Max Riemelt

About

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...

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Scene of the CrimeSeries • 1970In All FriendshipSeries • 1998Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway PoliceSeries • 1996Alphateam – Die Lebensretter im OPSeries • 1997Wolffs RevierSeries • 1992Der StaatsanwaltSeries • 2005Sense8Series • 2015Der KriminalistSeries • 2006Der letzte BulleSeries • 2010BalkoSeries • 1995The Matrix ResurrectionsMovie • 2021World on FireSeries • 2019The WaveMovie • 2008Berlin SyndromeMovie • 2017Before the FallMovie • 2004Free FallMovie • 2013In the Face of CrimeSeries • 2010Sleeping DogSeries • 2023The TastersMovie • 2025We Are the NightMovie • 2010The Fourth StateMovie • 2012Two to OneMovie • 2024Girls on TopMovie • 2001Warsaw 44Movie • 2014