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

• Lost Treasures of Ancient Greece — Narrator (voice)
• Regular Show: The Lost Tapes — VHS Man (voice)
• Engineering Europe — Narrator
• Knuckles — Jack Sinclair
• Lost Treasures of the Bible — Narrator
• Super Happy Magic Forest — Hoofius (voice)
• The Following Events Are Based on a Pack of Lies — Benjy Dhillon
• Lost Treasures of Rome — Narrator (voice), Creator
• 2022Rogue Agent — Phil
• The Witchfinder — Fake Hopkins
• We Baby Bears — Monkey (voice)
• Bloods — Lawrence
• New York Super Airport — Narrator (voice)
• 2021The Clearing — Bill
• 2021The Electrical Life of Louis Wain — Dr Elphick
• Ultra City Smiths — The Most Dangerous Man in the World (voice)
• Europe from Above — Narrador
• The Great — Doctor Vinodel
• Truth Seekers — Dr. Peter Toynbee
• 2019Building the Channel Tunnel — Narrator (voice)
• 2019Building the Channel Tunnel: 25 Years On
• Egypt From Above — Narrator (voice)
• Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart — Rufus (voice)
• Moominvalley — Mr Brisk
• Building Giants — Narrator
• 2018Dick & Stewart: I Spy with My Little Eye — Narrator
• 2018In Fabric — Stash
• Killing Eve — Julian
• Miriam’s Big American Adventure — Narrator
• Sally4Ever — Nigel, Creator
• Summer Camp Island — Sandwich Monk (voice), Poppawoppa (voice)
• 2017Brakes — Elliot
• Flowers — Maurice Flowers
• 2016Mindhorn — Richard Thorncroft, Screenplay, Associate Producer
• 2015Aaaaaaaah! — Jupiter
• Long Live the Royals — Harold the Guard, Ace
• 2014ABCs of Death 2 — Peter Toland (Segment "Badger"), Director, Editor
• 2013A Field in England — Trower
• 2013The Harry Hill Movie — Conch
• 2013The Tube: An Underground History — Voiceover
• 2012Treasure Island — Redruth
• Treasure Island — Thomas Redruth
• 2012Uncle Wormsley's Christmas — Uncle Wormsley
• White Heat — Derek Bowden
• 2011Behind the Scenes - Bunny and the Bull
• Bob's Burgers — Ian (voice)
• NTSF:SD:SUV:: — Lockheed
• Chekhov Comedy Shorts — Smirnoff
• Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge — Blackbird Goodbrooke
• 2010The External World — (voice)
• 2010The Mighty Boosh: Journey of the Childmen — Himself, Executive Producer
• 2010The Savage Canvas — Danny Drake
• Being Human — Larry Chrysler
• 2009Bunny and the Bull — Atilla
• 2009Curtains — Waiter, Director, Writer
• 2009HIV: The Musical — Myles Davies
• 2009The Mighty Boosh Live: Future Sailors Tour — Howard, Writer
• How Not to Live Your Life — Jackson
• 2008The Mighty Boosh: A Journey Through Time and Space — Himself, Original Music Composer, Associate Producer
• 2008The Mighty Boosh: Making Boosh 3 — Self / Howard Moon, Writer
• 2007Hell Bent for Leather — The Real Seb Hunter
• 2006The Mighty Boosh Live — Howard Moon, Writer
• 2006The Mighty Boosh: In Search of the Porcelain Fox — Original Music Composer
• 2006The Mighty Boosh: The Making of Series 2 — Self / Howard Moon, Writer
• Nathan Barley — Dan Ashcroft
• 2005The Mighty Boosh: Inside the Zooniverse — Self, Writer
• 2004AD/BC: A Rock Opera — Tony Iscariot
• Garth Marenghi's Darkplace — Padre
• The Mighty Boosh — Howard Moon, Writer, Music, Associate Producer, Creator
• 2004The Reckoning — Gravedigger
• 2003Mint Royale: Blue Song — Bank Robber
• 2003The Principles of Lust — Phillip
• Look Around You — Man with cigarette
• 2002Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali — Rosey
• 2001Lucky Break — Paul Dean
• 2001Sweet — Stitch
• The Boosh — Howard Moon, Creator
• Unnatural Acts
• Asylum — Victor Munro, Writer
• 1996Cluub Zarathustra — Various (Scenes Deleted)
• The Mighty Boosh Unseen: Boosh in the USA

Appearances as themselves (8)

• 2020The Curse of Tutankhamun — Self - Narrator (voice)
• Europe from Above — Self - Narrator (voice)
• Lost Treasures of Egypt — Self - Narrator (voice)
• The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway — Himself - Narrator
• Hunderby — Himself - Narrator
• 2006The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Ball in the Hall — Self
• Friday Night with Jonathan Ross — Self
• Soccer AM — Self