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. Max Riemelt(1984년생, Berlin, Germany) 는 배우로, 대표작으로 더 웨이브, 나폴라, Lichtgestalten가 있으며, 그 외에도 Tatort, ZIBB, Morgenmagazin, DAS!, In aller Freundschaft, Alarm für Cobra 11 - Die Autobahnpolizei, Kölner Treff, 매트릭스: 리저렉션, 센스8, Wolffs Revier, Alphateam – Die Lebensretter im OP, Der Kriminalist 등 다양한 작품에 출연했다. 특히 2026년에는 홈 스토리즈에도 참여해서 활동중이다. (오뜨랑에서 실시간으로 번역된 한글 프로필도 확인할 수 있어요) 2026년 Holidays에서 Jan 역을 맡았다. 2026년 Die Düsteren에서 Ben Sandmann 역을 맡았다. 2026년 홈 스토리즈에서 Matze 역을 맡았다.