Name |
Julian Barratt |
Height |
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Naionality |
English |
Date of Birth |
4-May-1968 |
Place of Birth |
Leeds, England, UK |
Famous for |
Acting |
Julian Barratt is an English comedian, musician, music producer and actor. Barratt is best known for playing the character of Howard Moon in the cult comedy The Mighty Boosh, which he also co-wrote with comedy partner Noel Fielding. In 2012 Barratt directed his first music video for the song "All of Me" by New York's Tanlines.
Apart from his work on The Mighty Boosh, Barratt has had parts in other dramas, often alongside Noel Fielding. He co-starred as Dan Ashcroft, a frustrated magazine writer, in the Channel 4 media satire, Nathan Barley. He appeared in the surrealistic black comedy series Asylum alongside Simon Pegg and Jessica Stevenson (writers and stars of Spaced). The character of Brian Topp in Spaced was written for Barratt but the part eventually went to Mark Heap. Barratt played Jackson, a musician in How Not to Live Your Life who was a threat to the Don's (Dan Clark) self esteem. He starred in the "Freelance Scientist" commercial for Metz alcopop.
He appeared as The Padre in the spoof horror series Garth Marenghi's Darkplace. He also starred in and was a writer for the 1998 sketch show Unnatural Acts alongside Fielding. Before this Barratt was involved in TV show The Pod with friend Tim Hope about a fictional techno band called The Pod. The show was unusual as it was animated, except for the heads of Barratt and Hope. Barratt also appeared in the film Lucky Break alongside James Nesbitt in 2001.