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.
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · About Luis as Jens
- 2024 · Two to One as Robert
- 2023 · Sleeping Dog as Mike Atlas
- 2023 · Ernesto’s Island as Matthias
- 2023 · Bonn as Wolfgang Berns
- 2022 · Talking About the Weather as Marcel
- 2022 · Ein Taxi zur Bescherung as Jan Olsmer
- 2021 · The Matrix Resurrections as Sheperd
- 2021 · The Peppercorns and the Secret of the Deep Sea as Oliver
- 2021 · Precious Ivie as Paul
- 2020 · Der Schneegänger as Lutz Gehring
- 2019 · Head Burst as Markus
- 2019 · World on Fire as Schmidt
- 2019 · My Mother's Girlfriend as Jan
- 2017 · Berlin Syndrome as Andi Werner
- 2016 · Sense8: A Christmas Special as Wolfgang Bogdanow
- 2016 · Icons of Light as Steffen
- 2015 · Amnesia as Jo
- 2015 · Sense8: Creating the World as Wolfgang Bogdanovic
- 2015 · Sanctuary as Bruder Krapp
- 2015 · Sense8 as Wolfgang Bogdanow
- 2015 · Storno: Todsicher versichert as Rupert
- 2014 · To Life! as Jonas
- 2014 · Warsaw 44 as Johann Krauss
- 2014 · Elly Beinhorn: Solo Flight as Bernd Rosemeyer
- 2013 · Blutgeld as Ralf Seifert
- 2013 · Der zweite Mann as Adrian Davids
- 2013 · Free Fall as Kay Engel
- 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
- 2012 · A Family of Three as Lars Dewenter
- 2011 · Playoff as Thomas
- 2011 · Urban Explorer as Dante / Kris
- 2011 · Schandmal – Der Tote im Berg as Thomas Hafner
- 2010 · We Are the Night as Tom Serner
- 2010 · In the Face of Crime as Marek Gorsky
- 2010 · Der letzte Bulle as Dennis Paschmann
- 2009 · 13 Semester as 'Momo'
- 2008 · Thousand Oceans as Meikel
- 2008 · Run for Your Life! as Andreas Niedrig
- 2008 · The Wave as Marco
- 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 · Der Kriminalist as Michael Büssig
- 2006 · Der Untergang der Pamir as Carl-Friedrich von Krempin
- 2006 · The Red Cockatoo as Siggi
- 2003 · Lottoschein ins Glück as Björn Michels
- 2001 · Mein Vater und andere Betrüger as Robertino
- 2000 · Brennendes Schweigen as Schappi
- 1998 · Zwei allein as Max
- Future · Free Fall 2 as Kay Engel
- Future · Etwas ganz Besonderes as Matze
- Future · The Angel Makers as
- 2006 · Hallesche Kometen as Ingo
- 2005 · Nachtasyl as Aljoscha
- 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
- 2000 · Bear on the Run as Tom
- 1999 · Ein Weihnachtsmärchen – Wenn alle Herzen schmelzen as Lukas
- 1999 · German Television Award as Self
- 1998 · In aller Freundschaft as Mirco Venske
- 1997 · Alphateam – Die Lebensretter im OP as Timo
- 1997 · Eine Familie zum Küssen as
- 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 · Golem as