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Malcolm Barrett

Actor / Screenwriter | * 04/22/1980 (43) | Brooklyn, New York (United States of America (USA))
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Malcolm Barrett (born April 22, 1980) is an American actor best known for playing time traveler Rufus Carlin in Timeless on NBC. ()

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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Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Drama | Crime

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Movies with Malcolm Barrett as Actor(20)

as Malcolm Barrett2023 BET Awards
as Arthur (segment 'Fugue State')2021 Horror Noire
as Derrick2020 Pooka Lives!
as Xavier Clay2020 The Comeback Trail
as Barney2018 Dinner Party
as John2017 Calico Skies
as Reggie X2016 War on Everyone
as Eric2015 Addicted to Fresno
as Chad2015 Reunited
as Helmut West2014 Dear White People
as Booker2014 10.0 Earthquake
as Lawrence2013 OJ: The Musical
as Jules Norris2012 Missed Connections
as Kenneth2009 Imaginary Larry
as Sergeant Foster2008 The Hurt Locker
as Byron Hill2008 American Violet
as Anderson2003 The Forgotten
as Jock2002 Swimfan

TV Shows/Series with Malcolm Barrett as Actor(25)

as Captain Hanks2023 History of the World: Part II
as Andy2021 Just Beyond
as Seth Reed2019 The Boys
as Chonathon2019 Weird City
as Chris2017 Dimension 404
as Ted White2017 Genius
as F.J. Hoover2016 Preacher
as Rufus Carlin2016 Timeless
as Daniel2014 Garfunkel and Oates
as Lem Hewitt2009 Better Off Ted
as Officer Price2008 The Mentalist
as Wally2006 Psych
as Stanley's Replacement2005 The Office
as Dr. Jules Huffman2005 Ghost Whisperer
2003 Luis
as Malcolm O'Dwyer2002 Monk
as Angelo Davis1999 The Sopranos
as Julian Zalak1990 Law & Order
as Harry Johnson1990 Law & Order

Movies with Malcolm Barrett as Crew(1)

Production/Executive Producer2022 The Edge of Her Mind Anthology

Additional Information

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Full Name: Malcolm Barrett
Born: Tuesday, 04/22 1980 (April) in Brooklyn, New York (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 43 years + 341 days)
Zodiac sign: Taurus (Chinese zodiac sign: Monkey)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Stuyvesant High School
Other names for Malcolm Barrett (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Malcolm I. Barrett"
"Verbal the Rapper"
Malcolm Barrett frequently works together with these people:
Edward D. Murphy (11x, Actor)
Bruce MacVittie (10x, Actor)
Catrina Ganey (10x, Actress)
William H. Burns (10x, Actor)
Mark Casella (10x, Actor)
Dick Wolf (9x, Crew)
James Murtaugh (9x, Actor)
Glynis Bell (9x, Actress)
David Fonteno (9x, Actor)
Daniel Oreskes (9x, Actor)
Joe Gonzalez (9x, Actor)
Dawn Fields (5x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:29279, Added: 05/09/2018, Last updated: 02/28/2024