Max Riemelt

Max Riemelt
File:Max Riemelt Österreichpremiere Heiter bis wolkig - Urania-Kino Wien 2012 b.jpg Riemelt in 2012
Born	(1984-01-07) 7 January 1984 East Berlin, East Germany
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1988–present

Max Riemelt (born in East Berlin, East Germany on 7 January 1984) is a German actor. He is best known for playing Wolfgang Bogdanow in the television series Sense8.

Career

Riemelt started his career "by coincidence, because" he "had not really thought about getting involved in acting and had not joined any drama groups at school". He decided early on that he was not interested in the latter: "I have an aversion to drama schools because their methods seem suspect to me. The way they treat people is sometimes inhuman, they build people up and then break them. Some people can cope with this, but I don't want to risk that".

He explains that he feels "much happier in front of a camera than acting on a stage. I am a minimalist as far as my approach to acting is concerned" and prefers working for cinema, although "I am prepared to work for television if it is an interesting project, there is a good script and the characters are good."

Similarly, he welcomes the chance every now and then to act in student films "because it gives me the chance to try out things and bring in my own ideas and often create quite different characters from the ones they had originally planned".

He has starred in all of Dennis Gansel's feature films, starting with Mädchen, Mädchen.

Personal life

Riemelt was born in 1984 in Berlin and has lived there all of his life. His parents, Gunnar and Judith Riemelt, are both graphic artists. His interests are soccer, kickboxing and rap music.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	Eine Familie zum Küssen		Movie role
1998	Zwei allein	Max	TV role
1999	Ein Weihnachtsmärchen — Wenn alle Herzen schmelzen	Lukas	Movie role
2000	Der Bär ist Ios	Tom	Movie role
2000	Brennendes Schweigen	Schappi	Movie role
2001	Mädchen, Mädchen	Flin	Movie role
2001	Mein Vater und andere Betrüger	Robertino	Movie role
2002	Alphateam – Die Lebensretter im OP	Timo	TV role, 1 episode
2003	Wolffs Revier	Harald Bernhard	TV role, 1 episode
2003	Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei	Marcel Freese	TV role, 1 episode
2003	In aller Freundschaft	Mirco Venske	TV role, 1 episode
2003	Lottoschein ins Glück	Björn Michels	Movie role
2004	Sextasy		Short film
2004	Balko	Ingo Grabowski	TV role, 1 episode
2004	Neuland		Short film
2004	Mädchen, Mädchen 2 – Loft oder Liebe	Flin	Movie role
2004	Before the Fall	Friedrich Weimer	Movie role
2005	Feinde	Deutscher Soldat	Short film
2005	Hallesche Kometen	Ingo	Movie role
2005	Videotagebuch von Dennis Gansel	Friedrich Weiemer / Himself	Short video
2005	Nachtasyl	Aljoscha	Movie role
2006	Der rote Kakadu	Siggi	Movie role
2006	Der Untergang der Pamir	Carl-Friedrich von Krempin	Movie role
2006	Der Kriminalist	Michael Büssig	TV role, 1 episode
2007	GG 19 — Eine Reise durch Deutschland in 19 Artikeln	Edgar	Movie role
2007	An die Grenze	Gefreiter Kerner	Movie role
2007	Möderischer Frieden	Charly	Movie role
2008	Die Zigarrenkiste	Tjark Evers	Short film
2008	Up! Up! To the Sky	Arnold	Movie role
2008	The Wave	Marco	Movie role
2008	Lauf um Dein Leben — Vom Junkie zum Ironman	Andreas Neidrig	Movie role
2008	Die Schattenboxer	Boxer	Short film
2008	Tausend Ozeane	Meikel	Movie role
2009	13 Semester	Momo	Movie role
2010	Sehsüchte: Underworld	Young Man	Short film
2010	Im Angesicht des Verbrechens	Marek Gorsky	TV role, 10 episodes
2010	We Are the Night	Tom	Movie role
2011	Tage die bleiben	Lars	Movie role
2011	Der Staatsanwalt	Markus Pohl	TV role, 1 episode
2011	Schadmal — Der Tote im Berg	Thomas Hafner	Movie role
2011	Urban Explorer	Kris	Movie role
2011	Playoff	Thomas	Movie role
2012	The Fourth State	Dima	Movie role
2012	Auslandseinsatz	Daniel Gerber	Movie role
2012	Heiter bis Wolkig	Tim	Movie role
2012	The German Friend	Friedrich Burg	Movie role
2012	Du hast es versprochen	Marcus	Movie role
2013	Free Fall	Kay Engel	Movie role
2013	Der letzte Bulle	Dennis Paschmann	TV role, 1 episode
2013	Blutgeld	Ralf Seifert	Movie role
2013	Der zweite Mann	Adrian Davids	Movie role
2014	Elly Beinhorn — Alleinflug	Bernd Rosemeyer	Movie role
2014	Warsaw 44	Johann Krauss	Movie role
2014	Auf das Leben!	Jonas	Movie role
2015	Lichtgestalten		Movie role
2015	Freistatt	Bruder Krapp	Movie role
2015	Amnesia	Jo Gellert	Movie role
2015	Storno: Todsicher versichert	Rupert Halmer	Movie role
2015	Sense8	Wolfgang Bogdanow	TV role, 12 episodes
2015	Berlin Syndrome	Andi	Movie role

Awards

• 2004: Best Actor for Napola (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)
• 2006: Best Young Actor for de (Bavarian Film Awards)

External links

• Max Riemelt at the Internet Movie Database
• Max Riemelt at Rotten Tomatoes