Malcolm Barrett

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 Foxs 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 Awardwinning The Hurt Locker Barrett has had recurring appearances on the New Yorkbased 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 Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia the series finale of The Office as one of DunderMifflins 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 characters classmates He has also appeared in several television commercials including national spots for Hummer and ATT The ATT spot which features Barrett shooting baskets in a sports bar received frequent airplay during the 2008 NCAA Mens 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 Tourettes 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 Backpackers Guide to the Galaxy