Acting
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.
Filmography
Herkunft
Film · 2027
Home Stories
Film · 2026
Free Fall – Who You Are
Film · 2026
The Grim Ones
Series · 2026
About Luis
Film · 2025
The Tasters
Film · 2025
Spurlos in Venedig
Film · 2025
Two to One
Film · 2024
Ernesto's Island
Film · 2023
Sleeping Dog
Series · 2023
Bonn
Series · 2023
Talking About the Weather
Film · 2022
Ein Taxi zur Bescherung
Film · 2022
Precious Ivie
Film · 2021
The Peppercorns and the Secret of the Deep Sea
Film · 2021
The Matrix Resurrections
Film · 2021
Der Schneegänger
Film · 2020
My Mother's Girlfriend
Film · 2019
Head Burst
Film · 2019
World on Fire
Series · 2019
Berlin Syndrome
Film · 2017
Icons of Light
Film · 2016
Sanctuary
Film · 2015
Amnesia
Film · 2015
Storno: Todsicher versichert
Film · 2015
Sense8: Creating the World
Film · 2015
Sense8
Series · 2015
Elly Beinhorn: Solo Flight
Film · 2014
Warsaw 44
Film · 2014
To Life!
Film · 2014
Free Fall
Film · 2013
Der zweite Mann
Film · 2013
Blutgeld
Film · 2013
The Fourth State
Film · 2012
Forgotten
Film · 2012
Partly Sunny
Film · 2012
The German Friend
Film · 2012
Auslandseinsatz
Film · 2012
A Family of Three
Film · 2012
Urban Explorer
Film · 2011
Playoff
Film · 2011
Schandmal – Der Tote im Berg
Film · 2011
We Are the Night
Film · 2010
In the Face of Crime
Series · 2010
Der letzte Bulle
Series · 2010
13 Semester
Film · 2009
Run for Your Life!
Film · 2008
The Wave
Film · 2008
Up! Up! To the sky
Film · 2008
Thousand Oceans
Film · 2008
Snipers Valley
Film · 2007
An die Grenze
Film · 2007
GG 19 – Deutschland in 19 Artikeln
Film · 2007
The Red Cockatoo
Film · 2006
Der Untergang der Pamir
Film · 2006
Hallesche Kometen
Film · 2006
Die Zigarrenkiste
Film · 2006
Der Kriminalist
Series · 2006
Nachtasyl
Film · 2005
(Feinde)
Film · 2005
Der Staatsanwalt
Series · 2005
Girls on Top 2
Film · 2004
Before the Fall
Film · 2004
Lottoschein ins Glück
Film · 2003
ZIBB
Series · 2003
Girls on Top
Film · 2001
Mein Vater und andere Betrüger
Film · 2001
Bear on the Run
Film · 2000
Brennendes Schweigen
Film · 2000
Ein Weihnachtsmärchen – Wenn alle Herzen schmelzen
Film · 1999
Deutscher Fernsehpreis
Series · 1999
In All Friendship
Series · 1998
Zwei allein
Series · 1998
Eine Familie zum Küssen
Film · 1997
Alphateam – Die Lebensretter im OP
Series · 1997
Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police
Series · 1996
Balko
Series · 1995
Wolffs Revier
Series · 1992
Morgenmagazin
Series · 1992
DAS!
Series · 1991
Bavarian Film Awards
Series · 1979
Kölner Treff
Series · 1976
Scene of the Crime
Series · 1970
Grimme Award
Series · 1964
Golem
Film
The Angel Makers
Film
Zeit der Wunder – Das Tafelsilber der Deutschen Einheit
Film