Julian Barratt
Acting • Born 1968-05-04
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.
Filmography
82 credits
The Tube: An Underground History
Movie • 2013
Voiceover
The Clearing
Movie • 2021
Bill
The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Ball in the Hall
Movie • 2006
Self
AD/BC: A Rock Opera
Movie • 2004
Tony Iscariot
Bunny and the Bull
Movie • 2009
Atilla
The Mighty Boosh Live: Future Sailors Tour
Movie • 2009
Howard
The Mighty Boosh Live
Movie • 2006
Howard Moon
The Mighty Boosh: Journey of the Childmen
Movie • 2010
Himself
Sweet
Movie • 2001
Stitch
A Field in England
Movie • 2013
Trower
The Harry Hill Movie
Movie • 2013
Conch
Curtains
Movie • 2009
Waiter
ABCs of Death 2
Movie • 2014
Peter Toland (Segment "Badger")
The Principles of Lust
Movie • 2003
Phillip
The Curse of Tutankhamun
Movie • 2020
Self - Narrator (voice)
Aaaaaaaah!
Movie • 2015
Jupiter
The Savage Canvas
Movie • 2010
Danny Drake
HIV: The Musical
Movie • 2009
Myles Davies
Mindhorn
Movie • 2016
Richard Thorncroft
Brakes
Movie • 2017
Elliot
Building the Channel Tunnel: 25 Years On
Movie • 2019
Uncle Wormsley's Christmas
Movie • 2012
Uncle Wormsley
Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali
Movie • 2002
Rosey
Lucky Break
Movie • 2001
Paul Dean
In Fabric
Movie • 2018
Stash
Cluub Zarathustra
Movie • 1996
Various (Scenes Deleted)
The Reckoning
Movie • 2004
Gravedigger
Hell Bent for Leather
Movie • 2007
The Real Seb Hunter
The External World
Movie • 2010
(voice)
The Mighty Boosh: A Journey Through Time and Space
Movie • 2008
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
Movie • 2021
Dr Elphick
Dick & Stewart: I Spy with My Little Eye
Movie • 2018
Narrator
Building the Channel Tunnel
Movie • 2019
Narrator (voice)
Rogue Agent
Movie • 2022
Phil
The Mighty Boosh: Inside the Zooniverse
Movie • 2005
Self
The Mighty Boosh: In Search of the Porcelain Fox
Movie • 2006
The Mighty Boosh Unseen: Boosh in the USA
Movie
Nathan Barley
TV • 2005
Dan Ashcroft
Soccer AM
TV • 1995
Self
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
TV • 2001
Self
Asylum
TV • 1996
Victor Munro
Unnatural Acts
TV • 1998
The Mighty Boosh
TV • 2004
Howard Moon
How Not to Live Your Life
TV • 2008
Jackson
Ultra City Smiths
TV • 2021
The Most Dangerous Man in the World (voice)
The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway
TV • 2014
Himself - Narrator
The Boosh
TV • 2001
Howard Moon
Garth Marenghi's Darkplace
TV • 2004
Padre
Hunderby
TV • 2012
Himself - Narrator
Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge
TV • 2010
Blackbird Goodbrooke
Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart
TV • 2019
Rufus (voice)
Flowers
TV • 2016
Maurice Flowers
The Following Events are Based on a Pack of Lies
TV • 2023
Benjy Dhillon
The Witchfinder
TV • 2022
Fake Hopkins
The Great
TV • 2020
Doctor Vinodel
Summer Camp Island
TV • 2018
Sandwich Monk (voice)
Bloods
TV • 2021
Lawrence
Egypt From Above
TV • 2019
Narrator (voice)
Lost Treasures of Rome
TV • 2022
Narrator (voice)
Long Live the Royals
TV • 2015
Harold the Guard, Ace
Treasure Island
TV • 2012
Thomas Redruth
White Heat
TV • 2012
Derek Bowden
Miriam’s Big American Adventure
TV • 2018
Narrator
Europa: le meraviglie dall'alto
TV • 2020
Narrador
Sally4Ever
TV • 2018
Nigel
Summer Camp Island
TV • 2018
Poppawoppa (voice)
Europe from Above
TV • 2019
Self - Narrator (voice)
Building Giants
TV • 2018
Narrator
Killing Eve
TV • 2018
Julian
New York Super Airport
TV • 2021
Narrator (voice)
Knuckles
TV • 2024
Jack Sinclair
Lost Treasures of Egypt
TV • 2019
Self - Narrator (voice)
Truth Seekers
TV • 2020
Dr. Peter Toynbee
Super Happy Magic Forest
TV • 2024
Hoofius (voice)
Being Human
TV • 2009
Larry Chrysler
Moominvalley
TV • 2019
Mr Brisk
Lost Treasures Of The Bible
TV • 2024
Narrator
Look Around You
TV • 2002
Man with cigarette
We Baby Bears
TV • 2022
Monkey (voice)
Engineering Europe
TV • 2025
Narrator
Bob's Burgers
TV • 2011
Ian (voice)
Kill Jackie
TV
Tucker