Aml Ameen is primed for international stardom.
Already a familiar face to many, with notable roles in streaming hits like Rustin, Boxing Day, and Yardie, the British-born actor’s profile has been on a steep incline on both sides of the pond for the last five years.
Now, with his role in Netflix’s top-10 smash limited series A Man in Full, starring alongside stars like Chanté Adams, Jeff Daniels, William Jackson Harper, and Lucy Liu, he’s one step closer to superstar status.
But that’s not quite on his list of concerns.
“An actor’s choice is to choose those type of stories that you want to represent,” he tells ESSENCE of how he selects roles. “I’m genuinely doing my best, and have done my best throughout my career to make the choices that take care of us.”
His most recent choice to take on the role of defense attorney RogerWhite in the Regina King-produced and directed Netflix original limited series was one that placed him in both one of his career’s biggest challenges and best working conditions.
“I think the first thing that drew me to the role was Regina King,” he says of choosing his latest role. “Regina King…just her brain, her prestige, her thought process. She really loves us, and so she takes care of us in the narrative.”
“Then I thought ‘Roger White: who is this guy?’” he continues. “He’s a family man. He loves his wife. He loves his daughter. But he’s also so hungry for respect, for accolades, for financial gain. He has a very complicated relationship with Charlie Croker [Jeff Daniels]; a man who gave him an opportunity, a man he respects, and at the same time, a man who he on some level finds…
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