“I ran off stage at my first gig. Halfway through it, I forgot my lines and didn't know what to do, so I just ran out of the building down towards a lake. I was going to throw myself in, but the compere came out and said, 'No, it's going well, come back and finish the gig!'”

English comedian, actor, and musician

Julian Barratt Pettifer is an English comedian, actor, and musician. He is known for comic work that leans on surreal humour and black comedy, and for his role in the 2000s comedy troupe the Mighty Boosh with Noel Fielding. His work as a comedian and comic actor is what brought him widest attention. The style associated with him often blends the odd, the absurd, and the dark, which helped define the tone of the Mighty Boosh and his broader comic presence.