Max Riemelt
Acting
Born: January 7, 1984 (age 42) · Berlin, Germany
Highest Rated
Biography
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
The Matrix Resurrections
2021
The Wave
2008
Sense8
2015
Free Fall
2013
Berlin Syndrome
2017
Before the Fall
2004
We Are the Night
2010
Warsaw 44
2014
The Tasters
2025
Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police
1996
Girls on Top
2001
Scene of the Crime
1970
Photos (6)
Movies (55)
The Matrix Resurrections
Sheperd
The Wave
Marco
Berlin Syndrome
Andi Werner
Before the Fall
Friedrich Weimer
Icons of Light
Steffen
The German Friend
Friedrich Burg
Girls on Top
Flin
Snipers Valley
Charly
Free Fall
Kay Engel
Warsaw 44
Johann Krauss
We Are the Night
Tom Serner
Lottoschein ins Glück
Björn Michels
The Tasters
Ziegler
Two to One
Robert
Home Stories
Matze
Urban Explorer
Dante / Kris
Free Fall – Who You Are
Kay Engel
Sense8: Creating the World
Wolfgang Bogdanovic
Head Burst
Markus
The Peppercorns and the Secret of the Deep Sea
Oliver
The Fourth State
Dima
Girls on Top 2
Flin
Auslandseinsatz
Daniel Gerber
Sanctuary
Bruder Krapp
Spurlos in Venedig
Angelo (Gabriel Wendt)
My Mother's Girlfriend
Jan
Thousand Oceans
Meikel
Amnesia
Jo
Der Schneegänger
Lutz Gehring
The Red Cockatoo
Siggi
Talking About the Weather
Marcel
To Life!
Jonas
Run for Your Life!
Andreas Niedrig
About Luis
Jens
13 Semester
'Momo'
Ernesto's Island
Matthias
An die Grenze
Gefreiter Kerner
Forgotten
Marcus
GG 19 – Deutschland in 19 Artikeln
Edgar (Polizist), Art. 2
A Family of Three
Lars Dewenter
Precious Ivie
Paul
Brennendes Schweigen
Schappi
Playoff
Thomas
Der zweite Mann
Adrian Davids
Elly Beinhorn: Solo Flight
Bernd Rosemeyer
Partly Sunny
Tim
Der Untergang der Pamir
Carl-Friedrich von Krempin
Hallesche Kometen
Ingo
Bear on the Run
Tom
Storno: Todsicher versichert
Rupert
Blutgeld
Ralf Seifert
Ein Taxi zur Bescherung
Jan Olsmer
Die Zigarrenkiste
2006
Schandmal – Der Tote im Berg
Thomas Hafner
Ein Weihnachtsmärchen – Wenn alle Herzen schmelzen
Lukas
TV Shows (15)
Scene of the Crime
Louis Bürger · 1 eps
Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police
Marcel Freese · 1 eps
In aller Freundschaft
Mirco Venske · 1 eps
Sense8
Wolfgang Bogdanow · 24 eps
Der Staatsanwalt
Markus Pohl · 1 eps
Wolffs Revier
Harald Bernhard · 1 eps
Alphateam – Die Lebensretter im OP
Timo · 2 eps
Der Kriminalist
Michael Büssig · 1 eps
Balko
Ingo Grabowski · 1 eps
Der letzte Bulle
Dennis Paschmann · 1 eps
Sleeping Dog
Mike Atlas · 6 eps
World on Fire
Schmidt · 7 eps
Zwei allein
Max · 12 eps
Bonn
Wolfgang Berns · 6 eps
In the Face of Crime
Marek Gorsky · 10 eps
