Max Riemelt
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1984-01-07 (41 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.
Acting
Etwas ganz Besonderes
as Matze
(2025)
The Tasters
as Ziegler
(2025)
About Luis
as Jens
(2024)
Two to One
as Robert
(2023)
Ernesto’s Island
as Matthias
(2022)
Ein Taxi zur Bescherung
as Jan Olsmer
(2022)
Talking About the Weather
as Marcel
(2021)
The Matrix Resurrections
as Sheperd
(2021)
(2021)
Precious Ivie
as Paul
(2020)
Der Schneegänger
as Lutz Gehring
(2019)
My Mother's Girlfriend
as Jan
(2019)
Head Burst
as Markus
(2017)
Berlin Syndrome
as Andi Werner
(2016)
Icons of Light
as Steffen
(2015)
Amnesia
as Jo
(2015)
Sanctuary
as Bruder Krapp
(2015)
Sense8: Creating the World
as Wolfgang Bogdanovic
(2015)
Storno: Todsicher versichert
as Rupert
(2014)
Warsaw 44
as Johann Krauss
(2014)
To Life!
as Jonas
(2014)
Elly Beinhorn: Solo Flight
as Bernd Rosemeyer
(2013)
Free Fall
as Kay Engel
(2013)
Blutgeld
as Ralf Seifert
(2013)
Der zweite Mann
as Adrian Davids
(2012)
Forgotten
as Marcus
(2012)
A Family of Three
as Lars Dewenter
(2012)
The German Friend
as Friedrich Burg
(2012)
The Fourth State
as Dima
(2012)
Partly Sunny
as Tim
(2012)
Auslandseinsatz
as Daniel Gerber
(2011)
Urban Explorer
as Dante / Kris
(2011)
Playoff
as Thomas
(2011)
Schandmal – Der Tote im Berg
as Thomas Hafner
(2010)
We Are the Night
as Tom Serner
(2009)
13 Semester
as 'Momo'
(2008)
The Wave
as Marco
(2008)
Up! Up! To the sky
as Arnold
(2008)
Run for Your Life!
as Andreas Niedrig
(2008)
Thousand Oceans
as Meikel
(2007)
GG 19 – Deutschland in 19 Artikeln
as Edgar (Polizist), Art. 2
(2007)
An die Grenze
as Gefreiter Kerner
(2007)
Snipers Valley
as Charly
(2006)
Der Untergang der Pamir
as Carl-Friedrich von Krempin
(2006)
Hallesche Kometen
as Ingo
(2006)
The Red Cockatoo
as Siggi
(2005)
Nachtasyl
as Aljoscha
(2004)
Before the Fall
as Friedrich Weimer
(2004)
Girls on Top 2
as Flin
(2003)
Lottoschein ins Glück
as Björn Michels
(2001)
Girls on Top
as Flin
(2001)
Mein Vater und andere Betrüger
as Robertino
(2000)
Bear on the Run
as Tom
(2000)
Brennendes Schweigen
as Schappi
(1999)
(1997)