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

Pointless Celebrities

Cunk on Life

Cunk on...

Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed the World

Genius of Britain

A Night with the Stars

Everything and Nothing

The Secrets of Quantum Physics

All Movies (15)

• Cunk on Life2024 · as Self
• Rapid Motion Through Space: An Incomplete History of Speed2023 · as Himself
• The Joy of AI2018 · as Self - Presenter
• Gravity and Me: The Force That Shapes Our Lives2017 · as Himself - Presenter
• The Amazing World of Gravity2017
• The Beginning and End of the Universe2016 · as Himself - Presenter
• Britain's Nuclear Secrets: Inside Sellafield2015 · as Himself - Presenter
• The Science of Doctor Who2013 · as Self
• The Science of Doctor Who2012
• A Night with the Stars2011 · as Self
• Everything and Nothing2011 · as Jim Al-Khalili
• Fukushima: Is Nuclear Power Safe?2011
• The Secret Life of Chaos2010 · as Himself - Presenter
• Lost Horizons: The Big Bang2008 · as Guest Star
• Science and Islam—

All TV Shows (19)

• Secrets of the Brain2025 · as Self - Presenter
• Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies2022 · as Self
• Jim Al-Khalili's Guide to Life, the Universe and Everything2021 · as Self
• Secrets of the Solar System2020 · as Narrator
• Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed the World2019 · as Self - Presenter
• Cunk on...2018 · as Self - Professor of Public Engagement in Science
• Amazing Gravity2017 · as Self
• Light and Dark2016 · as Self - Presenter
• The Beginning and End of the Universe2016 · as Self
• The Secrets of Quantum Physics2014 · as Self - Presenter
• Order and Disorder2012 · as Self - Presenter
• A Night with the Stars2011 · as Participant
• Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity2011 · as Self - Presenter
• Pointless Celebrities2011 · as Self
• Everything and Nothing2011 · as Self - Presenter
• Genius of Britain2010 · as Presenter
• Chemistry: A Volatile History2010 · as Self - Presenter
• Science And Islam2009 · as Self - Presenter
• Atom2007 · as Presenter