1984-01-07 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.
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Es geht um Luis | Jens | 2025-01-23 |
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Zwei zu Eins | Robert | 2024-07-25 |
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Ernesto’s Island | Matthias | 2023-05-18 |
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Ein Taxi zur Bescherung | Jan Olsmer | 2022-08-27 |
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Alle reden übers Wetter | Marcel | 2022-09-16 |
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The Matrix Resurrections | Sheperd | 2021-12-16 |
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Ivie wie Ivie | Paul | 2021-09-16 |
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Die Pfefferkörner und der Schatz der Tiefsee | Oliver | 2021-09-30 |
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Der Schneegänger | Lutz Gehring | 2020-03-05 |
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Die Freundin meiner Mutter | Jan | 2019-03-13 |
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Kopfplatzen | Markus | 2019-10-17 |
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Berlin Syndrome | Andi Werner | 2017-04-20 |
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Lichtgestalten | Steffen | 2016-01-07 |
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Amnesia | Jo | 2015-08-19 |
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Sense8: Creating the World | Wolfgang Bogdanovic | 2015-08-01 |
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Freistatt | Bruder Krapp | 2015-06-18 |
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Storno: Todsicher versichert | Rupert | 2015-05-20 |
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Elly Beinhorn – Alleinflug | Bernd Rosemeyer | 2014-03-30 |
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Auf das Leben! | Jonas | 2014-11-27 |
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Miasto 44 | Johann Krauss | 2014-07-30 |
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Freier Fall | Kay Engel | 2013-05-27 |
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Blutgeld | Ralf Seifert | 2013-10-28 |
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Der zweite Mann | Adrian Davids | 2013-10-25 |
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Die vierte Macht | Dima | 2012-03-08 |
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Du hast es versprochen | Marcus | 2012-12-20 |
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Heiter bis Wolkig | Tim | 2012-09-06 |
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El amigo alemán | Friedrich Burg | 2012-09-18 |
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Auslandseinsatz | Daniel Gerber | 2012-10-18 |
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Tage die bleiben | Lars Dewenter | 2012-01-10 |
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Playoff | Thomas | 2011-11-24 |
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Schandmal – Der Tote im Berg | Thomas Hafner | 2011-03-14 |
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Urban Explorer | Dante / Kris | 2011-09-08 |
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Wir sind die Nacht | Tom Serner | 2010-10-28 |
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13 Semester | 'Momo' | 2009-10-29 |
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Tausend Ozeane | Meikel | 2008-10-02 |
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Up! Up! To the sky | Arnold | 2008-01-17 |
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Die Welle | Marco | 2008-03-13 |
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Lauf um Dein Leben - Vom Junkie zum Ironman | Andreas Niedrig | 2008-04-24 |
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Mörderischer Frieden | Charly | 2007-11-10 |
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GG 19 – Deutschland in 19 Artikeln | Edgar (Polizist), Art. 2 | 2007-05-31 |
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An die Grenze | Gefreiter Kerner | 2007-07-27 |
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Der Rote Kakadu | Siggi | 2006-02-16 |
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Hallesche Kometen | Ingo | 2006-01-19 |
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Der Untergang der Pamir | Carl-Friedrich von Krempin | 2006-10-08 |
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Nachtasyl | Aljoscha | 2005-10-01 |
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Mädchen Mädchen 2 | Flin | 2004-06-17 |
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Napola - Elite für den Führer | Friedrich Weimer | 2004-07-04 |
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Lottoschein ins Glück | Björn Michels | 2003-06-13 |
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Mein Vater und andere Betrüger | Robertino | 2001-11-09 |
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Mädchen Mädchen! | Flin | 2001-03-29 |
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Brennendes Schweigen | Schappi | 2000-12-01 |
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Der Bär ist los! | Tom | 2000-04-06 |
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Ein Weihnachtsmärchen – Wenn alle Herzen schmelzen | Lukas | 1999-12-15 |
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Eine Familie zum Küssen | 1997-01-01 | |
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Etwas ganz Besonderes | Matze | |
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Freier Fall 2 | Kay Engel | |
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