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