Julian moved from Leeds to London in 1994 to try his hand at the comedy circuit. However, he neglected to tell the people that he moved in with, who became suspicious that he was dissappearing for 5 hours at a time in the middle of the night.
Julian's real name is Julian Pettifer; however, Equity (the British actors' union) would not allow him to use it, so he became Julian Barratt for professional purposes.
Julian stars in Peter Roche's short film How to Tell When a Relationship Is Over. The short has been described as a masterpiece by Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson.
Julian: It's [The Mighty Boosh] something we take very seriously, so you have as much fun as you do with anything that you work hard at. The idea is just for it to look like effortless nonsense but that's always quite a hard thing to achieve.