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| Julian Barratt |
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| Julian Barratt in 2006 |
| Birth name |
Julian Barratt Pettifer |
| Born |
4 May 1968 (1968-05-04) (age 41)
Leeds, England, UK |
| Nationality |
British |
| Years active |
1995 – present |
Julian Barratt (born Julian Barratt Pettifer 4 May 1968 in Leeds) 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-writes with fellow actor Noel Fielding.
Career
The Mighty Boosh
Barratt stars as the character Howard Moon opposite Noel Fielding's Vince Noir in the comedy series The Mighty Boosh. Howard labels himself a "jazz maverick" and claims to be an intellectual with many talents, calling himself a 'man of action', but in reality he is unsuccessful in his literary and romantic ventures. He is unpopular with many of the characters, including Mrs. Gideon who always forgets his name, Bob Fossil who often uses Howard as a puppet for his bizarre schemes and Bollo who often says his name wrong or ignores him completely. Also in one episode of the radio series Howard is constantly bothered by the zoo's security guard Graham, who never recognises him and in one scene attacks Howard with an electrical baton, but later in the show Howard gets his revenge.
Other television
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 surreal 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. Barrett 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.[1] 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. 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.
Barratt has recently completed his directing début for Warp films with theatre director Dan Jemmett. Curtains is set in a Norfolk seaside town, it is a dark comedy about a Punch and Judy man.
Recently, Barratt can be heard as the voice over on many adverts; More Th>n Car, House and Pet insurance, as well as the Directgov advert. He has appeared in the music video for Mint Royale's 'Blue Song', alongside Noel Fielding, Nick Frost and Michael Smiley.
Personal life
Barratt is an accomplished musician in a wide range of genres; he played guitar for Little Chief during their European tour, and claiming to be a jazz fusion fanatic, he was in a band called Groove Solution in the early 90s with Dave Westlake. He has also played with Chris Corner in IAMX. He composes all of the music for The Mighty Boosh. The music included in the series is an eclectic range of genres including rap, heavy metal and psychedelic rock.
Barratt is known to be shy, often quiet and self-deprecating.[2] Unlike his comedy partner Noel Fielding, he prefers not to appear in television comedy quiz shows saying he would 'rather be at home with a book.' He is in a relationship with fellow comedian Julia Davis; the couple have twin boys born in 2007, and live in North London. Barratt adopted his middle name Barratt as his professional last name to distinguish himself from an already well known reporter named Julian Pettifer.[3]
Filmography
Awards
References
- ^ Peter York on Ads: No 289: Metz In: The Independent (5 September 1999)
- ^ "Julian Barratt". BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/people/julian_barratt_person_page.shtml. Retrieved 2009-09-18.
- ^ "Julian Barratt". TV.com (CNET Networks, Inc.). http://www.tv.com/julian-barratt/person/267139/summary.html. Retrieved 2008-06-17.
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