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Julian Barratt
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. Du…
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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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2026
Regular Show: The Lost Tapes
TV show VHS Man (voice)
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2025
Engineering Europe
TV show Narrator
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2024
Lost Treasures of the Bible
TV show Narrator
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2024
Super Happy Magic Forest
TV show Hoofius (voice)
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2024
Knuckles
TV show Jack Sinclair
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2023
The Following Events Are Based on a Pack of Lies
TV show Benjy Dhillon
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2022
Rogue Agent
Movie Phil
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2022
Lost Treasures of Rome
TV show Narrator (voice)
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2022
The Witchfinder
TV show Fake Hopkins
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2022
We Baby Bears
TV show Monkey (voice)
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2021
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
Movie Dr Elphick
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2021
New York Super Airport
TV show Narrator (voice)
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2021
The Clearing
Movie Bill
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2021
Ultra City Smiths
TV show The Most Dangerous Man in the World (voice)
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2021
Bloods
TV show Lawrence
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2020
Truth Seekers
TV show Dr. Peter Toynbee
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2020
The Curse of Tutankhamun
Movie Self - Narrator (voice)
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2020
Europe from Above
TV show Narrador
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2020
The Great
TV show Doctor Vinodel
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2019
Europe from Above
TV show Self - Narrator (voice)
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2019
Lost Treasures of Egypt
TV show Self - Narrator (voice)
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2019
Building the Channel Tunnel
Movie Narrator (voice)
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2019
Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart
TV show Rufus (voice)
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2019
Egypt From Above
TV show Narrator (voice)
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2019
Moominvalley
TV show Mr Brisk
- 2019
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2018
In Fabric
Movie Stash
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2018
Sally4Ever
TV show Nigel
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2018
Dick & Stewart: I Spy with My Little Eye
Movie Narrator
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2018
Summer Camp Island
TV show Sandwich Monk (voice)
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2018
Killing Eve
TV show Julian
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2018
Building Giants
TV show Narrator
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2018
Miriam’s Big American Adventure
TV show Narrator
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2017
Brakes
Movie Elliot
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2016
Mindhorn
Movie Richard Thorncroft
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2016
Flowers
TV show Maurice Flowers
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2015
Long Live the Royals
TV show Harold the Guard, Ace
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2015
Aaaaaaaah!
Movie Jupiter
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2014
ABCs of Death 2
Movie Peter Toland (Segment "Badger")
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2014
The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway
TV show Himself - Narrator
