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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Credits
- 2023 · Sleeping Dog as Mike Atlas
- 2023 · Bonn as Wolfgang Berns
- 2021 · The Matrix Resurrections as Sheperd
- 2019 · Head Burst as Markus
- 2019 · World on Fire as Schmidt
- 2017 · Berlin Syndrome as Andi Werner
- 2015 · Amnesia as Jo
- 2015 · Sense8: Creating the World as Wolfgang Bogdanovic
- 2015 · Sanctuary as Bruder Krapp
- 2015 · Sense8 as Wolfgang Bogdanow
- 2014 · Warsaw 44 as Johann Krauss
- 2013 · Free Fall as Kay Engel
- 2012 · Forgotten as Marcus
- 2012 · Partly Sunny as Tim
- 2012 · The Fourth State as Dima
- 2011 · Urban Explorer as Dante / Kris
- 2010 · We Are the Night as Tom Serner
- 2010 · In the Face of Crime as Marek Gorsky
- 2010 · Der letzte Bulle as Dennis Paschmann
- 2008 · The Wave as Marco
- 2006 · Der Kriminalist as Michael Büssig
- 2006 · Der Untergang der Pamir as Carl-Friedrich von Krempin
- 2006 · The Red Cockatoo as Siggi
- 2005 · Der Staatsanwalt as Markus Pohl
- 2004 · Before the Fall as Friedrich Weimer
- 2004 · Girls on Top 2 as Flin
- 2003 · ZIBB as Self
- 2001 · Girls on Top as Flin
- 1999 · German Television Award as Self
- 1998 · In aller Freundschaft as Mirco Venske
- 1998 · Zwei allein as Max
- 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 · Bayerischer Filmpreis as Self
- 1976 · Kölner Treff as Self
- 1970 · Scene of the Crime as Louis Bürger
- 1964 · Grimme-Preis-Verleihung as Self
- Future · The Angel Makers as
- 2025 · About Luis as Jens
- 2024 · Two to One as Robert
- 2023 · Ernesto’s Island as Matthias
- 2022 · Talking About the Weather as Marcel
- 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
- 2020 · Der Schneegänger as Lutz Gehring
- 2019 · My Mother's Girlfriend as Jan
- 2016 · Icons of Light as Steffen
- 2015 · Storno: Todsicher versichert as Rupert
- 2014 · To Life! as Jonas
- 2014 · Elly Beinhorn: Solo Flight as Bernd Rosemeyer
- 2013 · Blutgeld as Ralf Seifert
- 2013 · Der zweite Mann as Adrian Davids
- 2012 · Auslandseinsatz as Daniel Gerber
- 2012 · The German Friend as Friedrich Burg
- 2012 · A Family of Three as Lars Dewenter
- 2011 · Playoff as Thomas
- 2011 · Schandmal – Der Tote im Berg as Thomas Hafner
- 2009 · 13 Semester as 'Momo'
- 2008 · Thousand Oceans as Meikel
- 2008 · Run for Your Life! as Andreas Niedrig
- 2008 · Up! Up! To the sky as Arnold
- 2007 · Snipers Valley as Charly
- 2007 · An die Grenze as Gefreiter Kerner
- 2007 · GG 19 – Deutschland in 19 Artikeln as Edgar (Polizist), Art. 2
- 2006 · Hallesche Kometen as Ingo
- 2001 · Mein Vater und andere Betrüger as Robertino
- Future · Free Fall 2 as Kay Engel
- 2003 · Lottoschein ins Glück as Björn Michels
- Future · Etwas ganz Besonderes as Matze
- 2005 · Nachtasyl as Aljoscha
- 2000 · Brennendes Schweigen as Schappi
- 2000 · Bear on the Run as Tom
- 1999 · Ein Weihnachtsmärchen – Wenn alle Herzen schmelzen as Lukas
- 1997 · Eine Familie zum Küssen as
- Future · Golem as