Max Riemelt
Known for: 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.
Filmography
Series
Scene of the Crime
Louis Bürger
1970
Series
Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police
Marcel Freese
1996
Series
Kölner Treff
Self
1976
ZIBB
Self
2003
Series
DAS!
Self
1991
Series
In aller Freundschaft
Mirco Venske
1998
Series
Morgenmagazin
Self
1992
Series
Sense8
Wolfgang Bogdanow
2015
Series
Der Staatsanwalt
Markus Pohl
2005
Film
Warsaw 44
Johann Krauss
2014
Grimme Award
Self
1964
Film
The Matrix Resurrections
Sheperd
2021
Series
Der Kriminalist
Michael Büssig
2006
Series
Wolffs Revier
Harald Bernhard
1992
Series
Alphateam – Die Lebensretter im OP
Timo
1997
Series
Der letzte Bulle
Dennis Paschmann
2010
Series
Sleeping Dog
Mike Atlas
2023
German Television Award
Self
1999
Bavarian Film Awards
Self
1979
Film
The Wave
Marco
2008
Series
Balko
Ingo Grabowski
1995
Series
World on Fire
Schmidt
2019
Film
Before the Fall
Friedrich Weimer
2004
Series
In the Face of Crime
Marek Gorsky
2010
Film
Berlin Syndrome
Andi Werner
2017
Film
Girls on Top
Flin
2001
Film
Head Burst
Markus
2019
Film
Free Fall
Kay Engel
2013
Series
Bonn
Wolfgang Berns
2023
Film
Lottoschein ins Glück
Björn Michels
2003
Film
Snipers Valley
Charly
2007
Film
Icons of Light
Steffen
2016
Film
The German Friend
Friedrich Burg
2012
Film
The Tasters
Ziegler
2025
Film
Home Stories
Matze
2026
Film
We Are the Night
Tom Serner
2010
Film
Two to One
Robert
2024
Series
Zwei allein
Max
1998
Film
Girls on Top 2
Flin
2004
Film
The Fourth State
Dima
2012
Film
Free Fall – Who You Are
Kay Engel
2026
Herkunft
2027
Film
Thousand Oceans
Meikel
2008
Film
The Red Cockatoo
Siggi
2006
Film
Urban Explorer
Dante / Kris
2011
Film
My Mother's Girlfriend
Jan
2019
Film
Sanctuary
Bruder Krapp
2015
Film
Forgotten
Marcus
2012
Film
Auslandseinsatz
Daniel Gerber
2012
Film
Amnesia
Jo
2015
Film
Spurlos in Venedig
Angelo (Gabriel Wendt)
2025
Film
About Luis
Jens
2025
Film
Sense8: Creating the World
Wolfgang Bogdanovic
2015
Film
Brennendes Schweigen
Schappi
2000
Film
To Life!
Jonas
2014
Film
The Peppercorns and the Secret of the Deep Sea
Oliver
2021
Up! Up! To the sky
Arnold
2008
Golem
Film
Elly Beinhorn: Solo Flight
Bernd Rosemeyer
2014
The Angel Makers
Film
Ernesto's Island
Matthias
2023
Film
Bear on the Run
Tom
2000
Film
Playoff
Thomas
2011
Film
13 Semester
'Momo'
2009
Film
Der Untergang der Pamir
Carl-Friedrich von Krempin
2006
(Feinde)
Deutscher Soldat
2005
Film
Blutgeld
Ralf Seifert
2013
Film
Storno: Todsicher versichert
Rupert
2015
Film
Hallesche Kometen
Ingo
2006
Film
An die Grenze
Gefreiter Kerner
2007
Film
GG 19 – Deutschland in 19 Artikeln
Edgar (Polizist), Art. 2
2007
Film
Precious Ivie
Paul
2021
Film
Partly Sunny
Tim
2012
Zeit der Wunder – Das Tafelsilber der Deutschen Einheit
Film
Der Schneegänger
Lutz Gehring
2020
Film
Run for Your Life!
Andreas Niedrig
2008
Mein Vater und andere Betrüger
Robertino
2001
Film
A Family of Three
Lars Dewenter
2012
Film
Schandmal – Der Tote im Berg
Thomas Hafner
2011
Film
Der zweite Mann
Adrian Davids
2013
Eine Familie zum Küssen
1997
Nachtasyl
Aljoscha
2005
Film
Talking About the Weather
Marcel
2022
Film
Ein Weihnachtsmärchen – Wenn alle Herzen schmelzen
Lukas
1999
Film
Die Zigarrenkiste
2006
Film
Ein Taxi zur Bescherung
Jan Olsmer
2022