Julian Barratt
Biography
Julian Barratt is an English comedian, actor and musician who began performing stand-up while studying at the University of Reading. He met Noel Fielding at the Hellfire comedy club in 1997, and the pair developed the surreal Mighty Boosh stage shows, including Arctic Boosh, which won the Barry Award at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in 2000. The Mighty Boosh became a radio show in 2001, and then a BBC Three television series that ran for three series from 2004 to 2007, winning NME Awards for Best TV Show. Barratt played Howard Moon and composed the music. His screen work includes Nathan Barley, Garth Marenghi's Darkplace and Flowers, and he co-wrote and starred in Mindhorn (2016). He also appeared in Lucky Break (2001) and was nominated for a British Independent Film Award for his Mindhorn screenplay.
58years old
Turns 59 on May 4in 203 days
- Born Leeds
- Star sign: TaurusThe sign runs April 20 to May 20
- Also credited as Julian Barratt Pettifer
Movie Career
- Films
- 10
- Career span
- 21 years2001 to 2022
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About the name
To avoid confusion with the reporter Julian Pettifer, Julian Barratt took his middle name and used it as his surname instead.
First role
Barratt said he began performing himself and was shocked when it worked. He remembered once completely forgetting what he was about to say and running out of the venue, which has been said to have happened at Reading University during his first standup sketch.
Big break
Barratt met Noel Fielding when Fielding attended one of Barratt's solo stand-up gigs at the Hellfire comedy club and approached him afterward.
Behind the camera
Barratt said that he writes the music for The Mighty Boosh, and that he and Fielding both write the lyrics. Fielding added that he has a go at the melodies.
Behind the camera
Barratt made his directing debut for Warp Films with Dan Jemmett, a theater director. Curtains is a dark comedy set in a Norfolk seaside town and tells the story of a Punch and Judy man.
A change of course
Barratt played in Groove Solution, a band he formed with Dave Westlake during the early 1990s. He later appeared live on stage in 2012, playing jazz guitar alongside Tenacious D.
Julian Barratt movies on Netflix
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The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
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Seven actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Andrea Riseborough's page
Matt Berry's page
Richard Ayoade's page
Hayley Squires's page
Sara Dee's page
Noel Fielding's page
Also two films together1 more actor
- Rich FulcherThe Mighty Boosh Live (2006) and AD/BC: A Rock Opera (2004)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.