Billy Barratt
{{Short description|English actor}}
{{Use Oxford spelling|date=December 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2024}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Billy Barratt
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2007|6|16|df=yes}}
| birth_place = London, England
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| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 2016–present
| relatives = {{plainlist|
- Carolyn Owlett (mother)
- Shakin' Stevens (grandfather)
}}
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Billy Ace Barratt (born {{Birth based on age as of date|13|2020|11|24|noage=1}}) is an English actor. He became the youngest winner of the International Emmy Award for Best Actor at the age of 13 for his role in the television film Responsible Child (2019).
Early life
Billy Ace Barratt was born in the Brixton area of London,{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-55056348|title=Billy Barratt: Responsible Child star 'honoured' by International Emmys win|work=BBC News|date=24 November 2020|access-date=25 November 2020}} the son of singer and actress Carolyn Owlett{{cite news|url=https://airmail.news/pilot/2021/11/good-news-for-kids-1|title=Good News for Kids! A British toddler masters the unicycle; Billy Barratt takes TV by storm; and a four-year-old climbs the Rocky Mountains|last=Arsenault|first=Bridget|date=18 November 2021|work=Air Mail Pilot}} and the paternal grandson of Welsh singer Shakin' Stevens.{{cite web |last=Payne |first=Aisha |date=27 November 2020 |title=Schoolboy is youngest winner of International Emmy – Eastlondonlines |url=https://www.eastlondonlines.co.uk/2020/11/hackney-schoolboy-becomes-youngest-winner-of-an-international-emmy-award/ |website=eastlondonlines.co.uk}} He attended Sylvia Young Theatre School from the age of 11.{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-55056348 | title=Billy Barratt: Responsible Child star 'honoured' by International Emmys win | work=BBC News | date=24 November 2020 }}
Career
Barratt made his film debut in To Dream (2016) and later played a street urchin in Mary Poppins Returns (2018). He starred as Ray in Responsible Child (2019),{{cite web|url=https://inews.co.uk/culture/television/responsible-child-who-is-in-the-cast-for-the-new-bbc-drama-about-a-child-on-trial-for-murder-1339815|title=Responsible Child: Who is in the cast for the new BBC drama about a child on trial for murder? {{!}} inews|website=inews.co.uk|date=12 December 2019|access-date=16 December 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.ladbible.com/entertainment/tv-and-film-drama-responsible-child-based-on-true-story-of-boy-tried-for-murder-20191215|title=BBC Drama Responsible Child Based On True Story Of Boy Tried For Murder - LADbible|website=ladbible.com|date=15 December 2019|access-date=16 December 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-50763713|title=Responsible Child: Can a 10-year-old be a cold-blooded murderer? - BBC News|website=www.bbc.co.uk|date=16 December 2019|access-date=16 December 2019}} for which he became the youngest winner of the International Emmy Award for Best Actor at the age of 13.{{cite web | url=https://londonnewsonline.co.uk/south-london-teenager-is-youngest-ever-winner-of-an-international-emmy/ | title=South London teenager becomes youngest ever winner of an International EMMY | date=24 December 2020 }}
Filmography
{{Pending films key}}
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2016
| To Dream | Young Luke | |
| 2018
| Street urchin | |
| 2019
| Matt (10) | |
| 2022
| data-sort-value="Other Me, The" | The Other Me | |
| 2023
| Crater | Dylan | |
| 2024
| |
| 2024
| Young Dmitri Smerdyakov | |
| 2025
|Andy{{cite web |last1=Sudario |first1=Erielle |date=3 July 2024 |title=Here's Where the Talk to Me Directors Are Filming Their Next Horror Movie |url=https://collider.com/bring-her-back-philippou-brothers-filming-australia/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240703162259/https://collider.com/bring-her-back-philippou-brothers-filming-australia/ |archive-date=3 July 2024 |website=Collider |publisher=Valnet Inc. |language=en}} | |
| TBA
| {{Pending film|Storm Rider: Legend of Hammerhead}} | Young Neb | Post-production |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2016
| Ralph Selfridge | 4 episodes |
| 2017
| data-sort-value="White Princess, The" | The White Princess | Prince Arthur | 4 episodes |
| 2017
| Sharknado 5: Global Swarming | Gil | Television film |
| 2018
| data-sort-value="Alienist, The" | The Alienist | Ted Roosevelt Jr. | Episode: "Castle in the Sky" |
| 2019
| Ray | Television film |
| 2019
| data-sort-value="Christmas Carol, A" | A Christmas Carol | Young Scrooge | 1 episode |
| 2021–present
| Invasion | Caspar Morrow | Main role |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name}}
{{International Emmy for Best Performance by an Actor}}
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Category:21st-century English male actors
Category:English male film actors
Category:English male child actors
Category:Male actors from London
Category:Actors from the London Borough of Lambeth
Category:Year of birth uncertain
Category:English people of Welsh descent
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