Acting · Leeds, England, UK · Born May 4, 1968
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.
TVRegular Show: The Lost Tapes
2026
as VHS Man (voice)
TVEngineering Europe
2025
as Narrator
TVLost Treasures Of The Bible
2024
as Narrator
TVSuper Happy Magic Forest
2024
as Hoofius (voice)
TVKnuckles
2024
as Jack Sinclair
TVThe Following Events Are Based on a Pack of Lies
2023
as Benjy Dhillon
MovieRogue Agent
2022
as Phil
TVLost Treasures of Rome
2022
as Narrator (voice)
TVThe Witchfinder
2022
as Fake Hopkins
TVWe Baby Bears
2022
as Monkey (voice)
MovieThe Electrical Life of Louis Wain
2021
as Dr Elphick
TVNew York Super Airport
2021
as Narrator (voice)
MovieThe Clearing
2021
as Bill
TVUltra City Smiths
2021
as The Most Dangerous Man in the World (voice)
TVBloods
2021
as Lawrence
TVTruth Seekers
2020
as Dr. Peter Toynbee
MovieThe Curse of Tutankhamun
2020
as Self - Narrator (voice)
TVEuropa: le meraviglie dall'alto
2020
as Narrador
TVThe Great
2020
as Doctor Vinodel
TVEurope from Above
2019
as Self - Narrator (voice)
TVLost Treasures of Egypt
2019
as Self - Narrator (voice)
MovieBuilding the Channel Tunnel
2019
as Narrator (voice)
TVMao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart
2019
as Rufus (voice)
TVEgypt From Above
2019
as Narrator (voice)
TVMoominvalley
2019
as Mr Brisk
MovieBuilding the Channel Tunnel: 25 Years On
2019
MovieIn Fabric
2018
as Stash
TVSally4Ever
2018
as Nigel
MovieDick & Stewart: I Spy with My Little Eye
2018
as Narrator
TVSummer Camp Island
2018
as Sandwich Monk (voice)
TVKilling Eve
2018
as Julian
TVBuilding Giants
2018
as Narrator
TVMiriam’s Big American Adventure
2018
as Narrator
MovieBrakes
2017
as Elliot
MovieMindhorn
2016
as Richard Thorncroft
TVFlowers
2016
as Maurice Flowers
TVLong Live the Royals
2015
as Harold the Guard, Ace
MovieAaaaaaaah!
2015
as Jupiter
MovieABCs of Death 2
2014
as Peter Toland (Segment "Badger")
TVThe Fifteen Billion Pound Railway
2014
as Himself - Narrator
MovieThe Harry Hill Movie
2013
as Conch
MovieThe Tube: An Underground History
2013
as Voiceover
MovieA Field in England
2013
as Trower
MovieUncle Wormsley's Christmas
2012
as Uncle Wormsley
TVHunderby
2012
as Himself - Narrator
TVWhite Heat
2012
as Derek Bowden
TVTreasure Island
2012
as Thomas Redruth
TVBob's Burgers
2011
as Ian (voice)
MovieThe Mighty Boosh: Journey of the Childmen
2010
as Himself
TVMid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge
2010
as Blackbird Goodbrooke
The Savage Canvas
2010
as Danny Drake
MovieThe External World
2010
as (voice)
MovieBunny and the Bull
2009
as Atilla
MovieThe Mighty Boosh Live: Future Sailors Tour
2009
as Howard
MovieHIV: The Musical
2009
as Myles Davies
Curtains
2009
as Waiter
TVBeing Human
2009
as Larry Chrysler
TVHow Not to Live Your Life
2008
as Jackson
MovieThe Mighty Boosh: A Journey Through Time and Space
2008
as Himself
MovieThe Mighty Boosh: Making Boosh 3
2008
as Self / Howard Moon
Hell Bent for Leather
2007
as The Real Seb Hunter
MovieThe Mighty Boosh Live
2006
as Howard Moon
MovieThe Mighty Boosh: In Search of the Porcelain Fox
2006
The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Ball in the Hall
2006
as Self
MovieThe Mighty Boosh: The Making of Series 2
2006
as Self / Howard Moon
MovieThe Mighty Boosh: Inside the Zooniverse
2005
as Self
TVNathan Barley
2005
as Dan Ashcroft
MovieAD/BC: A Rock Opera
2004
as Tony Iscariot
TVThe Mighty Boosh
2004
as Howard Moon
MovieThe Reckoning
2004
as Gravedigger
TVGarth Marenghi's Darkplace
2004
as Padre
MovieThe Principles of Lust
2003
as Phillip
Mint Royale: Blue Song
2003
as Bank Robber
TVLook Around You
2002
as Man with cigarette
MovieSurrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali
2002
as Rosey
TVFriday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001
as Self
The Boosh
2001
as Howard Moon
MovieSweet
2001
as Stitch
MovieLucky Break
2001
as Paul Dean
TVUnnatural Acts
1998
Cluub Zarathustra
1996
as Various (Scenes Deleted)
TVAsylum
1996
as Victor Munro
TVSoccer AM
1995
as Self
MovieThe Mighty Boosh Unseen: Boosh in the USA
Kill Jackie
as Tucker
