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

Horizon
2025
Pointless Celebrities
2018
Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity
2011
Cunk on...
2022
Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed the World
2019
Cunk on Life
2024
A Night with the Stars
2011
Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies
2022
Genius of Britain
2010
A Night with the Stars
2011
Fukushima: Is Nuclear Power Safe?
2011
Secrets of the Solar System
2020

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
35
Directing
1
Writing
1
Crew
3
2025
Horizon
as Self - Presenter
2025
Secrets of the Brain
as Self - Presenter
2024
Cunk on Life
as Self
2023
Rapid Motion Through Space: An Incomplete History of Speed
as Himself
2022
Cunk on...
as Self - Professor of Public Engagement in Science
2022
Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies
as Self
2021
Jim Al-Khalili's Guide to Life, the Universe and Everything
as Self
2020
Secrets of the Solar System
as Narrator
2019
Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed the World
as Self - Presenter
2018
The Joy of AI
as Self - Presenter
2018
Pointless Celebrities
as Self
2017
Gravity and Me: The Force That Shapes Our Lives
as Himself - Presenter
2017
The Amazing World of Gravity
2017
Amazing Gravity
as Self
2016
The Beginning and End of the Universe
as Himself - Presenter
2016
The Beginning and End of the Universe
as Self
2016
Light and Dark
as Self - Presenter
2015
Britain's Nuclear Secrets: Inside Sellafield
as Himself - Presenter
2014
The Secrets of Quantum Physics
as Self - Presenter
2013
The Science of Doctor Who
as Self
2012
The Science of Doctor Who
2012
Order and Disorder
as Self - Presenter
2011
Everything and Nothing
as Jim Al-Khalili
2011
A Night with the Stars
as Self
2011
Fukushima: Is Nuclear Power Safe?
2011
Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity
as Self - Presenter
2011
Everything and Nothing
as Self - Presenter
2011
A Night with the Stars
as Participant
2010
The Secret Life of Chaos
as Himself - Presenter
2010
Genius of Britain
as Presenter
2010
Chemistry: A Volatile History
as Self - Presenter
2009
Science and Islam
as Presented by
2009
Science And Islam
as Self - Presenter
2008
Lost Horizons: The Big Bang
as Guest Star
2007
Atom
as Presenter