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name: "Malcolm Barrett"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/malcolm-barrett"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "22 April 1980"
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average_fi1m_score: 87
updated: "2026-09-17T00:26:07.467658+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Malcolm Barrett

Actor. Born 22 April 1980 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 22 April 1980, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
- **Active:** 1999–2009
- **Also known as:**  Malcolm I. Barrett, Verbal the Rapper

## Biography

Malcolm Barrett is an American actor. Born on 22 April 1980 in Brooklyn, New York, he graduated from Stuyvesant High School in Manhattan and studied at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.

He has appeared as a series regular on the Fox sketch comedy series *The Sketch Show* and the sitcom *Luis*. Barrett played Dr Lem Hewitt on the ABC series *Better Off Ted* (2009–2010) and had a supporting role in the film *The Hurt Locker* (2008). He has had recurring appearances in the *Law & Order* franchise and guest roles in series including *The Sopranos*, *It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia*, *The Office* and *Monk*.

From 2016 to 2018 Barrett played Rufus Carlin in the NBC series *Timeless*. He has also appeared in *Larry Crowne* (2011) and later series such as *The Boys* and *Gen V*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Better Off Ted* (2009), Fi1m 80, as Lem Hewitt — [page](https://film.one/tv/better-off-ted.md)
- *The Hurt Locker* (2008), Fi1m 86, as Sergeant Foster — [page](https://film.one/film/the-hurt-locker.md)
- *The Sopranos* (1999), Fi1m 94, as Angelo Davis — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-sopranos.md)

## Also known for

- *The Boys* (2019), Seth Reed
- *The Mentalist* (2008), Officer Price
- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), Thomas Duncan
- *Ghost Whisperer* (2005), Dr. Jules Huffman
- *Gen V* (2023), Seth Reed
- *It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia* (2005), Terrell
- *Preacher* (2016), F.J. Hoover
- *Monk* (2002), Malcolm O'Dwyer

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