Hardy is a headstrong character who has swapped his life as a street kid to try to 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.

In June 2008, Ameen began Actors Student Alliance, a drama school set up to discover and teach untapped talent in London.

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 Jason Barrett's British feature film The Naked Poet, in which he played character Ryan.

[7] Ameen's first Hollywood film role is in George Lucas's Red Tails (2012), about the African American Tuskegee airman in World War II.

In 2015, Ameen was one of the eight central characters in the initial run of the Netflix series Sense8, produced by the Wachowskis and J. Michael Straczynski.

However, conflicts with Lana Wachowski resulted in his "abrupt" firing and replacement with Toby Onwumere after filming two episodes of the second season in 2016.