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Julian Barratt

Julian Barratt in 2006
Born Julian Pettifer
4 May 1968 (1968-05-04) (age 40)
Leeds, England
Years active 1995 – present

Julian Barratt (born 4 May 1968) is an English comedian, musician, music producer and actor. Events 1256 - The Augustinian monastic order is constituted at the Lecceto Monastery when Pope Alexander IV Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Leeds ( is located on the River Aire in West Yorkshire, England England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Events 1256 - The Augustinian monastic order is constituted at the Lecceto Monastery when Pope Alexander IV Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Comedy (from the Greek κωμωδίαkomodia has a popular meaning (any discourse generally intended to amuse especially in Television, Film, and Music is an Art form in which the medium is Sound organized in Time. In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works Julian is best known for playing the character of Howard Moon in the cult comedy The Mighty Boosh. The following is a list of recurring characters from The Mighty Boosh, including characters from the television series the radio series, and The Mighty Boosh, colloquially referred to as The Boosh, is the collective name for the creators of the British television situation comedy written by and starring

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The Mighty Boosh

Main article: The Mighty Boosh

Barratt stars as the character Howard Moon opposite Noel Fielding's Vince Noir in the comedy series The Mighty Boosh. The Mighty Boosh, colloquially referred to as The Boosh, is the collective name for the creators of the British television situation comedy written by and starring Noel Fielding (born 21 May, 1973 in Westminster, London) is an English Artist, Comedian and Actor The Mighty Boosh, colloquially referred to as The Boosh, is the collective name for the creators of the British television situation comedy written by and starring His character has certain elements of Julian's own personality which have been exaggerated. 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. In essence, he is the complete opposite of Vince Noir. The following is a list of recurring characters from The Mighty Boosh, including characters from the television series the radio series, and

Barratt is also 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. A musician is a person who plays or writes Music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music An instrumentalist plays a Fusion or more specifically jazz fusion or jazz rock, is a Musical genre that merges Jazz with elements of other styles of music particularly He composes all of the music for The Mighty Boosh, helped by Dave Brown. The Mighty Boosh, colloquially referred to as The Boosh, is the collective name for the creators of the British television situation comedy written by and starring Dave Brown is a British comedian Choreographer and Photographer. The music included in the series is an eclectic range of genres including rap, heavy metal and psychedelic rock. Rapping (also known as emceeing, MCing, spitting, or just rhyming) is the Rhythmic spoken delivery of Rhymes wordplay and Modern psychedelia For "psychedelics" see Psychedelic drug.

Other television

Apart from his work on The Mighty Boosh, Barratt has had parts in other dramas, particularly Channel 4's slightly offbeat comedy programmes, often alongside Noel Fielding. The Mighty Boosh, colloquially referred to as The Boosh, is the collective name for the creators of the British television situation comedy written by and starring Noel Fielding (born 21 May, 1973 in Westminster, London) is an English Artist, Comedian and Actor He co-starred as Dan Ashcroft, a frustrated magazine writer, in the Channel 4 media satire, Nathan Barley. Nathan Barley is a Channel 4 sitcom written by Charlie Brooker and Chris Morris, starring Nicholas Burns, Julian Barratt He appeared in the surreal black comedy series Asylum alongside Simon Pegg and Jessica Stevenson (writers and stars of Spaced). Asylum was a British comedy series shown on Paramount Comedy Channel in 1996. Simon Pegg (born Simon John Beckingham; 14 February 1970) is an award-winning English Actor, Comedian, Writer Jessica Hynes (née Stevenson; born 15 November 1972) is an English actress and Writer, best known as one of the creators Spaced is a British Television Situation comedy written by and starring Simon Pegg and Jessica Stevenson, and The character of Brian Topp in Spaced was written for Julian but the part eventually went to Mark Heap. Spaced is a British Television Situation comedy written by and starring Simon Pegg and Jessica Stevenson, and Mark Heap (born 13 May 1957 in Kodaikanal, India is an English Actor best known for a variety of Television comedy roles including struggling He also appeared in the infamous "Freelance Scientist" commercial for Metz alcopop. Metz is a discontinued Schnapps -based Alcopop by Smirnoff. Other Brands include Black Metz (black packaging and Still Metz (blue packaging Alcopop is a term describing certain flavored alcoholic beverages including Malt beverages to which various fruit juices or other flavorings have been added [1] He appeared as The Padre in the spoof horror series "Garth Marenghi's Darkplace". Garth Marenghi's Darkplace is a Comedy series made for Channel 4 by Matthew Holness and Richard Ayoade. He also starred in and was a writer for the 1998 sketch show Unnatural Acts. Unnatural Acts was a 1998 Sketch comedy series written by Julian Barratt, Seán Cullen, Rich Easter and Rich Fulcher on the Paramount 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 apart from the heads of Barratt and Hope.

Julian has recently completed his directing debut 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. Norfolk (ˈnɔrfək is a low-lying county in East Anglia, England, United Kingdom. Punch and Judy is a traditional popular English Puppet show featuring the characters of Punch and his wife Judy The film was written by Barratt and Jemmett and will be released late summer 2008.

Personal life

Barratt is known to be media-shy, often quiet and self-deprecating during interviews. [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 has a long term girlfriend, fellow comedian Julia Davis. Julia Davis (born 1966 is an English comedy Writer and Performer. She gave birth to twin boys, Walter and Arthur,[3] on June 25, 2007. Events 524 - Battle of Vézeronce, the Franks defeat the Burgundians Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Julian had to adopt the name Barratt as his professional last name to distinguish himself from an already well known reporter named Julian Pettifer. Julian Pettifer (born 21 July 1935 in Malmesbury, England) is a well-known British Television journalist

Filmography

Awards

References

  1. ^ Peter York on Ads: No 289: Metz In: The Independent (September 5, 1999)
  2. ^ BBC - Comedy - People A-Z - Julian Barratt
  3. ^ Raphael, Amy. The Independent is a British compact Newspaper published by Tony O'Reilly 's Independent News & Media. "Boys from the Boosh", The Observer Magazine, Guardian News and Media, 2007-10-21. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1512 - Martin Luther joins the theological faculty of the University of Wittenberg. Retrieved on 2008-04-26. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1467 - The miraculous image in Our Lady of Good Counsel appear in Genazzano, Italy.  

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