Person Details

Birthday: 1984-01-07 22:05:51

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Berlin, Germany

Homepage: http://www.maxriemelt.com/

Movie Involvements: 40

TV Involvements: 16


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

Scene of the Crime
Average
6

Scene of the Crime

(1970) Louis Bürger
In aller Freundschaft
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7

In aller Freundschaft

(1998) Mirco Venske
The Matrix Resurrections
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6

The Matrix Resurrections

(2021) Sheperd
Alphateam – Die Lebensretter im OP
Average
5
Sense8
Average
8

Sense8

(2015) Wolfgang Bogdanow
Der Staatsanwalt
Average
6

Der Staatsanwalt

(2005) Markus Pohl
Wolffs Revier
Average
4

Wolffs Revier

(1992) Harald Bernhard
Der Kriminalist
Average
6

Der Kriminalist

(2006) Michael Büssig

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2023 Mike Atlas
Matthias
Wolfgang Berns
2022 Marcel
Jan Olsmer
2021 Sheperd
Oliver
Paul
2020 Lutz Gehring
2019 Markus
Schmidt
Jan
2017 Andi Werner
2016 N/A
Steffen
2015 Jo
Wolfgang Bogdanovic
Bruder Krapp
Wolfgang Bogdanow
Rupert
2014 Jonas
Johann
Bernd Rosemeyer
2013 Ralf Seifert
Adrian Davids
Kay Engel
2012 Marcus
Daniel Gerber
Friedrich Burg
Tim
Dima
Lars Dewenter
2011 Thomas
Chris
Thomas Hafner
2010 Tom Serner
Marek Gorsky
Dennis Paschmann
2009 'Momo'
2008 Meikel
Andreas Niedrig
Marco
Arnold
2007 Charly
Gefreiter Kerner
Edgar (Polizist), Art. 2
2006 Michael Büssig
Carl-Friedrich von Krempin
Siggi
Ingo
2005 Aljoscha
Markus Pohl
2004 Friedrich Weimer
Flin
2003 Björn Michels
2001 Robertino
Flin
2000 Schappi
Tom
1999 Lukas
Self
1998 Mirco Venske
Max
1997 Timo
N/A
1996 Marcel Freese
1995 Ingo Grabowski
1992 Harald Bernhard
1991 Self
1979 Self
1976 Self
1970 Louis Bürger
1964 Self
N/A
N/A
N/A
Year Character Movie/Tv

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