Max Riemelt
Max Riemelt (born in East Berlin, East Germany on 7 January 1984) is a German actor. Internationally, he is best known for playing Wolfgang Bogdanow in the television series Sense8. He is also well-known for acting in movies such as Before the Fall (2004), The Wave (2008) and Free Fall (2013). At the 2004 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, he won the best actor award for ‘Napola’ and in the 2006 Bavarian Film Awards, he won the best young actor award for ‘Der Rote Kakadu’. Riemelt's career began in Germany at the age of 13, in the TV productions Eine Familie zum Küssen and Praxis Bülowbogen. The following year Riemelt played his first leading role in the ZDF Christmas series Zwei allein (director: Matthias Steurer): the Waisenkind "Max Loser". In the video for the title song "Two of a Kind" by the Hamburg duo "R & B", Riemelt has a cameo appearance. He has starred in all of Dennis Gansel's feature films, starting with Mädchen, Mädchen. In 2013, he starred in the movie Free Fall with Hanno Koffler, in which he plays Kay Engel, a police officer in training. The movie depicts a gay love story and has been compared to Brokeback Mountain. From 2015 to 2018, he starred in The Wachowskis' Netflix series Sense8, playing Wolfgang Bogdanow, a German safe cracker. The first season received positive reviews from critics. In 2020, he joined the cast of The Matrix 4.
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- 2025 · The Tasters as Ziegler
- 2023 · Sleeping Dog as Mike Atlas
- 2022 · Talking About the Weather as Marcel
- 2021 · The Matrix Resurrections as Sheperd
- 2020 · Der Schneegänger as Lutz Gehring
- 2019 · World on Fire as Schmidt
- 2017 · Berlin Syndrome as Andi Werner
- 2015 · Amnesia as Jo
- 2015 · Sense8 as Wolfgang Bogdanow
- 2015 · Storno: Todsicher versichert as Rupert
- 2014 · Warsaw 44 as Johann Krauss
- 2014 · Elly Beinhorn: Solo Flight as Bernd Rosemeyer
- 2013 · Der zweite Mann as Adrian Davids
- 2013 · Free Fall as Kay Engel
- 2012 · A Family of Three as Lars Dewenter
- 2011 · Urban Explorer as Dante / Kris
- 2010 · We Are the Night as Tom Serner
- 2010 · Der letzte Bulle as Dennis Paschmann
- 2009 · 13 Semester as 'Momo'
- 2008 · The Wave as Marco
- 2007 · Snipers Valley as Charly
- 2006 · Der Kriminalist as Michael Büssig
- 2006 · Hallesche Kometen as Ingo
- 2005 · Der Staatsanwalt as Markus Pohl
- 2004 · Before the Fall as Friedrich Weimer
- 2003 · ZIBB as Self
- 2000 · Brennendes Schweigen as Schappi
- 1999 · German Television Award as Self
- 1998 · In aller Freundschaft as Mirco Venske
- 1997 · Alphateam – Die Lebensretter im OP as Timo
- 1996 · Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police as Marcel Freese
- 1995 · Balko as Ingo Grabowski
- 1992 · Wolffs Revier as Harald Bernhard
- 1992 · Morgenmagazin as Self
- 1991 · DAS! as Self
- 1979 · Bavarian Film Awards as Self
- 1976 · Kölner Treff as Self
- 1970 · Scene of the Crime as Louis Bürger
- 1964 · Grimme Award as Self
- Future · The Angel Makers as
- Future · Etwas ganz Besonderes as Matze
- 2025 · About Luis as Jens
- 2024 · Two to One as Robert
- 2023 · Ernesto’s Island as Matthias
- 2023 · Bonn as Wolfgang Berns
- 2022 · Ein Taxi zur Bescherung as Jan Olsmer
- 2021 · The Peppercorns and the Secret of the Deep Sea as Oliver
- 2021 · Precious Ivie as Paul
- 2019 · Head Burst as Markus
- 2019 · My Mother's Girlfriend as Jan
- 2016 · Icons of Light as Steffen
- 2015 · Sense8: Creating the World as Wolfgang Bogdanovic
- 2015 · Sanctuary as Bruder Krapp
- 2014 · To Life! as Jonas
- 2013 · Blutgeld as Ralf Seifert
- 2012 · Forgotten as Marcus
- 2012 · Auslandseinsatz as Daniel Gerber
- 2012 · The German Friend as Friedrich Burg
- 2012 · Partly Sunny as Tim
- 2012 · The Fourth State as Dima
- 2011 · Playoff as Thomas
- 2011 · Schandmal – Der Tote im Berg as Thomas Hafner
- 2010 · In the Face of Crime as Marek Gorsky
- 2008 · Thousand Oceans as Meikel
- 2008 · Run for Your Life! as Andreas Niedrig
- 2008 · Up! Up! To the sky as Arnold
- 2007 · An die Grenze as Gefreiter Kerner
- 2007 · GG 19 – Deutschland in 19 Artikeln as Edgar (Polizist), Art. 2
- 2006 · Die Zigarrenkiste as
- 2006 · Der Untergang der Pamir as Carl-Friedrich von Krempin
- 2006 · The Red Cockatoo as Siggi
- 2005 · Nachtasyl as Aljoscha
- 2004 · Girls on Top 2 as Flin
- 2003 · Lottoschein ins Glück as Björn Michels
- 2001 · Mein Vater und andere Betrüger as Robertino
- 2001 · Girls on Top as Flin
- 2000 · Bear on the Run as Tom
- 1997 · Eine Familie zum Küssen as
- Future · Golem as
- 1999 · Ein Weihnachtsmärchen – Wenn alle Herzen schmelzen as Lukas
- 1998 · Zwei allein as Max