Aml Ameen
Born	Aml Eysan Ameen[1] 30 July 1985 (1985-07-30) (age 24) London, England
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1990s-present
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Aml Eysan Ameen (first name pronounced /æm ˈɛl/; born 30 July 1985 in London, England^[2]) is an English television actor best known for his roles as Trife in Kidulthood and Lewis Hardy in The Bill.

[edit] Biography

He learnt his acting craft at the Barbara Speake stage school in London. As a child he appeared in West End in shows such as Oliver! 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.^[2]

Ameen's first acting role was in 2004's Bella and the Boys, in which he played the character Terry.^[3]

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.

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. Ameen remains in the show, as a recurring character.

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.^[4]

Aml Ameen featured in a film on Channel 4 called Fallout, part of their Disarming Britain mini-season^[5]. The London Lite paper described this as his most memorable performance.

Aml recently 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 Aml 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.^[6]

Aml is currently working at the Tricycle Theatre on the Not Black and White season. To which he has been receiving outstanding reviews in the National press.

[edit] 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 Awards. 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.

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