Julian Barratt
Known for: Acting
Born: May 4, 1968
Place of birth: Leeds, England, UK
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.
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Filmography
41 movies · 45 TV shows, newest first
9.6
Regular Show: The Lost Tapes
2026
3.0
Engineering Europe
2025
7.2
Lost Treasures of the Bible
2024
NR
Super Happy Magic Forest
2024
7.3
Knuckles
2024
7.0
The Following Events Are Based on a Pack of Lies
2023
6.3
Rogue Agent
2022
7.2
Lost Treasures of Rome
2022
6.6
The Witchfinder
2022
7.3
We Baby Bears
2022
6.9
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
2021
7.0
New York Super Airport
2021
4.0
The Clearing
2021
6.6
Ultra City Smiths
2021
6.1
Bloods
2021
7.1
Truth Seekers
2020
NR
The Curse of Tutankhamun
2020
2.0
Europe from Above
2020
8.1
The Great
2020
7.5
Europe from Above
2019
7.4
Lost Treasures of Egypt
2019
NR
Building the Channel Tunnel
2019
7.5
Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart
2019
7.4
Egypt From Above
2019
7.4
Moominvalley
2019
8.0
Building the Channel Tunnel: 25 Years On
2019
5.6
In Fabric
2018
4.8
Sally4Ever
2018
NR
Dick & Stewart: I Spy with My Little Eye
2018
7.7
Summer Camp Island
2018
7.9
Killing Eve
2018
7.7
Building Giants
2018
7.3
Miriam’s Big American Adventure
2018
5.7
Brakes
2017
6.1
Mindhorn
2016
7.4
Flowers
2016
5.9
Long Live the Royals
2015
4.3
Aaaaaaaah!
2015
5.4
ABCs of Death 2
2014
8.0
The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway
2014
4.7
The Harry Hill Movie
2013
7.2
The Tube: An Underground History
2013
6.2
A Field in England
2013
6.0
Uncle Wormsley's Christmas
2012
7.6
Hunderby
2012
6.0
White Heat
2012
6.2
Treasure Island
2012
7.8
Bob's Burgers
2011NR
Behind the Scenes - Bunny and the Bull
2011
8.0
The Mighty Boosh: Journey of the Childmen
2010NR
Chekhov Comedy Shorts
2010
7.3
Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge
2010NR
The Savage Canvas
2010
6.0
The External World
2010
6.1
Bunny and the Bull
2009
7.3
The Mighty Boosh Live: Future Sailors Tour
2009
4.4
HIV: The Musical
20094.0
Curtains
2009
7.1
Being Human
2009
7.6
How Not to Live Your Life
2008
8.0
The Mighty Boosh: A Journey Through Time and Space
2008
NR
The Mighty Boosh: Making Boosh 3
20087.0
Hell Bent for Leather
2007
7.9
The Mighty Boosh Live
2006
10.0
The Mighty Boosh: In Search of the Porcelain Fox
20065.3
The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Ball in the Hall
2006
NR
The Mighty Boosh: The Making of Series 2
2006
10.0
The Mighty Boosh: Inside the Zooniverse
2005
7.3
Nathan Barley
2005
6.3
AD/BC: A Rock Opera
2004
7.6
The Mighty Boosh
2004
6.4
The Reckoning
2004
8.0
Garth Marenghi's Darkplace
2004
4.5
The Principles of Lust
20037.0
Mint Royale: Blue Song
2003
8.0
Look Around You
2002
5.8
Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali
2002
6.1
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001NR
The Boosh
2001
6.9
Sweet
2001
6.3
Lucky Break
2001
7.3
Unnatural Acts
19987.0
Cluub Zarathustra
1996
6.0
Asylum
1996
6.3
Soccer AM
1995
10.0
The Mighty Boosh Unseen: Boosh in the USA
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