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