Max Riemelt
Born: 1984-01-07 in Berlin, Germany
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2026
- Home Stories as Matze
2025
- The Tasters as Ziegler
- Spurlos in Venedig as Angelo (Gabriel Wendt)
- About Luis as Jens
2024
- Two to One as Robert
2023
- Sleeping Dog as Mike Atlas
- Bonn as Wolfgang Berns
- Ernesto's Island as Matthias
2022
- Ein Taxi zur Bescherung as Jan Olsmer
- Talking About the Weather as Marcel
2021
- The Matrix Resurrections as Sheperd
- The Peppercorns and the Secret of the Deep Sea as Oliver
- Precious Ivie as Paul
2020
- Der Schneegänger as Lutz Gehring
2019
- World on Fire as Schmidt
- Head Burst as Markus
- My Mother's Girlfriend as Jan
2017
- Berlin Syndrome as Andi Werner
2016
- Icons of Light as Steffen
2015
- Sense8 as Wolfgang Bogdanow
- Amnesia as Jo
- Sense8: Creating the World as Wolfgang Bogdanovic
- Sanctuary as Bruder Krapp
- Storno: Todsicher versichert as Rupert
2014
- Warsaw 44 as Johann Krauss
- To Life! as Jonas
- Elly Beinhorn: Solo Flight as Bernd Rosemeyer
2013
- Free Fall as Kay Engel
- Blutgeld as Ralf Seifert
- Der zweite Mann as Adrian Davids
2012
- The Fourth State as Dima
- A Family of Three as Lars Dewenter
- Forgotten as Marcus
- Auslandseinsatz as Daniel Gerber
- Partly Sunny as Tim
- The German Friend as Friedrich Burg
2011
- Urban Explorer as Dante / Kris
- Playoff as Thomas
- Schandmal – Der Tote im Berg as Thomas Hafner
2010
- Der letzte Bulle as Dennis Paschmann
- We Are the Night as Tom Serner
- In the Face of Crime as Marek Gorsky
2009
- 13 Semester as 'Momo'
2008
- The Wave as Marco
- Run for Your Life! as Andreas Niedrig
- Up! Up! To the sky as Arnold
- Thousand Oceans as Meikel
2007
- An die Grenze as Gefreiter Kerner
- Snipers Valley as Charly
- GG 19 – Deutschland in 19 Artikeln as Edgar (Polizist), Art. 2
2006
- Der Kriminalist as Michael Büssig
- Der Untergang der Pamir as Carl-Friedrich von Krempin
- Hallesche Kometen as Ingo
- The Red Cockatoo as Siggi
- Die Zigarrenkiste
2005
- Der Staatsanwalt as Markus Pohl
- Nachtasyl as Aljoscha
- (Feinde) as Deutscher Soldat
2004
- Before the Fall as Friedrich Weimer
- Girls on Top 2 as Flin
2003
- ZIBB as Self
- Lottoschein ins Glück as Björn Michels
2001
- Girls on Top as Flin
- Mein Vater und andere Betrüger as Robertino
2000
- Bear on the Run as Tom
- Brennendes Schweigen as Schappi
1999
1998
- In aller Freundschaft as Mirco Venske
- Zwei allein as Max
1996
- Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police as Marcel Freese
1995
- Balko as Ingo Grabowski
1992
- Morgenmagazin as Self
- Wolffs Revier as Harald Bernhard
1991
- DAS! as Self
1979
- Bavarian Film Awards as Self
1976
- Kölner Treff as Self
1970
- Scene of the Crime as Louis Bürger
1964
- Grimme Award as Self