Max Riemelt
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.
Acted in
About Luis
2025
as Jens
Two to One
2024
as Robert
Sleeping Dog
2023
as Mike Atlas
Ernesto’s Island
2023
as Matthias
Bonn
2023
as Wolfgang Berns
Talking About the Weather
2022
as Marcel
Ein Taxi zur Bescherung
2022
as Jan Olsmer
The Matrix Resurrections
2021
as Sheperd
The Peppercorns and the Secret of the Deep Sea
2021
as Oliver
Precious Ivie
2021
as Paul
Der Schneegänger
2020
as Lutz Gehring
Head Burst
2019
as Markus
World on Fire
2019
as Schmidt
My Mother's Girlfriend
2019
as Jan
Berlin Syndrome
2017
as Andi Werner
Icons of Light
2016
as Steffen
Amnesia
2015
as Jo
Sense8: Creating the World
2015
as Wolfgang Bogdanovic
Sanctuary
2015
as Bruder Krapp
Sense8
2015
as Wolfgang Bogdanow
Storno: Todsicher versichert
2015
as Rupert
To Life!
2014
as Jonas
Warsaw 44
2014
as Johann Krauss
Elly Beinhorn: Solo Flight
2014
as Bernd Rosemeyer
Blutgeld
2013
as Ralf Seifert
Der zweite Mann
2013
as Adrian Davids
Free Fall
2013
as Kay Engel
Forgotten
2012
as Marcus
Auslandseinsatz
2012
as Daniel Gerber
The German Friend
2012
as Friedrich Burg
Partly Sunny
2012
as Tim
The Fourth State
2012
as Dima
A Family of Three
2012
as Lars Dewenter
Playoff
2011
as Thomas
Urban Explorer
2011
as Dante / Kris
Schandmal – Der Tote im Berg
2011
as Thomas Hafner
We Are the Night
2010
as Tom Serner
In the Face of Crime
2010
as Marek Gorsky
Der letzte Bulle
2010
as Dennis Paschmann
13 Semester
2009
as 'Momo'
Thousand Oceans
2008
as Meikel
Run for Your Life!
2008
as Andreas Niedrig
The Wave
2008
as Marco
Up! Up! To the sky
2008
as Arnold
Snipers Valley
2007
as Charly
An die Grenze
2007
as Gefreiter Kerner
GG 19 – Deutschland in 19 Artikeln
2007
as Edgar (Polizist), Art. 2
Der Kriminalist
2006
as Michael Büssig
Der Untergang der Pamir
2006
as Carl-Friedrich von Krempin
The Red Cockatoo
2006
as Siggi
Hallesche Kometen
2006
as Ingo
Nachtasyl
2005
as Aljoscha
Der Staatsanwalt
2005
as Markus Pohl
Before the Fall
2004
as Friedrich Weimer
Girls on Top 2
2004
as Flin
Lottoschein ins Glück
2003
as Björn Michels
Mein Vater und andere Betrüger
2001
as Robertino
Girls on Top
2001
as Flin
Brennendes Schweigen
2000
as Schappi
Bear on the Run
2000
as Tom
Ein Weihnachtsmärchen – Wenn alle Herzen schmelzen
1999
as Lukas
German Television Award
1999
as Self
In aller Freundschaft
1998
as Mirco Venske
Zwei allein
1998
as Max
Alphateam – Die Lebensretter im OP
1997
as Timo
Eine Familie zum Küssen
1997
Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police
1996
as Marcel Freese
Balko
1995
as Ingo Grabowski
Wolffs Revier
1992
as Harald Bernhard
Bayerischer Filmpreis
1979
as Self
Scene of the Crime
1970
as Louis Bürger
Etwas ganz Besonderes
as Matze
Golem
Free Fall 2
as Kay Engel