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Max Riemelt
Actor
Born January 7, 1984 (40 years)
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.
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
Filmography
| 2024 | Es geht um Luis · as Jens |
| 2024 | Two to One · as Robert |
| 2023 | Sleeping Dog (TV Series) · as Mike Atlas |
| 2022 | Ein Taxi zur Bescherung · as Jan Olsmer |
| 2022 | Ernesto's Island · as Matthias |
| 2022 | Bonn (TV Series) · as Wolfgang Berns |
| 2022 | Talking About the Weather · as Marcel |
| 2021 | The Matrix Resurrections · as Sheperd |
| 2021 | Ivie wie Ivie · as Paul |
| 2020 | The Peppercorns and the Secret of the Deep Sea · as Oliver |
| 2020 | Der Schneegänger · as Lutz Gehring |
| 2019 | Head Burst · as Markus |
| 2019 | World on Fire (TV Series) · as Schmidt |
| 2019 | Gloomy Eyes · as Cast |
| 2019 | Die Freundin meiner Mutter · as Jan |
| 2017 | Berlin Syndrome · as Andi Werner |
| 2016 | Sense8: A Christmas Special · as Wolfgang Bogdanow |
| 2015 | Lichtgestalten · as Steffen |
| 2015 | Amnesia · as Jo |
| 2015 | Sense8: Creating the World · as Wolfgang Bogdanovic |
| 2015 | Sanctuary · as Bruder Krapp |
| 2015 | Sense8 (TV Series) · as Wolfgang Bogdanow |
| 2015 | Storno: Todsicher versichert · as Rupert |
| 2014 | To Life! · as Jonas |
| 2014 | Warsaw 44 · as Johann Krauss |
| 2014 | Elly Beinhorn - Alleinflug · as Bernd Rosemeyer |
| 2013 | Blutgeld · as Ralf Seifert |
| 2013 | Der zweite Mann · as Adrian Davids |
| 2013 | Free Fall · as Kay Engel |
| 2012 | Forgotten · as Marcus |
| 2012 | Auslandseinsatz · as Daniel Gerber |
| 2012 | The German Friend · as Friedrich Burg |
| 2012 | Partly Sunny · as Tim |
| 2012 | The Fourth State · as Dima |
| 2011 | A Family of Three · as Lars Dewenter |
| 2011 | Playoff · as Thomas |
| 2011 | The Depraved · as Dante / Kris |
| 2011 | Schandmal - Der Tote im Berg · as Thomas Hafner |
| 2010 | We Are the Night · as Tom Serner |
| 2010 | In the Face of Crime (TV Series) · as Marek Gorsky |
| 2010 | Der letzte Bulle (TV Series) · as Dennis Paschmann |
| 2009 | 13 Semester · as 'momo' |
| 2008 | A Thousand Oceans · as Meikel |
| 2008 | Run for Your Life! · as Andreas Niedrig |
| 2008 | Up! Up! To the Sky · as Arnold |
| 2008 | The Wave · as Marco |
| 2007 | Snipers Valley · as Charly |
| 2007 | An die Grenze · as Gefreiter Kerner |
| 2007 | GG 19 - Eine Reise durch Deutschland in 19 Artikeln · as Edgar (polizist), Art. 2 |
| 2006 | Der Kriminalist (TV Series) · as Michael Büssig |
| 2006 | Der Untergang der Pamir · as Carl-Friedrich Von Krempin |
| 2006 | The Red Cockatoo · as Siggi |
| 2005 | Hallesche Kometen · as Ingo |
| 2005 | (Feinde) · as Deutscher Soldat |
| 2005 | Der Staatsanwalt (TV Series) · as Markus Pohl |
| 2004 | Before the Fall · as Friedrich Weimer |
| 2004 | Girls on Top 2 · as Flin |
| 2004 | Sextasy · as Cast |
| 2003 | Lottoschein ins Glück · as Björn Michels |
| 2001 | Girls on Top · as Flin |
| 2000 | Bear on the Run · as Tom |
| 1999 | |
| 1998 | In aller Freundschaft (TV Series) · as Mirco Venske |
| 1997 | alphateam (TV Series) · as Timo |
| 1996 | Alarm for Cobra 11 (TV Series) · as Marcel Freese |
| 1995 | Balko (TV Series) · as Ingo Grabowski |
| 1992 | Wolffs Revier (TV Series) · as Harald Bernhard |
| 1970 | Tatort (TV Series) · as Louis Bürger |