Sense8 is a show.
Aml Eysan Ameen ( [ əmɛl ] born 30 July 1985 ) is a British actor known for his roles as Trevor in Kidulthood , Lewis Hardy in The Bill , Malcolm in Harry 's Law , Capheus in the first season of the Netflix series Sense8 , and Alby in The Maze Runner . Sense8 ( a play on the word sensate [ ˈsɛnseɪt ] ) is an American science fiction drama web television series created by Lana and Lilly Wachowski and J. Michael Straczynski for Netflix . The show aims to explore subjects that its creators feel have not been emphasized in many science fiction shows to date , such as politics , identity , sexuality , gender and religion .