
Julian Barratt
Department: Acting
Biography
Julian Barratt Pettifer (born 4 May 1968) is an English comedian, actor and musician. As a comedian and comic actor, he is known for his use of surreal humour and black comedy. During the 2000s he was part of The Mighty Boosh comedy troupe alongside comedy partner Noel Fielding. Born in Leeds, West Yorkshire, Barratt attended the University of Reading and first performed stand up comedy whilst at the University of Reading. In 1997 he first met Mighty Boosh collaborator Noel Fielding when they both appeared on the same comedy bill at a pub in north London. Sometime in around 1998 they then performed their first comedy show together in London which was a mix of both stand up and sketch comedy and then in 1998 they took the show, The Mighty Boosh, to the Edinburgh fringe festival and returned again in 1999 with Arctic Boosh and in 2000 with Autoboosh. In 2001 The Mighty Boosh became a six-part radio show on BBC London Live, called The Boosh later transferring to BBC radio 4. This was followed by the television show The Mighty Boosh, which ran for three series on BBC Three from 2004 to 2007. The show generated a cult following and won a variety of awards. From February to April 2006 they went on tour around the UK with the stage show The Mighty Boosh Live and then toured the UK for a second time from September 2008 to January 2009 with The Mighty Boosh Live: Future Sailors Tour. Alongside Fielding, he has starred in Unnatural Acts, Nathan Barley and Garth Marenghi's Darkplace. Barratt also co-wrote and starred in the 2017 film Mindhorn. He starred in the Channel 4 black comedy-drama sitcom Flowers.
Known For

The Tube: An Underground History
2013

The Clearing
2021

The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Ball in the Hall
2006

AD/BC: A Rock Opera
2004

Bunny and the Bull
2009

The Mighty Boosh Live: Future Sailors Tour
2009

The Mighty Boosh Live
2006

The Mighty Boosh: Journey of the Childmen
2010

Sweet
2001

A Field in England
2013

The Harry Hill Movie
2013

Curtains
2009

ABCs of Death 2
2014

The Principles of Lust
2003

The Curse of Tutankhamun
2020

Aaaaaaaah!
2015

The Savage Canvas
2010

HIV: The Musical
2009

Mindhorn
2016

Brakes
2017

Building the Channel Tunnel: 25 Years On
2019

Uncle Wormsley's Christmas
2012

Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali
2002

Lucky Break
2001

In Fabric
2018

Cluub Zarathustra
1996

The Reckoning
2004

Hell Bent for Leather
2007

The External World
2010

The Mighty Boosh: A Journey Through Time and Space
2008

The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
2021

Dick & Stewart: I Spy with My Little Eye
2018

Building the Channel Tunnel
2019

Rogue Agent
2022

The Mighty Boosh: Inside the Zooniverse
2005

The Mighty Boosh: In Search of the Porcelain Fox
2006

The Mighty Boosh Unseen: Boosh in the USA
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Nathan Barley
2005

Soccer AM
1995

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001

Asylum
1996

Unnatural Acts
1998

The Mighty Boosh
2004

How Not to Live Your Life
2008

Ultra City Smiths
2021

The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway
2014

The Boosh
2001

Garth Marenghi's Darkplace
2004

Hunderby
2012

Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge
2010

Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart
2019

Flowers
2016

The Following Events are Based on a Pack of Lies
2023

The Witchfinder
2022

The Great
2020

Summer Camp Island
2018

Bloods
2021

Egypt From Above
2019

Lost Treasures of Rome
2022

Long Live the Royals
2015

Treasure Island
2012

White Heat
2012

Miriam’s Big American Adventure
2018

Europa: le meraviglie dall'alto
2020

Sally4Ever
2018

Summer Camp Island
2018

Europe from Above
2019

Building Giants
2018

Killing Eve
2018

New York Super Airport
2021

Knuckles
2024

Lost Treasures of Egypt
2019

Truth Seekers
2020

Super Happy Magic Forest
2024

Being Human
2009

Moominvalley
2019

Lost Treasures Of The Bible
2024

Look Around You
2002

We Baby Bears
2022

Engineering Europe
2025

Bob's Burgers
2011

Kill Jackie
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