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Max Riemelt

Max Riemelt

Acting

Born: January 7, 1984Berlin, Germany

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
Filmography
Home Stories

Home Stories

Matze

2026
Spurlos in Venedig

Spurlos in Venedig

Angelo (Gabriel Wendt)

2025
The Tasters

The Tasters

Ziegler

2025
About Luis

About Luis

Jens

2025
Two to One

Two to One

Robert

2024
Ernesto's Island

Ernesto's Island

Matthias

2023
Talking About the Weather

Talking About the Weather

Marcel

2022
Ein Taxi zur Bescherung

Ein Taxi zur Bescherung

Jan Olsmer

2022
The Matrix Resurrections

The Matrix Resurrections

Sheperd

2021
The Peppercorns and the Secret of the Deep Sea

The Peppercorns and the Secret of the Deep Sea

Oliver

2021
Precious Ivie

Precious Ivie

Paul

2021
Der Schneegänger

Der Schneegänger

Lutz Gehring

2020
Head Burst

Head Burst

Markus

2019
My Mother's Girlfriend

My Mother's Girlfriend

Jan

2019
Berlin Syndrome

Berlin Syndrome

Andi Werner

2017
Sense8 Christmas Special

Sense8 Christmas Special

Wolfgang Bogdanow

2016
Icons of Light

Icons of Light

Steffen

2016
Amnesia

Amnesia

Jo

2015
Sense8: Creating the World

Sense8: Creating the World

Wolfgang Bogdanovic

2015
Sanctuary

Sanctuary

Bruder Krapp

2015
Storno: Todsicher versichert

Storno: Todsicher versichert

Rupert

2015
To Life!

To Life!

Jonas

2014
Warsaw 44

Warsaw 44

Johann Krauss

2014
Elly Beinhorn: Solo Flight

Elly Beinhorn: Solo Flight

Bernd Rosemeyer

2014
Blutgeld

Blutgeld

Ralf Seifert

2013
Der zweite Mann

Der zweite Mann

Adrian Davids

2013
Free Fall

Free Fall

Kay Engel

2013
Forgotten

Forgotten

Marcus

2012
Auslandseinsatz

Auslandseinsatz

Daniel Gerber

2012
The German Friend

The German Friend

Friedrich Burg

2012
Partly Sunny

Partly Sunny

Tim

2012
The Fourth State

The Fourth State

Dima

2012
A Family of Three

A Family of Three

Lars Dewenter

2012
Playoff

Playoff

Thomas

2011
Urban Explorer

Urban Explorer

Dante / Kris

2011
Schandmal – Der Tote im Berg

Schandmal – Der Tote im Berg

Thomas Hafner

2011
We Are the Night

We Are the Night

Tom Serner

2010
13 Semester

13 Semester

'Momo'

2009
Thousand Oceans

Thousand Oceans

Meikel

2008
Run for Your Life!

Run for Your Life!

Andreas Niedrig

2008
The Wave

The Wave

Marco

2008

Up! Up! To the sky

Arnold

2008
Snipers Valley

Snipers Valley

Charly

2007
An die Grenze

An die Grenze

Gefreiter Kerner

2007
GG 19 – Deutschland in 19 Artikeln

GG 19 – Deutschland in 19 Artikeln

Edgar (Polizist), Art. 2

2007
Die Zigarrenkiste

Die Zigarrenkiste

2006
Der Untergang der Pamir

Der Untergang der Pamir

Carl-Friedrich von Krempin

2006
The Red Cockatoo

The Red Cockatoo

Siggi

2006
Hallesche Kometen

Hallesche Kometen

Ingo

2006

Nachtasyl

Aljoscha

2005

(Feinde)

Deutscher Soldat

2005
Before the Fall

Before the Fall

Friedrich Weimer

2004
Girls on Top 2

Girls on Top 2

Flin

2004
Lottoschein ins Glück

Lottoschein ins Glück

Björn Michels

2003

Mein Vater und andere Betrüger

Robertino

2001
Girls on Top

Girls on Top

Flin

2001
Brennendes Schweigen

Brennendes Schweigen

Schappi

2000
Bear on the Run

Bear on the Run

Tom

2000
Ein Weihnachtsmärchen – Wenn alle Herzen schmelzen

Ein Weihnachtsmärchen – Wenn alle Herzen schmelzen

Lukas

1999

Eine Familie zum Küssen

1997