Jim Al-Khalili
Acting • Born 1962-09-20
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.
Filmography
34 credits
Rapid Motion Through Space: An Incomplete History of Speed
Movie • 2023
Himself
The Science of Doctor Who
Movie • 2012
The Science of Doctor Who
Movie • 2013
Self
Everything and Nothing
Movie • 2011
Jim Al-Khalili
Science and Islam
Movie
The Beginning and End of the Universe
Movie • 2016
Himself - Presenter
The Secret Life of Chaos
Movie • 2010
Himself - Presenter
Gravity and Me: The Force That Shapes Our Lives
Movie • 2017
Himself - Presenter
The Amazing World of Gravity
Movie • 2017
Britain's Nuclear Secrets: Inside Sellafield
Movie • 2015
Himself - Presenter
A Night with the Stars
Movie • 2011
Self
The Joy of AI
Movie • 2018
Self - Presenter
Lost Horizons: The Big Bang
Movie • 2008
Guest Star
Fukushima: Is Nuclear Power Safe?
Movie • 2011
Cunk on Life
Movie • 2024
Self
Science And Islam
TV • 2009
Self - Presenter
Jim Al-Khalili's Guide to Life, the Universe and Everything
TV • 2021
Self
Atom
TV • 2007
Presenter
Order and Disorder
TV • 2012
Self - Presenter
Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity
TV • 2011
Self - Presenter
The Beginning and End of the Universe
TV • 2016
Self
Everything and Nothing
TV • 2011
Self - Presenter
The Secrets of Quantum Physics
TV • 2014
Self - Presenter
Cunk on...
TV • 2018
Self - Professor of Public Engagement in Science
Amazing Gravity
TV • 2017
Self
Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies
TV • 2022
Self
Light and Dark
TV • 2016
Self - Presenter
Pointless Celebrities
TV • 2011
Self
Genius of Britain
TV • 2010
Presenter
Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed the World
TV • 2019
Self - Presenter
A Night with the Stars
TV • 2011
Participant
Secrets of the Solar System
TV • 2020
Narrator
Chemistry: A Volatile History
TV • 2010
Self - Presenter
Secrets of the Brain
TV • 2025
Self - Presenter