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.
Known for
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movieFree Fall – Who You Are
2026
Kay Engel
movieSpurlos in Venedig
2025
Angelo (Gabriel Wendt)
movieThe Tasters
2025
Ziegler
movieTwo to One
2024
Robert
tvSleeping Dog
2023
Mike Atlas
movieErnesto's Island
2023
Matthias
tvBonn
2023
Wolfgang Berns
movieEin Taxi zur Bescherung
2022
Jan Olsmer
movieDer Schneegänger
2020
Lutz Gehring
movieHead Burst
2019
Markus
tvWorld on Fire
2019
Schmidt
movieBerlin Syndrome
2017
Andi Werner
movieIcons of Light
2016
Steffen
movieSense8: Creating the World
2015
Wolfgang Bogdanovic
movieSanctuary
2015
Bruder Krapp
tvSense8
2015
Wolfgang Bogdanow
movieTo Life!
2014
Jonas
movieWarsaw 44
2014
Johann Krauss
movieElly Beinhorn: Solo Flight
2014
Bernd Rosemeyer
movieBlutgeld
2013
Ralf Seifert
movieDer zweite Mann
2013
Adrian Davids
movieFree Fall
2013
Kay Engel
movieForgotten
2012
Marcus
movieAuslandseinsatz
2012
Daniel Gerber
movieThe German Friend
2012
Friedrich Burg
movieA Family of Three
2012
Lars Dewenter
moviePlayoff
2011
Thomas
movieUrban Explorer
2011
Dante / Kris
movieSchandmal – Der Tote im Berg
2011
Thomas Hafner
movieWe Are the Night
2010
Tom Serner
tvIn the Face of Crime
2010
Marek Gorsky
tvDer letzte Bulle
2010
Dennis Paschmann
movie13 Semester
2009
'Momo'
movieThousand Oceans
2008
Meikel
movieRun for Your Life!
2008
Andreas Niedrig
movieThe Wave
2008
Marco
movieSnipers Valley
2007
Charly
movieAn die Grenze
2007
Gefreiter Kerner
movieGG 19 – Deutschland in 19 Artikeln
2007
Edgar (Polizist), Art. 2
tvDer Kriminalist
2006
Michael Büssig
movieDer Untergang der Pamir
2006
Carl-Friedrich von Krempin
Nachtasyl
2005
Aljoscha
(Feinde)
2005
Deutscher Soldat
tvDer Staatsanwalt
2005
Markus Pohl
movieBefore the Fall
2004
Friedrich Weimer
ZIBB
2003
Self
movieLottoschein ins Glück
2003
Björn Michels
tvIn aller Freundschaft
1998
Mirco Venske
tvAlarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police
1996
Marcel Freese
tvBalko
1995
Ingo Grabowski
tvWolffs Revier
1992
Harald Bernhard
tvDAS!
1991
Self
tvScene of the Crime
1970
Louis Bürger