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

7.5
Secrets of the Solar System
2020 · TV

7.8
Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed the World
2019 · TV

7.0
Genius of Britain
2010 · TV

7.9
Cunk on...
2018 · TV

8.3
Atom
2007 · TV

8.0
Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity
2011 · TV

8.0
Science And Islam
2009 · TV

5.8
Chemistry: A Volatile History
2010 · TV

7.7
Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies
2022 · TV

7.5
Everything and Nothing
2011 · TV

7.2
The Beginning and End of the Universe
2016 · TV

7.0
Jim Al-Khalili's Guide to Life, the Universe and Everything
2021 · TV

6.9
The Secrets of Quantum Physics
2014 · TV

6.5
Light and Dark
2016 · TV

6.3
Order and Disorder
2012 · TV

Secrets of the Brain
2025 · TV

Amazing Gravity
2017 · TV

A Night with the Stars
2011 · TV

6.3
Pointless Celebrities
2011 · TV