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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.

Known For

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

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