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My Take
Max Riemelt is an actor I came to through Sense8, where his Wolfgang carried a wounded intensity I couldn't shake. What I appreciate is that Germany already knew him long before Netflix did, his collaborations with Dennis Gansel and Dominik Graf on films like Before the Fall and Free Fall built a serious reputation at home. The award trail backs it up, from the Bavarian Film Awards to a French Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres. Born in East Berlin in 1984, he's a reminder that international breakout roles often rest on years of unglamorous, country-specific craft most viewers never see.
Overview
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.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Max Riemelt
- Name (Japanese)
- マックス・リーメルト
- Reading
- まっくす・りーめると
- Born
- January 7, 1984 (age 42)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Capricorn / Rat
- Origin
- East Berlin, German Democratic Republic
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / film actor / television actor / speaker
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 2006 Bavarian Film Awards
- 2008 Undine Award
- 2010 Deutscher Fernsehpreis
- 2011 Grimme-Preis
- 2013 Günter Rohrbach film award
- 2017 Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres
- 2019 Hof International Film Festival
- Jupiter Awards
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Actor — see all → · Film actor — see all → · More people from German Democratic Republic →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.