Billy Barratt

Biography

Billy Barratt is a young actor born on June 16, 2007 as Billy Ace Barratt in Brixton, London, England, UK. He is represented by Sylvia Young Theatre School. He is the grandson of Shakin' Stevens. His mother is actress and presenter Carolyn Owlett who was a former member of UK band The 411 The role of Ralph Selfridge (the grandson of Harry Selfridge in Mr Selfridge (2013)) was Billy's first TV role. Billy said ''working alongside Jeremy Piven has been an amazing experience''. Piven said "Billy has a true talent, it has been an honor to work with him". In 2016 played Prince Arthur in The White Princess (2017) on U.S network Starz alongside Michelle Fairley, his screen grandmother and Jodie Comer, his screen mother. During this production Billy became firm friends with his screen bother, played by fellow young actor Woody Norman. In 2017 Billy featured as "Little Gil' in Sharknado 5: Global Swarming (2017) alongside Tara Reid and Ian Ziering. Reid said "He's a star, you can't deny it". Billy said 'the film is really silly, but it was so much fun to make and I got to do my own stunts'. The same year he Billy played the BOY in the West End stage musical Big Fish alongside Kelsey Grammer and filmed the role of Teddy Roosevelt in The Alienist: Angel of Darkness (2018) however most scenes involving Roosevelt's family were cut at edit stages. of Ralph Selfridge Billy filmed scenes for Disney's Mary Poppin's Returns starring Emily Blunt and Lin Manuel Miranda and Meryl Streep. The role of the thieving urchin was created for Billy after he was seen multiple times during the audition process and for both male Banks child roles. Director Rob Marshall could not cast Billy as a Banks child however bowled over by his talent and gracious nature during the process, created the role for…