Quick Facts
Born:
1984-01-07
Birthplace:
Berlin, Germany
Credits:
84 Total Roles
Max Riemelt
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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.
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
Sheperd
The Wave
Marco
Sense8
Wolfgang Bogdanow
Free Fall
Kay Engel
Berlin Syndrome
Andi Werner
Before the Fall
Friedrich Weimer
We Are the Night
Tom Serner
Warsaw 44
Johann Krauss
Full Filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Home Stories MOVIE | Matze |
| 2025 | Spurlos in Venedig MOVIE | Angelo (Gabriel Wendt) |
| 2025 | The Tasters MOVIE | Ziegler |
| 2025 | About Luis MOVIE | Jens |
| 2024 | Two to One MOVIE | Robert |
| 2023 | Sleeping Dog TV | Mike Atlas |
| 2023 | Ernesto's Island MOVIE | Matthias |
| 2023 | Bonn TV | Wolfgang Berns |
| 2022 | Talking About the Weather MOVIE | Marcel |
| 2022 | Ein Taxi zur Bescherung MOVIE | Jan Olsmer |