Acting credits
12
Active
Consistent number of acting credits.
Actor
James Burke
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
0.4
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Movies: 6Series: 7Crew credits: 6
TMDB ID: 1220899
IMDb ID: nm0121708
Known for: Acting
Born: December 22, 1936
Age: 89
Place of birth: Derry, Northern Ireland, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1965 - 2025
Years active: 61
Average TMDB rating: 7.3
Wikidata: Q778787
Other jobs
Writer (3)Creator (2)Thanks (1)
Biography
James Burke is a British broadcaster, science historian, author, and television producer, who is known, among other things, for his documentary television series Connections, and for its more philosophically oriented companion series, The Day the Universe Changed, which is about the history of science and technology. The Washington Post called him "one of the most intriguing minds in the Western world".
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with James Burke.
Lucky 13: Rockets, Aliens & Spare Parts
Thanks
2025 Movie
7.3
Apollo: Missions to the Moon
as Self - BBC (archive footage) (archive sound)
2019 Movie
7.0
Apollo 11: A Night to Remember
as Self
2006 Movie
Masters of Illusion
as Himself
1991 Movie
6.0
Speed
as Narrator (voice)
1984 Movie
The Neuron Suite
1982 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with James Burke.
8.2
Connections with James Burke
6 eps
2023 Series
7.0
After the Warming
as Self - Presenter • 2 eps
1989 Series
8.7
The Day the Universe Changed
10 eps
1985 Series
8.3
The Real Thing
as Presenter • 6 eps
1983 Series
8.1
Connections
as Self - Presenter • 40 eps
1978 Series
6.0
Doomwatch
as BBC Man London • 1 eps
1970 Series
6.2
Tomorrow's World
635 eps
1965 Series