Julian Barratt Biography

Fast Facts

• Son of a market researcher and a teacher
• Played guitar for the band Little Chief, was in the band Groove Solution with Dave Westlake and played bass for artist Chris Corner
• Adopted the name Julian Barratt, using his middle name as surname, because there was already a reporter named Julian Pettifer
• In 1998, at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, won The Perrier Best Newcomer Award as The Mighty Boosh
• Wrote the music for the comedy series The Mighty Boosh
• A member of The Mighty Boosh, along with Noel Fielding, and together created a radio series, The Boosh, and a television series, The Mighty Boosh