Max Riemelt
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.
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- 2025 · The Tasters as Ziegler
- 2025 · About Luis as Jens
- 2023 · Sleeping Dog as Mike Atlas
- 2023 · Ernesto’s Island as Matthias
- 2023 · Bonn as Wolfgang Berns
- 2022 · Talking About the Weather as Marcel
- 2022 · Ein Taxi zur Bescherung as Jan Olsmer
- 2021 · The Matrix Resurrections as Sheperd
- 2021 · The Peppercorns and the Secret of the Deep Sea as Oliver
- 2021 · Precious Ivie as Paul
- 2020 · Der Schneegänger as Lutz Gehring
- 2019 · Head Burst as Markus
- 2019 · World on Fire as Schmidt
- 2017 · Berlin Syndrome as Andi Werner
- 2016 · Icons of Light as Steffen
- 2015 · Amnesia as Jo
- 2015 · Sense8: Creating the World as Wolfgang Bogdanovic
- 2015 · Sanctuary as Bruder Krapp
- 2015 · Sense8 as Wolfgang Bogdanow
- 2015 · Storno: Todsicher versichert as Rupert
- 2014 · To Life! as Jonas
- 2014 · Elly Beinhorn: Solo Flight as Bernd Rosemeyer
- 2013 · Blutgeld as Ralf Seifert
- 2013 · Free Fall as Kay Engel
- 2012 · Auslandseinsatz as Daniel Gerber
- 2012 · The German Friend as Friedrich Burg
- 2011 · Playoff as Thomas
- 2011 · Urban Explorer as Dante / Kris
- 2010 · We Are the Night as Tom Serner
- 2010 · Der letzte Bulle as Dennis Paschmann
- 2009 · 13 Semester as 'Momo'
- 2008 · Thousand Oceans as Meikel
- 2008 · The Wave as Marco
- 2007 · Snipers Valley as Charly
- 2006 · Die Zigarrenkiste as
- 2006 · Der Kriminalist as Michael Büssig
- 2006 · Hallesche Kometen as Ingo
- 2005 · Der Staatsanwalt as Markus Pohl
- 2004 · Before the Fall as Friedrich Weimer
- 2003 · ZIBB as Self
- 2001 · Girls on Top as Flin
- 2000 · Brennendes Schweigen as Schappi
- 1999 · German Television Award as Self
- 1998 · In aller Freundschaft as Mirco Venske
- 1997 · Alphateam – Die Lebensretter im OP as Timo
- 1996 · Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police as Marcel Freese
- 1995 · Balko as Ingo Grabowski
- 1992 · Wolffs Revier as Harald Bernhard
- 1992 · Morgenmagazin as Self
- 1991 · DAS! as Self
- 1979 · Bavarian Film Awards as Self
- 1976 · Kölner Treff as Self
- 1970 · Scene of the Crime as Louis Bürger
- 1964 · Grimme Award as Self
- Future · Etwas ganz Besonderes as Matze
- 2024 · Two to One as Robert
- 2019 · My Mother's Girlfriend as Jan
- 2014 · Warsaw 44 as Johann Krauss
- 2013 · Der zweite Mann as Adrian Davids
- 2012 · Forgotten as Marcus
- 2012 · Partly Sunny as Tim
- 2012 · The Fourth State as Dima
- 2011 · Schandmal – Der Tote im Berg as Thomas Hafner
- 2010 · In the Face of Crime as Marek Gorsky
- 2008 · Up! Up! To the sky as Arnold
- 2007 · An die Grenze as Gefreiter Kerner
- 2007 · GG 19 – Deutschland in 19 Artikeln as Edgar (Polizist), Art. 2
- 2006 · Der Untergang der Pamir as Carl-Friedrich von Krempin
- 2006 · The Red Cockatoo as Siggi
- 2004 · Girls on Top 2 as Flin
- Future · The Angel Makers as
- Future · Golem as
- 2012 · A Family of Three as Lars Dewenter
- 2003 · Lottoschein ins Glück as Björn Michels
- 2001 · Mein Vater und andere Betrüger as Robertino
- 2000 · Bear on the Run as Tom
- Future · Spurlos in Venedig as Angelo (Gabriel Wendt)
- 2008 · Run for Your Life! as Andreas Niedrig
- 2005 · Nachtasyl as Aljoscha
- 1999 · Ein Weihnachtsmärchen – Wenn alle Herzen schmelzen as Lukas
- 1998 · Zwei allein as Max
- 1997 · Eine Familie zum Küssen as