Jim Al-Khalili
Born
September 20, 1962 (62 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
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.
Known For
Cunk on Life
Self
2024
Rapid Motion Through Space: An Incomplete History of Speed
Himself
2023
Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies
Self · (2 episodes)
2022
Jim Al-Khalili's Guide to Life, the Universe and Everything
Self · (2 episodes)
2021
Secrets of the Solar System
Narrator · (8 episodes)
2020
Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed the World
Self - Presenter · (6 episodes)
2019
The Joy of AI
Self - Presenter
2018
Cunk on...
Self - Professor of Public Engagement in Science · (4 episodes)
2018
Gravity and Me: The Force That Shapes Our Lives
Himself - Presenter
2017
The Amazing World of Gravity
2017
Amazing Gravity
Self · (2 episodes)
2017
Light and Dark
Self - Presenter · (2 episodes)
2016
The Beginning and End of the Universe
Himself - Presenter
2016
The Beginning and End of the Universe
Self · (2 episodes)
2016
Britain's Nuclear Secrets: Inside Sellafield
Himself - Presenter
2015
The Secrets of Quantum Physics
Self - Presenter · (2 episodes)
2014
The Science of Doctor Who
Self
2013
Order and Disorder
Self - Presenter · (2 episodes)
2012
The Science of Doctor Who
2012
Everything and Nothing
Jim Al-Khalili
2011
Science and Islam
A Night with the Stars
Self
2011
A Night with the Stars
Participant · (1 episode)
2011
Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity
Self - Presenter · (3 episodes)
2011
Pointless Celebrities
Self · (1 episode)
2011
Everything and Nothing
Self - Presenter · (2 episodes)
2011
Fukushima: Is Nuclear Power Safe?
2011
Genius of Britain
Presenter · (5 episodes)
2010
Chemistry: A Volatile History
Self - Presenter · (3 episodes)
2010
The Secret Life of Chaos
Himself - Presenter
2010
Science And Islam
Self - Presenter · (3 episodes)
2009
Lost Horizons: The Big Bang
Guest Star
2008
Atom
Presenter · (3 episodes)
2007