Aml Ameen
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Aml Eysan Ameen is an English actor best known for his roles as Trife in Kidulthood
, Lewis Hardy in The Bill
and Malcolm in Harry's Law
.
and Jolson.
At the age of 11 he performed on stage with Michael Jackson
at the 1996 BRIT Awards
, in a performance famously invaded by Pulp
's singer Jarvis Cocker
.
Ameen's first acting role was in 2004's Bella and the Boys
, in which he played the character Terry.
His next role was a one-off appearance in an episode of the BBC
television series Holby City
. He also starred in the British youth-centred film Kidulthood
as the central character Trife and now he's starring again in Second Chance and Red Tails
for a special appearance.
He played PC Lewis Hardy in the long-running ITV
police series The Bill
, his most famous and popular role to date. Lewis Hardy is a headstrong character who has swapped his life as a street kid to try and make a difference on the right side of the law. He has a few problems with authority and regularly bumps heads with his seniors, most especially frequent beat partner PC Roger Valentine. After Hardy was put undercover and was shot, he was transferred to Operation Trident.
In April 2008 he played a leading role in the BBC Three teen drama Dis/Connected
, playing Anthony, an 18 year old college student from London who faces gang trouble on the streets, as well as losing his friend when she commits suicide.
Ameen featured in a film on Channel 4 called Fallout
, part of their Disarming Britain mini-season. The London Lite paper described this as his most memorable performance.
Ameen featured as AJ in Silent Witness
Series 12 Parts 1 and 2. He portrayed a youth worker trying to make a difference in the gang and knife community which presides South London, and became friends with Leo, one of the senior pathologists doing community service for drink driving.
In June 2008 Ameen began A.S.A (Actors Student Alliance) a drama school set up to discover and teach untapped talent in London. From its inception the school has gone on to producing a short film and a theatre showcase for its students. Now in its second year the school has expanded into a management company.
Ameen performed at Tricycle Theatre on the Not Black and White season in October 2009. Described as "exceptionally charismatic Aml Ameen the freshest, most inspiring voice in the play by Time Out London. He received outstanding reviews in the National press.
Ameen starred in David E. Kelley
's legal drama Harry's Law
in the first season, which began to air on NBC
during the 2011 television season.
. Additionally, he presented an award at the Mobo Awards 2006.
Aml has recently completed filming his first Hollywood film role, in George Lucas
's Red Tails
. A film about the African American Tuskegee airman in world war 2. Aml appears alongside Cuba Gooding Jr and Terrance Howard.
Kidulthood
Kidulthood is a 2006 British drama film about the life of several teenagers in Ladbroke Grove and Latimer Road area of inner west London. It was directed by Menhaj Huda and written by Noel Clarke, who also stars in the film and directed the sequel, Adulthood...
, Lewis Hardy in The Bill
The Bill
The Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work...
and Malcolm in Harry's Law
Harry's Law
Harry's Law is an American legal comedy-drama television series created by David E. Kelley. which premiered on January 17, 2011.On May 12, 2011, NBC renewed the show for a second season, which premiered Wednesday September 21, 2011...
.
Biography
He learned his acting craft at the Barbara Speake stage school in London. As a child he appeared in West End in shows such as Oliver!Oliver!
Oliver! is a British musical, with script, music and lyrics by Lionel Bart. The musical is based upon the novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens....
and Jolson.
At the age of 11 he performed on stage with Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson
Michael Joseph Jackson was an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. Referred to as the King of Pop, or by his initials MJ, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records...
at the 1996 BRIT Awards
Brit Awards
The Brit Awards are the British Phonographic Industry's annual pop music awards. The name was originally a shortened form of "British", "Britain" or "Britannia", but subsequently became a backronym for British Record Industry Trust...
, in a performance famously invaded by Pulp
Pulp (band)
Pulp are an English alternative rock band formed in Sheffield in 1978. Their lineup consists of Jarvis Cocker , Russell Senior , Candida Doyle , Mark Webber , Steve Mackey and Nick Banks ....
's singer Jarvis Cocker
Jarvis Cocker
Jarvis Branson Cocker is an English musician and frontman for the band Pulp. Through his work with the band, Cocker became a figurehead of the Britpop movement of the mid-1990s. Following Pulp's hiatus Cocker has led a successful solo career...
.
Ameen's first acting role was in 2004's Bella and the Boys
Bella and the Boys
Bella and the Boys is a one-off British television drama, produced by the independent production company Century Films for the BBC and originally screened on the BBC Two network on 15 February 2004...
, in which he played the character Terry.
His next role was a one-off appearance in an episode of the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
television series Holby City
Holby City
Holby City, stylised as Holby Ci+y, is a British medical drama television series that airs weekly on BBC One.The series was created by Tony McHale and Mal Young as a spin-off from the established BBC medical drama Casualty, and premiered on 12 January 1999...
. He also starred in the British youth-centred film Kidulthood
Kidulthood
Kidulthood is a 2006 British drama film about the life of several teenagers in Ladbroke Grove and Latimer Road area of inner west London. It was directed by Menhaj Huda and written by Noel Clarke, who also stars in the film and directed the sequel, Adulthood...
as the central character Trife and now he's starring again in Second Chance and Red Tails
Red Tails
Red Tails is an upcoming 2012 action drama film directed by Anthony Hemingway, from a screenplay by John Ridley and Aaron McGruder. The story, written by Ridley, is inspired by true events. George Lucas serves as the executive producer for the project...
for a special appearance.
He played PC Lewis Hardy in the long-running ITV
ITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
police series The Bill
The Bill
The Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work...
, his most famous and popular role to date. Lewis Hardy is a headstrong character who has swapped his life as a street kid to try and make a difference on the right side of the law. He has a few problems with authority and regularly bumps heads with his seniors, most especially frequent beat partner PC Roger Valentine. After Hardy was put undercover and was shot, he was transferred to Operation Trident.
In April 2008 he played a leading role in the BBC Three teen drama Dis/Connected
Dis/Connected
Dis/Connected is a BBC Three drama pilot, written by Howard Overman. It starred Holliday Grainger, Cloudia Swann, Aml Ameen, Bradley James, Laura Aikman, Katrina Rafferty and Lucy Evans.-Outline:...
, playing Anthony, an 18 year old college student from London who faces gang trouble on the streets, as well as losing his friend when she commits suicide.
Ameen featured in a film on Channel 4 called Fallout
Fallout (Channel 4 drama)
Fallout, a feature-length as part of Channel 4's Disarming Britain series, is a drama surrounding the lives of a group of teenagers, following the fatal stabbing of a mutual associate, Kwame in South London.- Sypnosis :...
, part of their Disarming Britain mini-season. The London Lite paper described this as his most memorable performance.
Ameen featured as AJ in Silent Witness
Silent Witness
Silent Witness is a BBC crime thriller series focusing on a team of forensic pathology experts and their investigations into various crimes. First broadcast in February 1996, the series is still airing to the present day, with a fifteenth series expected to air in January 2012. The series was...
Series 12 Parts 1 and 2. He portrayed a youth worker trying to make a difference in the gang and knife community which presides South London, and became friends with Leo, one of the senior pathologists doing community service for drink driving.
In June 2008 Ameen began A.S.A (Actors Student Alliance) a drama school set up to discover and teach untapped talent in London. From its inception the school has gone on to producing a short film and a theatre showcase for its students. Now in its second year the school has expanded into a management company.
Ameen performed at Tricycle Theatre on the Not Black and White season in October 2009. Described as "exceptionally charismatic Aml Ameen the freshest, most inspiring voice in the play by Time Out London. He received outstanding reviews in the National press.
Ameen starred in David E. Kelley
David E. Kelley
David Edward Kelley is an American television writer and producer, known as the creator of Picket Fences, Chicago Hope, The Practice, Ally McBeal, Boston Public, Boston Legal and Harry's Law, as well as several films. Kelley is one of the only screenwriters to have had a show created by him run on...
's legal drama Harry's Law
Harry's Law
Harry's Law is an American legal comedy-drama television series created by David E. Kelley. which premiered on January 17, 2011.On May 12, 2011, NBC renewed the show for a second season, which premiered Wednesday September 21, 2011...
in the first season, which began to air on NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
during the 2011 television season.
Filmography and TV
| Year | Title | Role | Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | EastEnders EastEnders EastEnders is a British television soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 19 February 1985 and continuing to today. EastEnders storylines examine the domestic and professional lives of the people who live and work in the fictional London Borough of Walford in the East End... |
Simon | 1 Episode |
| 2004 | Bella and the Boys Bella and the Boys Bella and the Boys is a one-off British television drama, produced by the independent production company Century Films for the BBC and originally screened on the BBC Two network on 15 February 2004... |
Terry | Main Role |
| Holby City Holby City Holby City, stylised as Holby Ci+y, is a British medical drama television series that airs weekly on BBC One.The series was created by Tony McHale and Mal Young as a spin-off from the established BBC medical drama Casualty, and premiered on 12 January 1999... |
Bradley Norris | 1 Episode, The Kidness of Strangers | |
| 2006 | Kidulthood Kidulthood Kidulthood is a 2006 British drama film about the life of several teenagers in Ladbroke Grove and Latimer Road area of inner west London. It was directed by Menhaj Huda and written by Noel Clarke, who also stars in the film and directed the sequel, Adulthood... |
Trevor "Trife" Hector | First film role |
| 2007 | The Bill The Bill The Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work... |
PC Lewis Hardy | Main Role |
| 2008 | Fallout Fallout Fallout or nuclear fallout is the residual radiation hazard from a nuclear explosion.Fallout may also refer to:*Fallout , a 1997 post-apocalyptic computer role-playing game released by Interplay Entertainment... |
Dwayne Edmons | |
| Silent Witness Silent Witness Silent Witness is a BBC crime thriller series focusing on a team of forensic pathology experts and their investigations into various crimes. First broadcast in February 1996, the series is still airing to the present day, with a fifteenth series expected to air in January 2012. The series was... |
AJ | 2 Episodes | |
| Dis/Connected Dis/Connected Dis/Connected is a BBC Three drama pilot, written by Howard Overman. It starred Holliday Grainger, Cloudia Swann, Aml Ameen, Bradley James, Laura Aikman, Katrina Rafferty and Lucy Evans.-Outline:... |
Anthony | Main Role | |
| 2010 | Shank | Bus Conductor | Cameo |
| Second Chance | Aaron Bently | Short film | |
| Red Tails Red Tails Red Tails is an upcoming 2012 action drama film directed by Anthony Hemingway, from a screenplay by John Ridley and Aaron McGruder. The story, written by Ridley, is inspired by true events. George Lucas serves as the executive producer for the project... |
Bag'O Bones | Post-Production | |
| 2011 | Harry's Law Harry's Law Harry's Law is an American legal comedy-drama television series created by David E. Kelley. which premiered on January 17, 2011.On May 12, 2011, NBC renewed the show for a second season, which premiered Wednesday September 21, 2011... |
Malcolm Davies | Main cast (season 1) |
Recognition
He was named one of the Times newspaper's Ones To Watch for 2006, and won 'Best actor in a TV performance' at the 2007 Screen Nation AwardsScreen Nation
The Screen Nation Film & TV Awards was founded in 2003 by , as a platform to raise the profile of black British and international film and television talent....
. Additionally, he presented an award at the Mobo Awards 2006.
Aml has recently completed filming his first Hollywood film role, in George Lucas
George Lucas
George Walton Lucas, Jr. is an American film producer, screenwriter, and director, and entrepreneur. He is the founder, chairman and chief executive of Lucasfilm. He is best known as the creator of the space opera franchise Star Wars and the archaeologist-adventurer character Indiana Jones...
's Red Tails
Red Tails
Red Tails is an upcoming 2012 action drama film directed by Anthony Hemingway, from a screenplay by John Ridley and Aaron McGruder. The story, written by Ridley, is inspired by true events. George Lucas serves as the executive producer for the project...
. A film about the African American Tuskegee airman in world war 2. Aml appears alongside Cuba Gooding Jr and Terrance Howard.