Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
January 7, 1984
Place of Birth:
Berlin, Germany
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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
Filmography
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Sleeping Dog | Mike Atlas |
| 2023 | Bonn | Wolfgang Berns |
| 2019 | World on Fire | Schmidt |
| 2015 | Sense8 | Wolfgang Bogdanow |
| 2010 | In the Face of Crime | Marek Gorsky |
| 2010 | Der letzte Bulle | Dennis Paschmann |
| 2006 | Der Kriminalist | Michael Büssig |
| 2005 | Der Staatsanwalt | Markus Pohl |
| 2003 | ZIBB | Self |
| 1999 | German Television Award | Self |
| 1998 | In aller Freundschaft | Mirco Venske |
| 1998 | Zwei allein | Max |
| 1997 | Alphateam – Die Lebensretter im OP | Timo |
| 1996 | Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police | Marcel Freese |
| 1995 | Balko | Ingo Grabowski |
| 1992 | Wolffs Revier | Harald Bernhard |
| 1992 | Morgenmagazin | Self |
| 1991 | DAS! | Self |
| 1979 | Bayerischer Filmpreis | Self |
| 1976 | Kölner Treff | Self |
| 1970 | Scene of the Crime | Louis Bürger |
| 1964 | Grimme Awards Ceremony | Self |