Actor profile

Jim Al-Khalili

20th September 1962 Baghdad, Iraq Acting

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.

14 Movies 19 TV Shows 34 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Cunk on Life poster

Cunk on Life 5th December 2024 as Self

Rapid Motion Through Space: An Incomplete History of Speed poster

Rapid Motion Through Space: An Incomplete History of Speed 27th January 2023 as Himself

The Joy of AI poster

The Joy of AI 4th September 2018 as Self - Presenter

Gravity and Me: The Force That Shapes Our Lives poster

Gravity and Me: The Force That Shapes Our Lives 9th March 2017 as Himself - Presenter

The Amazing World of Gravity poster

The Amazing World of Gravity 1st January 2017

The Beginning and End of the Universe poster

The Beginning and End of the Universe 22nd March 2016 as Himself - Presenter

Britain's Nuclear Secrets: Inside Sellafield poster

Britain's Nuclear Secrets: Inside Sellafield 4th November 2015 as Himself - Presenter

The Science of Doctor Who poster

The Science of Doctor Who 14th November 2013 as Self

A Night with the Stars poster

A Night with the Stars 18th December 2011 as Self

Everything and Nothing poster

Everything and Nothing 21st March 2011 as Jim Al-Khalili

Fukushima: Is Nuclear Power Safe? poster

Fukushima: Is Nuclear Power Safe? 1st January 2011

The Secret Life of Chaos poster

The Secret Life of Chaos 14th January 2010 as Himself - Presenter

Science and Islam poster

Science and Islam 5th January 2009 as Presented by

Lost Horizons: The Big Bang poster

Lost Horizons: The Big Bang 4th September 2008 as Guest Star

Secrets of the Brain poster

Secrets of the Brain 29th September 2025 as Self - Presenter

Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies poster

Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 16th May 2022 as Self

Jim Al-Khalili's Guide to Life, the Universe and Everything poster

Jim Al-Khalili's Guide to Life, the Universe and Everything 16th November 2021 as Self

Secrets of the Solar System poster

Secrets of the Solar System 14th February 2020 as Narrator

Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed the World poster

Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed the World 21st April 2019 as Self - Presenter

Cunk on... poster

Cunk on... 3rd April 2018 as Self - Professor of Public Engagement in Science

Amazing Gravity poster

Amazing Gravity 1st January 2017 as Self

Light and Dark poster

Light and Dark 10th October 2016 as Self - Presenter

The Beginning and End of the Universe poster

The Beginning and End of the Universe 22nd March 2016 as Self

The Secrets of Quantum Physics poster

The Secrets of Quantum Physics 9th December 2014 as Self - Presenter

Order and Disorder poster

Order and Disorder 16th October 2012 as Self - Presenter

A Night with the Stars poster

A Night with the Stars 18th December 2011 as Participant

Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity poster

Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity 6th October 2011 as Self - Presenter

Pointless Celebrities poster

Pointless Celebrities 4th July 2011 as Self

Everything and Nothing poster

Everything and Nothing 21st March 2011 as Self - Presenter

Genius of Britain poster

Genius of Britain 30th May 2010 as Presenter

Chemistry: A Volatile History poster

Chemistry: A Volatile History 21st January 2010 as Self - Presenter

Science And Islam poster

Science And Islam 5th January 2009 as Self - Presenter

Atom poster

Atom 26th July 2007 as Presenter