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.
Filmography
all 82
Movies 60
TV Shows 22
self 7
Two to One (2024)
Sleeping Dog (2023)
Ernesto’s Island (2023)
Bonn (2023)
Ein Taxi zur Bescherung (2022)
Precious Ivie (2021)
Der Schneegänger (2020)
Head Burst (2019)
World on Fire (2019)
Berlin Syndrome (2017)
Icons of Light (2016)
Sense8: Creating the World (2015)
Sanctuary (2015)
Sense8 (2015)
Storno: Todsicher versichert (2015)
To Life! (2014)
Warsaw 44 (2014)
Elly Beinhorn: Solo Flight (2014)
Blutgeld (2013)
Der zweite Mann (2013)
Free Fall (2013)
Forgotten (2012)
Auslandseinsatz (2012)
The German Friend (2012)
Playoff (2011)
Schandmal – Der Tote im Berg (2011)
In the Face of Crime (2010)
Der letzte Bulle (2010)
Run for Your Life! (2008)
An die Grenze (2007)
GG 19 – Deutschland in 19 Artikeln (2007)
Der Kriminalist (2006)
Der Untergang der Pamir (2006)
Nachtasyl (2005)
Der Staatsanwalt (2005)
Before the Fall (2004)
ZIBB (2003)
Lottoschein ins Glück (2003)
In aller Freundschaft (1998)
Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police (1996)
Balko (1995)
Wolffs Revier (1992)
DAS! (1991)
Scene of the Crime (1970)
Free Fall 2
The Tasters
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1984-01-07 (40 years old)
Birth PlaceEast Berlin, German Democratic Republic
SiblingsLukas Riemelt
CitizenshipsGermany
Also Known AsМакс Римельт, 馬可斯·尼麥特
AwardsJupiter Awards, Hof International Film Festival, Günter Rohrbach film award, Deutscher Fernsehpreis, Grimme-Preis, Bavarian Film Awards, Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, Undine Award
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