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Malcolm Barrett
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…
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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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2025
Missing Rhythms
Movie Executive Producer
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2025
The Errand
Movie Duncan
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2024
Fractal
Movie Baba
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2023
Gen V
TV show Seth Reed
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2023
Krapopolis
TV show (voice)
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2023
The Changeling
TV show Patrice Green
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2023
History of the World: Part II
TV show Captain Hanks
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2023
Not Dead Yet
TV show Quentin
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2022
This Fool
TV show Gordon
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2022
The Edge of Her Mind Anthology
Movie Executive Producer
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2021
Horror Noire
Movie Arthur (segment 'Fugue State')
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2021
Just Beyond
TV show Andy
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2020
The Comeback Trail
Movie Xavier Clay
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2020
Pooka Lives!
Movie Derrick
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2019
The Boys
TV show Seth Reed
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2019
Weird City
TV show Chonathon
More credits
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2018
Dinner Party
Movie Barney
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2017
Calico Skies
Movie John
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2017
Genius
TV show Ted White
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2017
Literally, Right Before Aaron
Movie Greg
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2017
Dimension 404
TV show Chris
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2017
Dropping The Soap
Movie Josh
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2017
Santa Clarita Diet
TV show Morgan
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2016
War on Everyone
Movie Reggie X
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2016
Timeless
TV show Rufus Carlin
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2016
Preacher
TV show F.J. Hoover
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2015
Reunited
Movie Chad
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2015
Truth Be Told
TV show Hudson
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2015
Addicted to Fresno
Movie Eric
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2014
Dear White People
Movie Helmut West
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2014
10.0 Earthquake
Movie Booker
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2014
Garfunkel and Oates
TV show Daniel
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2014
Man with a Movie Camera
Movie Edwin - The Director
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2013
OJ: The Musical
Movie Lawrence
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2012
The Soul Man
TV show Bird
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2012
Missed Connections
Movie Jules Norris
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2012
Key & Peele
TV show Harrassed Passenger
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2011
Traffic Light
TV show Pete
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2010
Raising Hope
TV show Lamar
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2010
The Good Guys
TV show A / C
