
Person
Jim Al-Khalili
Acting · Born 1962-09-20 · 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

Pointless Celebrities
Self

Cunk on...
Self - Professor of Public Engagement in Science

Cunk on Life
Self

Order and Disorder
Self - Presenter

Everything and Nothing
Presenter

Genius of Britain
Presenter

The Secrets of Quantum Physics
Self - Presenter

Everything and Nothing
Self - Presenter

Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed the World
Self - Presenter

Jim Al-Khalili's Guide to Life, the Universe and Everything
Self
Filmography
- 2025Secrets of the BrainSelf - Presenter
- 2024Cunk on LifeSelf
- 2023Rapid Motion Through Space: An Incomplete History of SpeedHimself
- 2022Secrets of Size: Atoms to SupergalaxiesSelf
- 2021Jim Al-Khalili's Guide to Life, the Universe and EverythingSelf
- 2020Secrets of the Solar SystemNarrator
- 2019Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed the WorldSelf - Presenter
- 2018The Joy of AISelf - Presenter
- 2018Cunk on...Self - Professor of Public Engagement in Science
- 2017Unser Universum - Geburt und UntergangDirector
- 2017Gravity and Me: The Force That Shapes Our LivesHimself - Presenter
- 2017The Amazing World of Gravity
- 2017Amazing GravitySelf
- 2016Light and DarkSelf - Presenter
- 2016The Beginning and End of the UniverseHimself - Presenter
- 2016The Beginning and End of the UniverseSelf
- 2015Britain's Nuclear Secrets: Inside SellafieldHimself - Presenter
- 2014The Secrets of Quantum PhysicsSelf - Presenter
- 2013The Science of Doctor WhoSelf
- 2012Order and DisorderSelf - Presenter
- 2012The Science of Doctor Who
- 2011A Night with the StarsSelf
- 2011A Night with the StarsParticipant
- 2011Everything and NothingPresenter
- 2011Shock and Awe: The Story of ElectricitySelf - Presenter
- 2011Pointless CelebritiesSelf
- 2011Everything and NothingJim Al-Khalili
- 2011Everything and NothingSelf - Presenter
- 2011Fukushima: Is Nuclear Power Safe?
- 2010Genius of BritainPresenter
- 2010Chemistry: A Volatile HistorySelf - Presenter
- 2010The Secret Life of ChaosHimself - Presenter
- 2009Science and IslamPresented by
- 2009Science And IslamSelf - Presenter
- 2008Lost Horizons: The Big BangGuest Star
- 2007AtomPresenter
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