Max Riemelt
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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
The Matrix Resurrections (2021)
as Sheperd
The Wave (2008)
as Marco
Free Fall (2013)
as Kay Engel
Before the Fall (2004)
as Friedrich Weimer
Berlin Syndrome (2017)
as Andi Werner
The Tasters (2025)
as Ziegler
Warsaw 44 (2014)
as Johann Krauss
Girls on Top (2001)
as Flin
We Are the Night (2010)
as Tom Serner
Head Burst (2019)
as Markus
Free Fall – Who You Are (2026)
as Kay Engel
Amnesia (2015)
as Jo
Two to One (2024)
as Robert
The Fourth State (2012)
as Dima
Girls on Top 2 (2004)
as Flin
Urban Explorer (2011)
as Dante / Kris
Sanctuary (2015)
as Bruder Krapp
Home Stories (2026)
as Matze
Sense8: Creating the World (2015)
as Wolfgang Bogdanovic
13 Semester (2009)
as 'Momo'
The Peppercorns and the Secret of the Deep Sea (2021)
as Oliver
Partly Sunny (2012)
as Tim
Der Schneegänger (2020)
as Lutz Gehring
The German Friend (2012)
as Friedrich Burg
An die Grenze (2007)
as Gefreiter Kerner
Talking About the Weather (2022)
as Marcel
Thousand Oceans (2008)
as Meikel
Snipers Valley (2007)
as Charly
Herkunft (2027)
Actor
Icons of Light (2016)
as Steffen
Spurlos in Venedig (2025)
as Angelo (Gabriel Wendt)
Blutgeld (2013)
as Ralf Seifert
Der Untergang der Pamir (2006)
as Carl-Friedrich von Krempin
To Life! (2014)
as Jonas
Forgotten (2012)
as Marcus
Run for Your Life! (2008)
as Andreas Niedrig
Lottoschein ins Glück (2003)
as Björn Michels
Ernesto's Island (2023)
as Matthias
My Mother's Girlfriend (2019)
as Jan
The Red Cockatoo (2006)
as Siggi
Playoff (2011)
as Thomas
About Luis (2025)
as Jens
Auslandseinsatz (2012)
as Daniel Gerber
Precious Ivie (2021)
as Paul
Up! Up! To the sky (2008)
as Arnold
Bear on the Run (2000)
as Tom
The Angel Makers (—)
Actor
Elly Beinhorn: Solo Flight (2014)
as Bernd Rosemeyer
Golem (—)
Actor
Brennendes Schweigen (2000)
as Schappi
Nachtasyl (2005)
as Aljoscha
(Feinde) (2005)
as Deutscher Soldat
Eine Familie zum Küssen (1997)
Actor
GG 19 – Deutschland in 19 Artikeln (2007)
as Edgar (Polizist), Art. 2
Zeit der Wunder – Das Tafelsilber der Deutschen Einheit (—)
Actor
Der zweite Mann (2013)
as Adrian Davids
Storno: Todsicher versichert (2015)
as Rupert
A Family of Three (2012)
as Lars Dewenter
Ein Taxi zur Bescherung (2022)
as Jan Olsmer
Ein Weihnachtsmärchen – Wenn alle Herzen schmelzen (1999)
as Lukas
Die Zigarrenkiste (2006)
Actor
Hallesche Kometen (2006)
as Ingo
Mein Vater und andere Betrüger (2001)
as Robertino
Schandmal – Der Tote im Berg (2011)
as Thomas Hafner