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