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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.
We follow the story of Laura Kinney, known as X-23, after the events of Deadpool & Wolverine. Young Laura finally found imaginary happiness in the form of her new friends around Wade Wilson, whom she can even call family. Her father-daughter relationship between her and Logan has also strengthened and everything seems idyllic. But soon her dark past comes into play. The people responsible for the Weapon X project manage to track down the whereabouts of X-23 and are determined to get their experimental creation back under their control. Laura is forced to fight for both her freedom and the protection of her loved ones. Fortunately, she's not alone. She also manages to meet other young mutants during all the events. And there's even an imaginary spark between her and Hellion, but also with Angel. They both decide to help her in her fight. After some hesitation, Laura accepts their help and an unexpected love triangle begins.
