Julian Barratt
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.
85 acting credits · 2 directing credits
Acting · 85
Bob's Burgers
2011
Regular Show: The Lost Tapes
2026
Summer Camp Island
2018
Killing Eve
2018
We Baby Bears
2022
The Great
2020
Being Human
2009
Knuckles
2024
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001
The Mighty Boosh
2004
Soccer AM
1995
Moominvalley
2019
Flowers
2016
Ultra City Smiths
2021
Garth Marenghi's Darkplace
2004
Look Around You
2002
Sally4Ever
2018
Truth Seekers
2020
Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart
2019
Nathan Barley
2005
Treasure Island
2012
Europe from Above
2019
How Not to Live Your Life
2008
Super Happy Magic Forest
2024
White Heat
2012
Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge
2010
Asylum
1996
The Witchfinder
2022
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
2021
Bloods
2021
Hunderby
2012
The Following Events Are Based on a Pack of Lies
2023
Long Live the Royals
2015
A Field in England
2013
Lost Treasures of Rome
2022
Rogue Agent
2022
Lost Treasures of Egypt
2019
Mindhorn
2016
Building Giants
2018
Lost Treasures Of The Bible
2024
Kill Jackie
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The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway
2014
Engineering Europe
2025
The Reckoning
2004
In Fabric
2018
The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Ball in the Hall
2006
New York Super Airport
2021
ABCs of Death 2
2014
Miriam’s Big American Adventure
2018
Unnatural Acts
1998
The Harry Hill Movie
2013
AD/BC: A Rock Opera
2004
Lucky Break
2001
The Mighty Boosh: Journey of the Childmen
2010
Brakes
2017
The Boosh
2001
Europa: le meraviglie dall'alto
2020
Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali
2002
Uncle Wormsley's Christmas
2012
Egypt From Above
2019
Bunny and the Bull
2009
Aaaaaaaah!
2015
The Mighty Boosh Live
2006
Sweet
2001
The Principles of Lust
2003
The Mighty Boosh: Inside the Zooniverse
2005
Curtains
2009
The Clearing
2021
Building the Channel Tunnel
2019
The Mighty Boosh Live: Future Sailors Tour
2009
The External World
2010
HIV: The Musical
2009
Dick & Stewart: I Spy with My Little Eye
2018
The Curse of Tutankhamun
2020
The Mighty Boosh: A Journey Through Time and Space
2008
Building the Channel Tunnel: 25 Years On
2019
The Mighty Boosh: The Making of Series 2
2006
Cluub Zarathustra
1996
Hell Bent for Leather
2007
The Tube: An Underground History
2013
The Mighty Boosh Unseen: Boosh in the USA
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The Mighty Boosh: In Search of the Porcelain Fox
2006
The Mighty Boosh: Making Boosh 3
2008
The Savage Canvas
2010
Mint Royale: Blue Song
2003