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