Jim Al-Khalili

Jim Al-Khalili

Known for
Acting
Born
September 20, 1962 (age 64)
Birthplace
Baghdad, Iraq

Biography

Jameel Sadik "Jim" Al-Khalili (Arabic: جميل صادق الخليلي; born September 20, 1962) is an Iraqi-British theoretical physicist and science populariser. He is professor of theoretical physics and chair in the public engagement in science at the University of Surrey. He is a regular broadcaster and presenter of science programmes on BBC radio and television, and a frequent commentator about science in other British media.

Known For

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Filmography

2025
Secrets of the Brain poster

Secrets of the Brain

TV · as Self - Presenter · 2 eps

2024
Cunk on Life poster

Cunk on Life

Movie · as Self

2023
Rapid Motion Through Space: An Incomplete History of Speed poster

Rapid Motion Through Space: An Incomplete History of Speed

Movie · as Himself

2022
Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies poster

Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2021
Jim Al-Khalili's Guide to Life, the Universe and Everything poster

Jim Al-Khalili's Guide to Life, the Universe and Everything

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2020
Secrets of the Solar System poster

Secrets of the Solar System

TV · as Narrator · 8 eps

2019
Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed the World poster

Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed the World

TV · as Self - Presenter · 6 eps

2018
The Joy of AI poster

The Joy of AI

Movie · as Self - Presenter

2018
Cunk on... poster

Cunk on...

TV · as Self - Professor of Public Engagement in Science · 4 eps

2017
Gravity and Me: The Force That Shapes Our Lives poster

Gravity and Me: The Force That Shapes Our Lives

Movie · as Himself - Presenter

2017
The Amazing World of Gravity poster

The Amazing World of Gravity

Movie

2017
Amazing Gravity poster

Amazing Gravity

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2016
The Beginning and End of the Universe poster

The Beginning and End of the Universe

Movie · as Himself - Presenter

2016
The Beginning and End of the Universe poster

The Beginning and End of the Universe

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2016
Light and Dark poster

Light and Dark

TV · as Self - Presenter · 2 eps

2015
Britain's Nuclear Secrets: Inside Sellafield poster

Britain's Nuclear Secrets: Inside Sellafield

Movie · as Himself - Presenter

2014
The Secrets of Quantum Physics poster

The Secrets of Quantum Physics

TV · as Self - Presenter · 2 eps

2013
The Science of Doctor Who poster

The Science of Doctor Who

Movie · as Self

2012
The Science of Doctor Who

The Science of Doctor Who

Movie

2012
Order and Disorder poster

Order and Disorder

TV · as Self - Presenter · 2 eps

2011
Everything and Nothing poster

Everything and Nothing

Movie · as Jim Al-Khalili

2011
A Night with the Stars poster

A Night with the Stars

Movie · as Self

2011
Fukushima: Is Nuclear Power Safe? poster

Fukushima: Is Nuclear Power Safe?

Movie

2011
Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity poster

Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity

TV · as Self - Presenter · 3 eps

2011
Everything and Nothing poster

Everything and Nothing

TV · as Self - Presenter · 2 eps

2011
Pointless Celebrities poster

Pointless Celebrities

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2011
A Night with the Stars poster

A Night with the Stars

TV · as Participant · 1 ep

2010
The Secret Life of Chaos poster

The Secret Life of Chaos

Movie · as Himself - Presenter

2010
Genius of Britain poster

Genius of Britain

TV · as Presenter · 5 eps

2010
Chemistry: A Volatile History poster

Chemistry: A Volatile History

TV · as Self - Presenter · 3 eps

2009
Science and Islam poster

Science and Islam

Movie · as Presented by

2009
Science And Islam poster

Science And Islam

TV · as Self - Presenter · 3 eps

2008
Lost Horizons: The Big Bang poster

Lost Horizons: The Big Bang

Movie · as Guest Star

2007
Atom poster

Atom

TV · as Presenter · 3 eps

1964
Horizon poster

Horizon

TV · as Self - Presenter · 2 eps