---
name: "Aml Ameen"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/aml-ameen"
fi1m_id: "aml-ameen"
imdb_id: "nm1543989"
tmdb_id: 78062
wikidata_id: "Q4747043"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "30 July 1985"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-03T03:10:45.084801+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Aml Ameen

## Identity

Aml Ameen

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/aml-ameen
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** aml-ameen
- **IMDb ID:** nm1543989
- **TMDB ID:** 78062
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4747043
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aml_Ameen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4747043, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1543989/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/78062

Actor. Born 30 July 1985 in London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 30 July 1985, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 2013–present
- **Also known as:** Aml Eysan Ameen, 艾繆‧艾敏, امل امین
- **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as actor, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 66 (1), 2020s 77 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 74 to 72 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 1 of 3 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Action & Adventure 1, Crime 1, History 1
- **Screen time:** 4 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $177m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aml_Ameen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4747043, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1543989/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/78062

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Legends*](https://film.one/tv/legends.md) (74), [*Rustin*](https://film.one/film/rustin.md) (68)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Butler*](https://film.one/film/the-butler.md) (66)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Aml Ameen is a British actor and filmmaker. Born on 30 July 1985 in London to Jamaican and Vincentian parents, he studied acting at the Barbara Speake Stage School and appeared in West End productions as a child.

Ameen began his screen career with guest roles in series including *The Bill*, where he later played PC Lewis Hardy as a series regular from 2006. He gained prominence with his performance as Trevor (Trife) in the 2006 film *Kidulthood*. His international credits include Alby in *The Maze Runner* (2014), Capheus in the first season of *Sense8* (2015), and roles in *The Butler* (2013) and *I May Destroy You* (2020). He made his directorial debut with the 2021 romantic comedy *Boxing Day*.

More recent work includes the lead role of Junior Massey in *The Porter* (2022), for which he received an Independent Spirit Award nomination, Martin Luther King Jr. in *Rustin* (2023), and Bailey in the series *Legends* (2026).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Legends* (2026), Fi1m 74, as Bailey — [page](https://film.one/tv/legends.md)
- *Rustin* (2023), Fi1m 68, as Martin Luther King, Jr. — [page](https://film.one/film/rustin.md)
- *I May Destroy You* (2020), Fi1m 88, as Simon — [page](https://film.one/tv/i-may-destroy-you.md)
- *The Butler* (2013), Fi1m 66, as Cecil Gaines (15) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-butler.md)

## Complete filmography (41)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Legends* (2026), series, as Bailey — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/legends.md)
- *A Man in Full* (2024), series, as Roger White
- *Rustin* (2023), as Martin Luther King, Jr. — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/rustin.md)
- *Dead Shot* (2023), as Tempest
- *The Porter* (2022), series, as Junior Massey · Executive Producer
- *Boxing Day* (2021), as Melvin Mckenzie · Producer, Director, Screenplay
- *Charming the Hearts of Men* (2021), as Walter
- *Till Death* (2021), as Tom
- *I May Destroy You* (2020), series, as Simon — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/i-may-destroy-you.md)
- *Run Sweetheart Run* (2020), as Quidda
- *Inside Man: Most Wanted* (2019), as Remy Darbonne
- *Yardie* (2018), as D aka Dennis Campbell
- *Parallel* (2018), as Devin
- *The Price* (2017), as Seyi Ogunde
- *The Naked Poet* (2016), as Ryan · Executive Producer
- *Soy Nero* (2016), as Bronx
- *Sense8: Creating the World* (2015), as Capheus
- *Lila & Eve* (2015), as Stephon
- *Sense8* (2015), series, as Capheus Onyango
- *Beyond the Lights* (2014), as Trey
- *The Maze Runner* (2014), as Alby
- *12* (2014), as Hero · Director, Writer
- *The Exchange* (2013), as Brian
- *The Butler* (2013), as Cecil Gaines (15) — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/the-butler.md)
- *Evidence* (2013), as Officer Jenson
- *Womack* (2012), as Bo
- *Red Tails* (2012), as Bag 'O Bones
- *Red Heart* (2011), as James
- *Drink, Drugs and KFC* (2011), as Jimmy Simpson · Director, Writer, Producer
- *Harry's Law* (2011), series, as Malcolm Davies
- *Shank* (2010), as Bus Conductor
- *Gunrush* (2009), as Wesley
- *The Making of Kidulthood* (2008), Actor
- *Fallout* (2008), as Dwayne Edmonds
- *Dis/Connected* (2008), series, Actor
- *Kidulthood* (2006), as Trife
- *Bella and the Boys* (2004), as Terry
- *15 Storeys High* (2002), series, as Marion
- *CSI: Miami* (2002), series, as Jack Brody
- *Killing of a Nation*, as Anderson Toussaint
- *Boxing Day 2*, as Melvin Mckenzie · Director, Writer

## Gallery

- ![Aml Ameen at the Dinard british film festival (France) (2006)](https://film.one/media/person/22211/gallery-28b48df0550a.jpg) Aml Ameen at the Dinard british film festival (France) (2006) — Smdl - Stephane Mace de Lepinay, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Aml-Ameen-200%C2%A7-10a.jpg/1280px-Aml-Ameen-200%C2%A7-10a.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Aml Ameen & Darrell Britt-Gibson at the Miami International Film Festival GEMS presentation of "Soy Nero" (2016)](https://film.one/media/person/22211/gallery-0499874ac608.jpg) Aml Ameen & Darrell Britt-Gibson at the Miami International Film Festival GEMS presentation of "Soy Nero" (2016) — MiamiFilmFestival, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Aml_Ameen_%26_Darrell_Britt-Gibson.jpg/1280px-Aml_Ameen_%26_Darrell_Britt-Gibson.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Aml Ameen & Darrell Britt-Gibson at the Miami International Film Festival GEMS presentation of "Soy Nero" (2016)](https://film.one/media/person/22211/gallery-b87fd786f6db.jpg) Aml Ameen & Darrell Britt-Gibson at the Miami International Film Festival GEMS presentation of "Soy Nero" (2016) — MiamiFilmFestival, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/Aml_Ameen_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Sundance London UK (2018)](https://film.one/media/person/22211/gallery-43ac8ac11a2f.jpg) Sundance London UK (2018) — PunkToad from oakland, us, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5f/Yardie_Director_Idris_Elba_With_Aml_Ameen_%2848041704151%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Aml Ameen](https://film.one/media/person/22211/gallery-7820fd88b2b9.jpg) Aml Ameen — Image via TMDB
- ![Aml Ameen](https://film.one/media/person/22211/gallery-46db1966bc5b.jpg) Aml Ameen — Image via TMDB
- ![Aml Ameen](https://film.one/media/person/22211/gallery-1ce85bdd2b3d.jpg) Aml Ameen — Image via TMDB

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