Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed the World (2019) | Full Cast

Ben Harding

DIRECTOR

Christopher Riley

DIRECTOR

Sean Smith

DIRECTOR

Stephen Mizelas

DIRECTOR

Nat Sharman

DIRECTOR

Nathan Williams

DIRECTOR

Jim Al-Khalili

Self - Presenter

Danielle George

Self - Engineer

James Meigs

Self - Science Writer

Tiera Fletcher

Self - Aeronautical Engineer

Alice Roberts

Self - Biological Anthropologist

Saul David

Self - Historian

Richard Garriott

Self - Entrepreneur and Private Astronaut

Derrick Pitts

Self - Chief Astronomer, The Franklin Institute

Brandon Mikesell

Self - Wingsuit Pilot

Shini Somara

Self - Fluid Dynamicist

Danny Forster

Self - Architect

Rodney Brooks

Self - Robotics Scientist

Nadya Mason

Self - Physics Professor

Brett Salmon

Self - Postdoctoral Astronomer, Space Telescope Science Institute

Robert Hurford

Self - Wheelwright

Dan Coe

Self - Postdoctoral Astronomer, Space Telescope Science Institute

Liang Zhipeng

Self - Engineer and Musician

David Lentick

Self - Zoological Engineer

Fabio Silva

Self - Skyscape Archaeologist, Bournemouth University

Franklin Chang-Diaz

Self - CEO of Ad Astra Rocket Company and Former NASA Astronaut

Jutta Kleinschmidt

Self - Dakar Rally Winner 2001

Melina Sydney Padua

Self - Graphic Novellist

Jay Leno

Self - Car Enthusiast

Tan Le

Self - Inventor and Technology Entrepreneur

Shelley James

Self - Glass Artist

Chris Burton

Self - Electrical Engineer

Bruce Weaver

Self - Gliding Instructor

Anthony Loder

Self - Hedy Lamarr's Son

Chris Gerdes

Self - Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University

Binh Dahn

Self - Assistant Professor of Photography, Arizona State University

Ross Franquemont

Self - U-2 Pilot

Dana Thomas

Self - Operational Physiologist

Lindsay Smith Zrull

Self - Curator of Astronomical Photographs, Harvard University

Owen Holland

Self - Robotics Scientist

Philippe Kahn

Self - Sender of First Mobile Phone Picture

Richard Kaner

Self - Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UCLA

Jennifer Trosper

Self - Aerospace Engineer

Maher El-Kady

Self - PhD Student, UCLA

Richard Browning

Self - Inventor

Johannes Englsberger

Self - Robotics Engineer

Patrick Stewart

Self - Narrator (US version)

Giorgio Matar

Self - Robotics Scientist

Martin Alexander Colton

Jack Kirby

Sian Altman

Hedy Lamarruncredited

Robert Ryan

Louis Daguerreuncredited

Darren McQuade

George Antheiluncredited

Ken Byrd

Fisk Wilberuncredited

Alma Lejard

Lucretia Morseuncredited