Max Riemelt

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

85

Gender

Male

Birthday

1984-01-07 (42 years old)

Place of Birth

Berlin, Germany

Max Riemelt

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

  • Scene of the Crime

    Scene of the Crime

  • DAS!

    DAS!

  • Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police

    Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police

  • ZIBB

    ZIBB

  • Kölner Treff

    Kölner Treff

  • Morgenmagazin

    Morgenmagazin

  • Sense8

    Sense8

  • In aller Freundschaft

    In aller Freundschaft

  • Grimme Award

    Grimme Award

  • The Matrix Resurrections

    The Matrix Resurrections

  • Amnesia

    Amnesia

  • Wolffs Revier

    Wolffs Revier

  • Der Kriminalist

    Der Kriminalist

  • Bavarian Film Awards

    Bavarian Film Awards

  • Hallesche Kometen

    Hallesche Kometen

  • Snipers Valley

    Snipers Valley

  • Der Staatsanwalt

    Der Staatsanwalt

  • Auslandseinsatz

    Auslandseinsatz

  • Blutgeld

    Blutgeld

  • Der letzte Bulle

    Der letzte Bulle

  • The Tasters

    The Tasters

  • German Television Award

    German Television Award

  • Alphateam – Die Lebensretter im OP

    Alphateam – Die Lebensretter im OP

  • Head Burst

    Head Burst

  • Sanctuary

    Sanctuary

  • World on Fire

    World on Fire

  • The Wave

    The Wave

  • Balko

    Balko

  • Girls on Top 2

    Girls on Top 2

  • Brennendes Schweigen

    Brennendes Schweigen

  • Two to One

    Two to One

  • Girls on Top

    Girls on Top

  • The Fourth State

    The Fourth State

  • Urban Explorer

    Urban Explorer

  • In the Face of Crime

    In the Face of Crime

  • Sleeping Dog

    Sleeping Dog

  • Before the Fall

    Before the Fall

  • The Red Cockatoo

    The Red Cockatoo

  • To Life!

    To Life!

  • Ernesto's Island

    Ernesto's Island

  • Thousand Oceans

    Thousand Oceans

  • Lottoschein ins Glück

    Lottoschein ins Glück

  • The Angel Makers

    The Angel Makers

  • Golem

    Golem

  • Berlin Syndrome

    Berlin Syndrome

  • Warsaw 44

    Warsaw 44

  • Free Fall

    Free Fall

  • Bonn

    Bonn

  • We Are the Night

    We Are the Night

  • An die Grenze

    An die Grenze

  • Icons of Light

    Icons of Light

  • GG 19 – Deutschland in 19 Artikeln

    GG 19 – Deutschland in 19 Artikeln

  • Elly Beinhorn: Solo Flight

    Elly Beinhorn: Solo Flight

  • Storno: Todsicher versichert

    Storno: Todsicher versichert

  • My Mother's Girlfriend

    My Mother's Girlfriend

  • Zwei allein

    Zwei allein

  • Sense8: Creating the World

    Sense8: Creating the World

  • Up! Up! To the sky

    Up! Up! To the sky

  • The Peppercorns and the Secret of the Deep Sea

    The Peppercorns and the Secret of the Deep Sea

  • Der Schneegänger

    Der Schneegänger

  • Partly Sunny

    Partly Sunny

  • Playoff

    Playoff

  • Home Stories

    Home Stories

  • Talking About the Weather

    Talking About the Weather

  • 13 Semester

    13 Semester

  • A Family of Three

    A Family of Three

  • Precious Ivie

    Precious Ivie

  • Der Untergang der Pamir

    Der Untergang der Pamir

  • Ein Weihnachtsmärchen – Wenn alle Herzen schmelzen

    Ein Weihnachtsmärchen – Wenn alle Herzen schmelzen

  • The German Friend

    The German Friend

  • Forgotten

    Forgotten

  • Sense8 Christmas Special

    Sense8 Christmas Special

  • Ein Taxi zur Bescherung

    Ein Taxi zur Bescherung

  • Run for Your Life!

    Run for Your Life!

  • Bear on the Run

    Bear on the Run

  • Zeit der Wunder – Das Tafelsilber der Deutschen Einheit

    Zeit der Wunder – Das Tafelsilber der Deutschen Einheit

  • Spurlos in Venedig

    Spurlos in Venedig

  • About Luis

    About Luis

  • Eine Familie zum Küssen

    Eine Familie zum Küssen

  • (Feinde)

    (Feinde)

  • Der zweite Mann

    Der zweite Mann

  • Nachtasyl

    Nachtasyl

  • Schandmal – Der Tote im Berg

    Schandmal – Der Tote im Berg

  • Mein Vater und andere Betrüger

    Mein Vater und andere Betrüger

  • Die Zigarrenkiste

    Die Zigarrenkiste