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Aml Ameen Biography

Birth Name:
Aml Ameen
Birth Place:
London, England
Profession
Actor

Fast Facts

  • Studied acting, singing and dancing at the Barbara Speake Stage School in London
  • Performed with Michael Jackson at the age of 11 on the 1996 BRIT Awards
  • Was cast as the lead in the 2006 independent film Kidulthood; the part became his breakout role
  • Started the A
  • S
  • A
  • (Actors Student Alliance) for emerging actors in 2008
  • Auditioned for the U
  • S
  • television drama Harry's Law using an American accent so convincing the British-born Ameen was mistaken for a native New Yorker
  • His first name means "hope" in Arabic