Max Riemelt

Max Riemelt (born 7 January 1984) is a German actor. He is known internationally for playing Wolfgang Bogdanow in the Netflix series Sense8. In Germany, he is known for his many appearances on television and in films, including Before the Fall, Free Fall and the 2023 series Bonn. He has appeared in many productions directed by Dennis Gansel and Dominik Graf.

Early life and education Max Riemelt was born on 7 January 1984 in Mitte, East Berlin, which was in East Germany until he was six years old, and grew up in Berlin, Germany.

He starred in Dominik Graf's 2010 TV crime series In the Face of Crime (Im Angesicht des Verbrechens), and has collaborated numerous times with Graf as well as Dennis Gansel.

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 Resurrections.

In 2023 he played a leading role Bonn – Alte Freunde, neue Feinde, a political drama set in post-war West Germany in 1954.

Personal life Riemelt completed his school career with a high school diploma and refused military service. Riemelt is the father of a daughter and lives in Berlin.

Awards 2004: Best Actor, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, for Before the Fall 2006: Best Newcomer Actor, Bavarian Film Awards, for 2006: Best Performance by an Actor in the Marrakech International Film Festival Awards, for his role in The Red Cockatoo

Filmography Film

Television