- 2017 Dropping The Soap as Josh
- 2014 Man with a Movie Camera as Edwin - The Director
- 2000 King of the Jungle as Basketball Kid #2
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- 2006 Psych ( 1 episode ) as Wally
- 2005 Ghost Whisperer ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Jules Huffman
- 2002 Monk ( 1 episode ) as Malcolm O'Dwyer
- 2000 The Beat ( 1 episode ) as Russsell Lucas
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- 2004 The Big House ( 1 episode )
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- 2005 It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia ( 1 episode ) as Terrell
- 2021 Just Beyond ( 1 episode ) as Andy
- 2008 The Mentalist ( 1 episode ) as Officer Price
- 2016 Timeless ( 26 episodes ) as Rufus Carlin
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- 2016 Preacher ( 17 episodes ) as F.J. Hoover
- 2023 Krapopolis ( 1 episode ) as (voice)
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- 2001 Law & Order: Criminal Intent ( 1 episode ) as Ahmal
- 2023 Not Dead Yet ( 2 episodes ) as Quentin
- 2015 Truth Be Told ( 2 episodes ) as Hudson
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- 2005 The Office ( 1 episode ) as Stanley's Replacement
- 2014 Garfunkel and Oates ( 1 episode ) as Daniel
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- 2019 Weird City ( 1 episode ) as Chonathon
- 2017 Santa Clarita Diet ( 1 episode ) as Morgan
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- 2012 The Soul Man ( 3 episodes ) as Bird
- 2010 The Good Guys ( 1 episode ) as A / C
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