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