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Max Riemelt

Max Riemelt

Actor · Born January 7, 1984 (42) · Berlin, Germany

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.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
January 7, 1984 (42)
From
Berlin, Germany
Works as
Actor
Titles
27 on MovieCove · 79 credits in all
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Up 130% in 30 days

What are Max Riemelt's films like?

Across their 22 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

Genres

Drama13 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 60th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Comedy3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 24th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
28%
Bonds
22%
Survival
20%
Society
9%
Morality
9%
Power
8%
Ideas
3%
Identity8 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival4 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love4 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity3 titles, browse their movies with this themeTrauma3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds3 titles, browse their movies with this themeLoyalty2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 20 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 3 · Serious 5 · Dark 12

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 14 · Stylized 5 · Heightened 1

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 3 · Charged 9 · Intense 8

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 9 · Shifting 11 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 17 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 2

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 10 · Even-paced 10 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 4 · Engaged 15 · Full focus 1

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 4 · Affecting 4 · Heavy 12

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 11 · Open-ended 7 · Ambiguous 2

Roles they play

15 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 5 of 15 analyzed roles.

Hero
5 of 15
Ally
4 of 15
Shadow
3 of 15
Herald
1 of 15
Shapeshifter
1 of 15
Threshold guardian
1 of 15
Show the 15 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
14
Melancholic
14
Dread
6
Contemplative
5
Warm
4
Other
13

How their films linger

Thought-provoking10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteWistful5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy4
  • Bittersweet9
  • Tragic3
  • Ambiguous6

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Max Riemelt's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 8 of their 27 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Max Riemelt's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

79 credits, 27 with a MovieCove page; 7 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Herkunft (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)

    Actor

  • Home Stories(2026)

    as Matze

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Free Fall: Who You Are(2026)

    as Kay Engel

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • Spurlos in Venedig (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    as Angelo (Gabriel Wendt)

  • The Tasters(2025)

    as Ziegler

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • About Luis (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    as Jens

  • Two to One(2024)

    as Robert

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Sleeping Dog(2023)

    Show 6 episodes · as Mike Atlas

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows

  • Ernesto's Island (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    as Matthias

  • Bonn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Show 6 episodes · as Wolfgang Berns

  • Talking About the Weather(2022)

    as Marcel

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Ein Taxi zur Bescherung (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    as Jan Olsmer

  • The Matrix Resurrections(2021)

    as Sheperd

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • The Peppercorns and the Secret of the Deep Sea (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    as Oliver

  • Precious Ivie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    as Paul

  • Der Schneegänger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    as Lutz Gehring

  • Head Burst(2019)

    as Markus

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • World on Fire(2019)

    Show 7 episodes · as Schmidt

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows

  • My Mother's Girlfriend (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Jan

  • Berlin Syndrome(2017)

    as Andi Werner

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Icons of Light (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    as Steffen

  • Amnesia(2015)

    as Jo

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • Sense8: Creating the World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Wolfgang Bogdanovic

  • Sanctuary (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Bruder Krapp

  • Sense8(2015)

    Show 24 episodes · as Wolfgang Bogdanow

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows

  • Storno: Todsicher versichert (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Rupert

  • To Life!(2014)

    as Jonas

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Warsaw 44(2014)

    as Johann Krauss

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Elly Beinhorn: Solo Flight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    as Bernd Rosemeyer

  • Blutgeld (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Ralf Seifert

  • Der zweite Mann (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Adrian Davids

  • Free Fall(2013)

    as Kay Engel

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Forgotten (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Marcus

  • Auslandseinsatz (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Daniel Gerber

  • The German Friend(2012)

    as Friedrich Burg

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Partly Sunny (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Tim

  • The Fourth State(2012)

    as Dima

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • A Family of Three (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Lars Dewenter

  • Playoff (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Thomas

  • The Depraved(2011)

    as Dante / Kris

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • Schandmal – Der Tote im Berg (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Thomas Hafner

  • We Are the Night(2010)

    as Tom Serner

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • In the Face of Crime (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Show 10 episodes · as Marek Gorsky

  • Der letzte Bulle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Show 1 episode · as Dennis Paschmann

  • 13 Semester (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as 'Momo'

  • Thousand Oceans (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Meikel

  • Run for Your Life! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Andreas Niedrig

  • The Wave(2008)

    as Marco

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Up! Up! To the sky (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Arnold

  • Snipers Valley(2007)

    as Charly

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • An die Grenze (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Gefreiter Kerner

  • GG 19 - Eine Reise durch Deutschland in 19 Artikeln(2007)

    as Edgar (Polizist), Art. 2

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Die Zigarrenkiste (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Actor

  • Der Kriminalist (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Show 1 episode · as Michael Büssig

  • Der Untergang der Pamir(2006)

    as Carl-Friedrich von Krempin

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • The Red Cockatoo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Siggi

  • Hallesche Kometen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Ingo

  • Nachtasyl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Aljoscha

  • (Feinde) (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Deutscher Soldat

  • Der Staatsanwalt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Show 1 episode · as Markus Pohl

  • Before the Fall(2004)

    as Friedrich Weimer

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Mädchen Mädchen 2(2004)

    as Flin

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • Lottoschein ins Glück (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    as Björn Michels

  • Mein Vater und andere Betrüger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as Robertino

  • Girls on Top(2001)

    as Flin

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Brennendes Schweigen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    as Schappi

  • Bear on the Run (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    as Tom

  • Ein Weihnachtsmärchen – Wenn alle Herzen schmelzen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Lukas

  • In aller Freundschaft (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Show 1 episode · as Mirco Venske

  • Zwei allein (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Show 12 episodes · as Max

  • Alphateam – Die Lebensretter im OP (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Show 2 episodes · as Timo

  • Eine Familie zum Küssen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Actor

  • Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Show 1 episode · as Marcel Freese

  • Balko (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Show 1 episode · as Ingo Grabowski

  • Wolffs Revier (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Show 1 episode · as Harald Bernhard

  • Tatort(1970)

    Show 1 episode · as Louis Bürger

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows

  • Golem (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

  • The Angel Makers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

  • Zeit der Wunder – Das Tafelsilber der Deutschen Einheit (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 79 titles, 75 of them dated from 1970 to 2026; peak year 2014.

Biggest box office

The Wave (2008)

$32M worldwide

Highest rated

The Wave (2008)

Midcredits 95th

Most popular right now

Sense8 (2015)

Film career

MilestoneBreakout
19702026

Peak 2014 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 7 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

  • 2001Screen debut· Girls on Top
  • 2004First top-billed film· Before the Fall
  • 2004Breakout· Before the Fall
  • 2015Career best· Sense8

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting79 of 79: 79 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score51st

By decade

1970s1 · acting1990s8 · acting2000s23 · acting2010s28 · acting2020s15 · acting

Billing

usually 3rd · top billed in 25% of 20 roles
011116

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Max Riemelt's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 50th percentile, the median of all 23; across their 20 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 54th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

54thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 20

Approval · how many liked their films

49thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 20

Reach · how many have seen their films

66thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 20

Midcredits score across 27 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up6
  • 50th to 74th9
  • 25th to 49th7
  • Below 25th5

Shape of the crowd

11 of their 27 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved5
  • Divisive1
  • Crowd Pleaser6
  • Broadly Agreed4
  • Mixed11

Most divisive · actor

GG 19 - Eine Reise durch Deutschland in 19 Artikeln (2007)

95th percentile spread · 47% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Free Fall: Who You Are (2026)

Midcredits 98th · 96% liked

Reviewers score the acting 72/100 in their films, across 16 reviewed titles; fans 80, detractors 45. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Max Riemelt's work okay for kids?

Across up to 8 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore4 titlesmedian 70 · intenseMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity8 titles31–75 · median 56 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity4 titlesmedian 50 · moderateMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs4 titlesmedian 55 · moderateMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense5 titles43–80 · median 71 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Max Riemelt work with?

People who share at least 2 of Max Riemelt's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Dennis Gansel shares the most, 5.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers