Jim Al-Khalili
Acting · Crew · Directing
Born September 20, 1962, Baghdad, Iraq
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
- Secrets of the Solar System — Narrator
- 2017The Amazing World of Gravity
- Unser Universum - Geburt und Untergang — Director
- The Secrets of Quantum Physics — Self - Presenter, Writer
- 2012The Science of Doctor Who
- A Night with the Stars — Participant
- 2011Everything and Nothing — Jim Al-Khalili
- Everything and Nothing — Presenter
- 2011Fukushima: Is Nuclear Power Safe?
- Genius of Britain — Presenter
- 2009Science and Islam — Presented by, Presenter
- 2008Lost Horizons: The Big Bang — Guest Star
- Atom — Presenter
Appearances as themselves (24)
- Secrets of the Brain — Self - Presenter
- 2024Cunk on Life — Self
- 2023Rapid Motion Through Space: An Incomplete History of Speed — Himself
- Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies — Self
- Jim Al-Khalili's Guide to Life, the Universe and Everything — Self
- Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed the World — Self - Presenter
- Cunk on... — Self - Professor of Public Engagement in Science
- 2018The Joy of AI — Self - Presenter
- Amazing Gravity — Self
- 2017Gravity and Me: The Force That Shapes Our Lives — Himself - Presenter
- Light and Dark — Self - Presenter
- 2016The Beginning and End of the Universe — Himself - Presenter
- The Beginning and End of the Universe — Self
- 2015Britain's Nuclear Secrets: Inside Sellafield — Himself - Presenter
- 2013The Science of Doctor Who — Self
- Order and Disorder — Self - Presenter
- 2011A Night with the Stars — Self
- Everything and Nothing — Self - Presenter
- Pointless Celebrities — Self
- Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity — Self - Presenter
- Chemistry: A Volatile History — Self - Presenter
- 2010The Secret Life of Chaos — Himself - Presenter
- Science And Islam — Self - Presenter
- Horizon — Self - Presenter