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