
Jim Al-Khalili
Known For
Acting
Born
1962-09-20 in 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.
Most Known For

Pointless Celebrities
as Self

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

A Night with the Stars
as Self

Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed the World
as Self - Presenter

Genius of Britain
as Presenter

Cunk on Life
as Self

Everything and Nothing
as Self - Presenter

Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity
as Self - Presenter

The Secrets of Quantum Physics
as Self - Presenter

Light and Dark
as Self - Presenter

The Beginning and End of the Universe
as Self

Order and Disorder
as Self - Presenter

Chemistry: A Volatile History
as Self - Presenter

Atom
as Presenter

Secrets of the Solar System
as Narrator

Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies
as Self

A Night with the Stars
as Participant

Secrets of the Brain
as Self - Presenter

Amazing Gravity
as Self

Science And Islam
as Self - Presenter