Biography
Jameel Sadik "Jim" Al-Khalili (Arabic: جميل صادق الخليلي; born 20 September 1962) is an Iraqi-British theoretical physicist, author and broadcaster. 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.
In 2014, Al-Khalili was named as a RISE (Recognising Inspirational Scientists and Engineers) leader by the UK's Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). He was President of Humanists UK between January 2013 and January 2016.
Filmography
all 37
self 31
TV Shows 21
Movies 16
Director 1
Self
Rapid Motion Through Space: An Incomplete History of Speed (2023)
Movie
Self - Presenter
Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies (2022)
TV
Self
Jim Al-Khalili's Guide to Life, the Universe and Everything (2021)
TV
Self - Narrator
Secrets of the Solar System (2020)
TV
Self - Presenter
Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed the World (2019)
TV
Self - Presenter
The Joy of AI (2018)
Movie
Self - Professor of Public Engagement in Science
Cunk on... (2018)
TV
Director
Unser Universum - Geburt und Untergang (2017)
TV
Self - Presenter
Gravity and Me: The Force That Shapes Our Lives (2017)
Movie
Self - Presenter
Amazing Gravity (2017)
TV
The Amazing World of Gravity (2017)
Movie
Self - Presenter
Light and Dark (2016)
TV
Self - Presenter
The Beginning and End of the Universe (2016)
Movie
Self - Presenter
The Beginning and End of the Universe (2016)
TV
Self
Britain's Nuclear Secrets: Inside Sellafield (2015)
Movie
Self - Presenter
The Secrets of Quantum Physics (2014)
TV
Self - Participant
The Science of Doctor Who (2013)
Movie
Self - Presenter
Order and Disorder (2012)
TV
Self
The Women of Doctor Who (2012)
Movie
Self
The Science of Doctor Who (2012)
Movie
Self
A Night with the Stars (2011)
Movie
Self
A Night with the Stars (2011)
TV
Self
Brave New World with Stephen Hawking (2011)
TV
Presenter
Everything and Nothing (2011)
TV
Self - Presenter
Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity (2011)
TV
Self - Contestant
Pointless Celebrities (2011)
TV
Self - Presenter, University of Surrey
Everything and Nothing (2011)
TV
Jim Al-Khalili
Everything and Nothing (2011)
Movie
Self - Presenter
Fukushima: Is Nuclear Power Safe? (2011)
Movie
Self
Mad and Bad: 60 Years of Science on TV (2010)
Movie
Self - Presenter
Genius of Britain (2010)
TV
Self - Presenter
Chemistry: A Volatile History (2010)
TV
Self
The Secret Life of Chaos (2010)
Movie
Self - Presenter
Science And Islam (2009)
TV
Guest Star
Lost Horizons: The Big Bang (2008)
Movie
Series Presenter
Atom (2007)
TV
Presenter
Science and Islam
Movie
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GenderMale
Birthday1962-09-20 (61 years old)
Birth PlaceBaghdad, Iraq
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
ResidencesSouthsea, United Kingdom
Also Known AsProfessor Jim Al-Khalili
AwardsStephen Hawking Medal For Science Communication, Fellow of the Institute of Physics, IET Kelvin Lecture, Fellow of the Royal Society, Officer of the Order of the British Empire, Kelvin Prize, Michael Faraday Prize
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