Max Riemelt (born 7 January 1984)[1] is a German actor, known internationally for playing Wolfgang Bogdanow in the Netflix series Sense8. In Germany, he is known for many years of television and cinema.

Max Riemelt
Riemelt at the Berlinale 2017
Born (1984-01-07) 7 January 1984 (age 40)
OccupationActor
Years active1997–present
Children1
Websitemaxriemelt.com

Career

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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 starred in all of Dennis Gansel's feature films from Mädchen, Mädchen until The Fourth State. In 2013, he starred in the romance, Free Fall, with Hanno Koffler, where he plays Kay, a police officer in training,[2] depicting a gay love story and has been compared to Brokeback Mountain.[2]

From 2015 to 2018, he starred in The Wachowskis' Netflix series Sense8, playing Wolfgang Bogdanow, a German safe cracker.[3] The first season received positive reviews from critics.[3]

He starred in the psychological thriller Berlin Syndrome alongside Australian actress Teresa Palmer, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2017.[4] The film received generally favorable reviews, and both Palmer and Riemelt garnered praise for their performances.[5]

In 2020, he joined the cast of The Matrix Resurrections.

Personal life

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Riemelt has a daughter.

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role
2003 Lottoschein ins Glück Björn Michels
2004 Mädchen, Mädchen 2 – Loft oder Liebe Flin
Before the Fall Friedrich Weimer
2005 Hallesche Kometen Ingo
Nachtasyl Aljoscha
2006 The Red Cockatoo [de] Siggi
Der Untergang der Pamir [de] Carl-Friedrich von Krempin
2007 GG 19 – Eine Reise durch Deutschland in 19 Artikeln [de] Edgar
An die Grenze [de] Gefreiter Kerner
Snipers Valley [fr] Charly
2008 Up! Up! To the Sky Arnold
The Wave Marco
Run for Your Life! [de] Andreas Neidrig
Tausend Ozeane Meikel
2009 13 Semester Momo
2010 We Are the Night Tom
2011 A Family of Three [de] Lars
Schandmal – Der Tote im Berg [de] Thomas Hafner
Urban Explorer Kris
Playoff Thomas
2012 The Fourth State Dima
Foreign Deployment [de] Daniel Gerber
Heiter bis Wolkig Tim
The German Friend Friedrich Burg
Forgotten [de] Marcus
2013 Free Fall Kay Engel
Blutgeld Ralf Seifert
Der zweite Mann Adrian Davids
2014 Elly Beinhorn: Solo Flight [de] Bernd Rosemeyer
Warsaw 44 Johann Krauss
To Life! [de] Jonas
2015 Lichtgestalten
Sanctuary Bruder Krapp
Amnesia Jo Gellert
Storno: Todsicher versichert Rupert Halmer
2017 Berlin Syndrome Andi
2018 Kopfplatzen Markus
2021 The Matrix Resurrections Shepherd

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Year Title Role Notes
1998 Zwei allein Max
2002 Alphateam – Die Lebensretter im OP Timo 1 episode
2003 Wolffs Revier Harald Bernhard 1 episode
Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei Marcel Freese 1 episode
In aller Freundschaft Mirco Venske 1 episode
2004 Sextasy Short film
Balko Ingo Grabowski 1 episode
Neuland Short film
2005 Feinde Deutscher Soldat Short film
Videotagebuch von Dennis Gansel Friedrich Weiemer / Himself Short video
2006 Der Kriminalist Michael Büssig 1 episode
2008 Die Zigarrenkiste Tjark Evers Short film
Die Schattenboxer Boxer Short film
2010 Sehsüchte: Underworld Young Man Short film
Im Angesicht des Verbrechens Marek Gorsky 10 episodes
2011 Der Staatsanwalt Markus Pohl 1 episode
2013 Der letzte Bulle Dennis Paschmann 1 episode
2015–2018 Sense8 Wolfgang Bogdanow Main character
2019 Die Freundin meiner Mutter[6] Jan TV film
Der Schneegänger Lutz Gehring TV film
World on Fire Schmidt Miniseries
2023 Bonn – Alte Freunde, neue Feinde [de] Wolfgang Berns Miniseries

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References

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  1. ^ "Max Riemelt". Tumblr. Archived from the original on 4 November 2015. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  2. ^ a b Ashraf, Toby (4 March 2014). "Why Sexy Gay Love Story 'Free Fall' Is Not Just a German 'Brokeback Mountain'". Indie Wire. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  3. ^ a b Stolworthy, Jacob (4 May 2017). "Sense8 season 2 actor Max Riemelt: 'The sex scenes are less pornographic, more like oil paintings'". The Independent. Archived from the original on 12 May 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  4. ^ Wixson, Heather (24 January 2017). "Sundance 2017 Interview: Teresa Palmer & Max Riemelt Talk Berlin Syndrome". Daily Dead. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  5. ^ "Berlin Syndrome Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  6. ^ "Die Freundin meiner Mutter – FilmMittwoch im Ersten – ARD | Das Erste". daserste.de.
  7. ^ "Karlovy Vary International Film Festival – Festival Photos". kviff.com. Retrieved 28 April 2014.

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