Malcolm Barrett (born April 22, 1980) is an American actor best known for playing time traveler Rufus Carlin in Timeless on NBC.

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Malcolm Barrett
Barrett at the 2017 San Diego Comic-Con
Born	(1980-04-22) April 22, 1980 (age 44) Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Education	Stuyvesant High School
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2000–present

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Barrett was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, and graduated from Stuyvesant High School^[1] in Manhattan in 1998 with fellow actors Telly Leung and Billy Eichner.

Barrett has appeared as a series regular on Fox's The Sketch Show and Luis.

Barrett played 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 in an episode of The Sopranos and guest-starred in season 1, episode 1 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 a classmate of Tom Hanks' character.

From 2016 to 2018, Barrett played the main role of Rufus Carlin in the NBC series Timeless.