Acting credits
33
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Jim Al-Khalili
Acting
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Movies: 14Series: 21Crew credits: 5
TMDB ID: 221787
IMDb ID: nm2629380
Known for: Acting
Born: September 20, 1962
Age: 63
Place of birth: Baghdad, Iraq
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 2007 - 2025
Years active: 19
Average TMDB rating: 7.39
Wikidata: Q259054
Also known as
Professor Jim Al-Khalili
Other jobs
Presenter (3)Director (1)Writer (1)
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Jim Al-Khalili.
7.4
Cunk on Life
as Self
2024 Movie
Rapid Motion Through Space: An Incomplete History of Speed
as Himself
2023 Movie
7.0
The Joy of AI
as Self - Presenter
2018 Movie
6.3
Gravity and Me: The Force That Shapes Our Lives
as Himself - Presenter
2017 Movie
7.0
The Amazing World of Gravity
2017 Movie
7.1
The Beginning and End of the Universe
as Himself - Presenter
2016 Movie
6.0
Britain's Nuclear Secrets: Inside Sellafield
as Himself - Presenter
2015 Movie
7.3
The Science of Doctor Who
as Self
2013 Movie
8.0
A Night with the Stars
as Self
2011 Movie
8.5
Everything and Nothing
as Jim Al-Khalili
2011 Movie
6.8
Fukushima: Is Nuclear Power Safe?
2011 Movie
6.9
The Secret Life of Chaos
as Himself - Presenter
2010 Movie
Lost Horizons: The Big Bang
as Guest Star
2008 Movie
Science and Islam
Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Jim Al-Khalili.
Secrets of the Brain
as Self - Presenter • 2 eps
2025 Series
7.7
Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies
as Self • 2 eps
2022 Series
7.0
Jim Al-Khalili's Guide to Life, the Universe and Everything
as Self • 2 eps
2021 Series
7.5
Secrets of the Solar System
as Narrator • 8 eps
2020 Series
7.8
Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed the World
as Self - Presenter • 6 eps
2019 Series
7.9
Cunk on...
as Self - Professor of Public Engagement in Science • 4 eps
2018 Series
Unser Universum - Geburt und Untergang
Director • 2 eps
2017 Series
Amazing Gravity
as Self • 2 eps
2017 Series
6.5
Light and Dark
as Self - Presenter • 2 eps
2016 Series
7.2
The Beginning and End of the Universe
as Self • 2 eps
2016 Series
6.9
The Secrets of Quantum Physics
as Self - Presenter • 2 eps
2014 Series
6.3
Order and Disorder
as Self - Presenter • 2 eps
2012 Series
A Night with the Stars
as Participant • 1 eps
2011 Series
Everything and Nothing
Presenter • 2 eps
2011 Series
8.0
Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity
as Self - Presenter • 3 eps
2011 Series
6.3
Pointless Celebrities
as Self • 1 eps
2011 Series
7.6
Everything and Nothing
as Self - Presenter • 2 eps
2011 Series
7.0
Genius of Britain
as Presenter • 5 eps
2010 Series
5.8
Chemistry: A Volatile History
as Self - Presenter • 3 eps
2010 Series
8.0
Science And Islam
as Self - Presenter • 3 eps
2009 Series
8.2
Atom
as Presenter • 3 eps
2007 Series