Acting · Berlin, Germany · Born January 7, 1984
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.
Herkunft
2027
MovieHome Stories
2026
as Matze
MovieFree Fall – Who You Are
2026
as Kay Engel
MovieSpurlos in Venedig
2025
as Angelo (Gabriel Wendt)
MovieThe Tasters
2025
as Ziegler
MovieAbout Luis
2025
as Jens
MovieTwo to One
2024
as Robert
TVSleeping Dog
2023
as Mike Atlas
MovieErnesto's Island
2023
as Matthias
TVBonn
2023
as Wolfgang Berns
MovieTalking About the Weather
2022
as Marcel
MovieEin Taxi zur Bescherung
2022
as Jan Olsmer
MovieThe Matrix Resurrections
2021
as Sheperd
MovieThe Peppercorns and the Secret of the Deep Sea
2021
as Oliver
MoviePrecious Ivie
2021
as Paul
MovieDer Schneegänger
2020
as Lutz Gehring
MovieHead Burst
2019
as Markus
TVWorld on Fire
2019
as Schmidt
MovieMy Mother's Girlfriend
2019
as Jan
MovieBerlin Syndrome
2017
as Andi Werner
MovieIcons of Light
2016
as Steffen
MovieAmnesia
2015
as Jo
MovieSense8: Creating the World
2015
as Wolfgang Bogdanovic
MovieSanctuary
2015
as Bruder Krapp
TVSense8
2015
as Wolfgang Bogdanow
MovieStorno: Todsicher versichert
2015
as Rupert
MovieTo Life!
2014
as Jonas
MovieWarsaw 44
2014
as Johann Krauss
MovieElly Beinhorn: Solo Flight
2014
as Bernd Rosemeyer
MovieBlutgeld
2013
as Ralf Seifert
MovieDer zweite Mann
2013
as Adrian Davids
MovieFree Fall
2013
as Kay Engel
MovieForgotten
2012
as Marcus
MovieAuslandseinsatz
2012
as Daniel Gerber
MovieThe German Friend
2012
as Friedrich Burg
MoviePartly Sunny
2012
as Tim
MovieThe Fourth State
2012
as Dima
MovieA Family of Three
2012
as Lars Dewenter
MoviePlayoff
2011
as Thomas
MovieUrban Explorer
2011
as Dante / Kris
MovieSchandmal – Der Tote im Berg
2011
as Thomas Hafner
MovieWe Are the Night
2010
as Tom Serner
TVIn the Face of Crime
2010
as Marek Gorsky
TVDer letzte Bulle
2010
as Dennis Paschmann
Movie13 Semester
2009
as 'Momo'
MovieThousand Oceans
2008
as Meikel
MovieRun for Your Life!
2008
as Andreas Niedrig
MovieThe Wave
2008
as Marco
Up! Up! To the sky
2008
as Arnold
MovieSnipers Valley
2007
as Charly
MovieAn die Grenze
2007
as Gefreiter Kerner
MovieGG 19 – Deutschland in 19 Artikeln
2007
as Edgar (Polizist), Art. 2
MovieDie Zigarrenkiste
2006
TVDer Kriminalist
2006
as Michael Büssig
MovieDer Untergang der Pamir
2006
as Carl-Friedrich von Krempin
MovieThe Red Cockatoo
2006
as Siggi
MovieHallesche Kometen
2006
as Ingo
Nachtasyl
2005
as Aljoscha
(Feinde)
2005
as Deutscher Soldat
TVDer Staatsanwalt
2005
as Markus Pohl
MovieBefore the Fall
2004
as Friedrich Weimer
MovieGirls on Top 2
2004
as Flin
ZIBB
2003
as Self
MovieLottoschein ins Glück
2003
as Björn Michels
Mein Vater und andere Betrüger
2001
as Robertino
MovieGirls on Top
2001
as Flin
MovieBrennendes Schweigen
2000
as Schappi
MovieBear on the Run
2000
as Tom
MovieEin Weihnachtsmärchen – Wenn alle Herzen schmelzen
1999
as Lukas
German Television Award
1999
as Self
TVIn aller Freundschaft
1998
as Mirco Venske
TVZwei allein
1998
as Max
TVAlphateam – Die Lebensretter im OP
1997
as Timo
Eine Familie zum Küssen
1997
TVAlarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police
1996
as Marcel Freese
TVBalko
1995
as Ingo Grabowski
TVWolffs Revier
1992
as Harald Bernhard
TVMorgenmagazin
1992
as Self
TVDAS!
1991
as Self
Bavarian Film Awards
1979
as Self
TVKölner Treff
1976
as Self
TVScene of the Crime
1970
as Louis Bürger
Grimme Award
1964
as Self
Golem
The Angel Makers
Zeit der Wunder – Das Tafelsilber der Deutschen Einheit
