Max Riemelt
Acting
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.
TV Shows(22)
Sleeping Dog
Mike Atlas
2023
Bonn
Wolfgang Berns
2023
World on Fire
Schmidt
2019
Sense8
Wolfgang Bogdanow
2015
In the Face of Crime
Marek Gorsky
2010
Der letzte Bulle
Dennis Paschmann
2010
Der Kriminalist
Michael Büssig
2006
Der Staatsanwalt
Markus Pohl
2005
ZIBB
Self
2003
German Television Award
Self
1999
In aller Freundschaft
Mirco Venske
1998
Zwei allein
Max
1998
Alphateam – Die Lebensretter im OP
Timo
1997
Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police
Marcel Freese
1996
Balko
Ingo Grabowski
1995
Wolffs Revier
Harald Bernhard
1992
Morgenmagazin
Self
1992
DAS!
Self
1991
Bavarian Film Awards
Self
1979
Kölner Treff
Self
1976
Scene of the Crime
Louis Bürger
1970
Grimme Award
Self
1964
Movies(62)
Home Stories
Matze
2026
Spurlos in Venedig
Angelo (Gabriel Wendt)
2025
The Tasters
Ziegler
2025
About Luis
Jens
2025
Two to One
Robert
2024
Ernesto's Island
Matthias
2023
Talking About the Weather
Marcel
2022
Ein Taxi zur Bescherung
Jan Olsmer
2022
The Matrix Resurrections
Sheperd
2021
The Peppercorns and the Secret of the Deep Sea
Oliver
2021
Precious Ivie
Paul
2021
Der Schneegänger
Lutz Gehring
2020
Head Burst
Markus
2019
My Mother's Girlfriend
Jan
2019
Berlin Syndrome
Andi Werner
2017
Icons of Light
Steffen
2016
Amnesia
Jo
2015
Sense8: Creating the World
Wolfgang Bogdanovic
2015
Sanctuary
Bruder Krapp
2015
Storno: Todsicher versichert
Rupert
2015
To Life!
Jonas
2014
Warsaw 44
Johann Krauss
2014
Elly Beinhorn: Solo Flight
Bernd Rosemeyer
2014
Blutgeld
Ralf Seifert
2013
Der zweite Mann
Adrian Davids
2013
Free Fall
Kay Engel
2013
Forgotten
Marcus
2012
Auslandseinsatz
Daniel Gerber
2012
The German Friend
Friedrich Burg
2012
Partly Sunny
Tim
2012
The Fourth State
Dima
2012
A Family of Three
Lars Dewenter
2012
Playoff
Thomas
2011
Urban Explorer
Dante / Kris
2011
Schandmal – Der Tote im Berg
Thomas Hafner
2011
We Are the Night
Tom Serner
2010
13 Semester
'Momo'
2009
Thousand Oceans
Meikel
2008
Run for Your Life!
Andreas Niedrig
2008
The Wave
Marco
2008
Up! Up! To the sky
Arnold
2008
Snipers Valley
Charly
2007
An die Grenze
Gefreiter Kerner
2007
GG 19 – Deutschland in 19 Artikeln
Edgar (Polizist), Art. 2
2007
Die Zigarrenkiste
2006
Der Untergang der Pamir
Carl-Friedrich von Krempin
2006
The Red Cockatoo
Siggi
2006
Hallesche Kometen
Ingo
2006
Nachtasyl
Aljoscha
2005
(Feinde)
Deutscher Soldat
2005
Before the Fall
Friedrich Weimer
2004
Girls on Top 2
Flin
2004
Lottoschein ins Glück
Björn Michels
2003
Mein Vater und andere Betrüger
Robertino
2001
Girls on Top
Flin
2001
Brennendes Schweigen
Schappi
2000
Bear on the Run
Tom
2000
Ein Weihnachtsmärchen – Wenn alle Herzen schmelzen
Lukas
1999
Eine Familie zum Küssen
1997
Golem
The Angel Makers
Zeit der Wunder – Das Tafelsilber der Deutschen Einheit