Max Riemelt
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 7, 1984
- Birthplace
- Berlin, Germany
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
- Zeit der Wunder – Das Tafelsilber der Deutschen Einheit
Zeit der Wunder – Das Tafelsilber der Deutschen Einheit TBA
Actor
- The Angel Makers
The Angel Makers TBA
Actor
- Golem
Golem TBA
Actor
- Herkunft
Herkunft 2027
Actor
Holidays 2026
as Jan
Home Stories 2026
as Matze
Free Fall – Who You Are 2026
as Kay Engel
Spurlos in Venedig 2025
as Angelo (Gabriel Wendt)
The Tasters 2025
as Ziegler
About Luis 2025
as Jens
Two to One 2024
as Robert
Ernesto's Island 2023
as Matthias
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
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
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
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
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
Die Zigarrenkiste 2006
Actor
Der Untergang der Pamir 2006
as Carl-Friedrich von Krempin
The Red Cockatoo 2006
as Siggi
Hallesche Kometen 2006
as Ingo
- Nachtasyl
Nachtasyl 2005
as Aljoscha
- (Feinde)
(Feinde) 2005
as Deutscher Soldat
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
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
- Eine Familie zum Küssen
Eine Familie zum Küssen 1997
Actor
Credits from TMDB.