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Malcolm Barrett

Malcolm Barrett

Actor · b. 1980 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

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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  • Movie7.2

    The Hurt Locker

    2008 · 6.4K votes

  • Movie5.8

    The Comeback Trail

    2020 · 382 votes

  • Movie5.6

    My Best Friend's Girl

    2008 · 817 votes

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    Pooka Lives!

    2020 · 41 votes

  • Movie5.7

    War on Everyone

    2016 · 482 votes

  • Movie6.1

    Dear White People

    2014 · 490 votes

  • Movie5.3

    Swimfan

    2002 · 299 votes

  • Movie5.0

    10.0 Earthquake

    2014 · 135 votes

  • Movie6.7

    American Violet

    2008 · 41 votes

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    King of the Jungle

    2000 · 9 votes

  • Movie4.5

    Horror Noire

    2021 · 22 votes

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    Addicted to Fresno

    2015 · 121 votes

  • Movie5.2

    Calico Skies

    2017 · 9 votes

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    OJ: The Musical

    2013 · 1 votes

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    Dropping The Soap

    2017 · 3 votes

  • Movie4.0

    Missed Connections

    2012 · 2 votes

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  • Movie3.5

    Imaginary Larry

    2009 · 2 votes

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  • TV7.3

    Law & Order

    1990 · 723 votes

  • TV8.4

    The Mentalist

    2008 · 4.7K votes

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    The Office

    2005 · 5.5K votes

  • TV8.7

    The Sopranos

    1999 · 3.7K votes

  • TV7.9

    Monk

    2002 · 1.3K votes

  • TV8.4

    The Boys

    2019 · 13K votes

  • TV7.9

    Psych

    2006 · 1K votes

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    Ghost Whisperer

    2005 · 1.9K votes

  • TV7.5

    Raising Hope

    2010 · 343 votes

  • TV7.7

    Key & Peele

    2012 · 258 votes

  • TV7.6

    Gen V

    2023 · 1.6K votes

  • TV7.4

    Preacher

    2016 · 1.4K votes

  • TV7.2

    Timeless

    2016 · 820 votes

  • TV7.5

    Genius

    2017 · 312 votes

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    Krapopolis

    2023 · 49 votes

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  • TV7.4

    Santa Clarita Diet

    2017 · 855 votes

  • TV6.0

    The Soul Man

    2012 · 11 votes

  • TV7.6

    Better Off Ted

    2009 · 247 votes

  • TV7.0

    Not Dead Yet

    2023 · 113 votes

  • TV7.2

    The Good Guys

    2010 · 65 votes