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’.
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.
External links
IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/nm0726262
Wikipedia: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q76172
Facebook: https://facebook.com/maxriemelt
Instagram: https://instagram.com/maxriemelt
Filmography (Movies)
Spurlos in Venedig
Character:Angelo (Gabriel Wendt)
Release Date:06/12/2025
The Tasters
Character:Ziegler
Release Date:27/03/2025
About Luis
Character:Jens
Release Date:23/01/2025
Two to One
Character:Robert
Release Date:25/07/2024
Ernesto’s Island
Character:Matthias
Release Date:18/05/2023
Talking About the Weather
Character:Marcel
Release Date:16/09/2022
Ein Taxi zur Bescherung
Character:Jan Olsmer
Release Date:27/08/2022
The Matrix Resurrections
Character:Sheperd
Release Date:16/12/2021
The Peppercorns and the Secret of the Deep Sea
Character:Oliver
Release Date:30/09/2021
Precious Ivie
Character:Paul
Release Date:16/09/2021
Der Schneegänger
Character:Lutz Gehring
Release Date:05/03/2020
Head Burst
Character:Markus
Release Date:17/10/2019
My Mother's Girlfriend
Character:Jan
Release Date:13/03/2019
Berlin Syndrome
Character:Andi Werner
Release Date:20/04/2017
Icons of Light
Character:Steffen
Release Date:07/01/2016
Amnesia
Character:Jo
Release Date:19/08/2015
Sense8: Creating the World
Character:Wolfgang Bogdanovic
Release Date:01/08/2015
Sanctuary
Character:Bruder Krapp
Release Date:18/06/2015
Storno: Todsicher versichert
Character:Rupert
Release Date:20/05/2015
To Life!
Character:Jonas
Release Date:27/11/2014
Warsaw 44
Character:Johann Krauss
Release Date:19/09/2014
Elly Beinhorn: Solo Flight
Character:Bernd Rosemeyer
Release Date:30/03/2014
Blutgeld
Character:Ralf Seifert
Release Date:28/10/2013
Der zweite Mann
Character:Adrian Davids
Release Date:25/10/2013
Free Fall
Character:Kay Engel
Release Date:27/05/2013
Forgotten
Character:Marcus
Release Date:20/12/2012
Auslandseinsatz
Character:Daniel Gerber
Release Date:18/10/2012
The German Friend
Character:Friedrich Burg
Release Date:18/09/2012
Partly Sunny
Character:Tim
Release Date:06/09/2012
The Fourth State
Character:Dima
Release Date:08/03/2012
A Family of Three
Character:Lars Dewenter
Release Date:10/01/2012
Playoff
Character:Thomas
Release Date:24/11/2011
Urban Explorer
Character:Dante / Kris
Release Date:08/09/2011
Schandmal – Der Tote im Berg
Character:Thomas Hafner
Release Date:14/03/2011
We Are the Night
Character:Tom Serner
Release Date:28/10/2010
13 Semester
Character:'Momo'
Release Date:29/10/2009
Thousand Oceans
Character:Meikel
Release Date:02/10/2008
Run for Your Life!
Character:Andreas Niedrig
Release Date:24/04/2008
The Wave
Character:Marco
Release Date:13/03/2008
Up! Up! To the sky
Character:Arnold
Release Date:17/01/2008
Snipers Valley
Character:Charly
Release Date:10/11/2007
An die Grenze
Character:Gefreiter Kerner
Release Date:27/07/2007
GG 19 – Deutschland in 19 Artikeln
Character:Edgar (Polizist), Art. 2
Release Date:31/05/2007
Die Zigarrenkiste
Character:
Release Date:10/12/2006
Der Untergang der Pamir
Character:Carl-Friedrich von Krempin
Release Date:08/10/2006
The Red Cockatoo
Character:Siggi
Release Date:16/02/2006
Hallesche Kometen
Character:Ingo
Release Date:19/01/2006
Nachtasyl
Character:Aljoscha
Release Date:01/10/2005
(Feinde)
Character:Deutscher Soldat
Release Date:13/01/2005
Before the Fall
Character:Friedrich Weimer
Release Date:04/07/2004
Girls on Top 2
Character:Flin
Release Date:17/06/2004
Lottoschein ins Glück
Character:Björn Michels
Release Date:13/06/2003
Mein Vater und andere Betrüger
Character:Robertino
Release Date:09/11/2001
Girls on Top
Character:Flin
Release Date:29/03/2001
Brennendes Schweigen
Character:Schappi
Release Date:01/12/2000
Bear on the Run
Character:Tom
Release Date:06/04/2000
Ein Weihnachtsmärchen – Wenn alle Herzen schmelzen
Character:Lukas
Release Date:15/12/1999
Eine Familie zum Küssen
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1997
Television Appearances
Sleeping Dog
Character:Mike Atlas
Bonn
Character:Wolfgang Berns
World on Fire
Character:Schmidt
Sense8
Character:Wolfgang Bogdanow
In the Face of Crime
Character:Marek Gorsky
Der letzte Bulle
Character:Dennis Paschmann
Der Kriminalist
Character:Michael Büssig
Der Staatsanwalt
Character:Markus Pohl
ZIBB
Character:Self
German Television Award
Character:Self
In aller Freundschaft
Character:Mirco Venske
Zwei allein
Character:Max
Alphateam – Die Lebensretter im OP
Character:Timo
Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police
Character:Marcel Freese
Balko
Character:Ingo Grabowski
Wolffs Revier
Character:Harald Bernhard
Morgenmagazin
Character:Self
DAS!
Character:Self
Bavarian Film Awards
Character:Self
Kölner Treff
Character:Self
Scene of the Crime
Character:Louis Bürger
Grimme Award
Character:Self
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