Name
Joaquim de Almeida
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1957-03-15 (69 years old)
Place of Birth
São Sebastião da Pedreira, Lisbon, Portugal
Biography
Joaquim António Portugal Baptista de Almeida (born March 15, 1957) is a Portuguese actor.
He began his acting during the 1980s, appearing on the 1982 action movie The Soldier. He achieved international fame with his portrayals of Félix Cortez in the 1995 Tom Clancy's thriller Clear and Present Danger, drug kingpin Bucho in the 1995 action thriller film Desperado, Ramon Salazar on the Fox thriller drama series 24 and the corrupt businessman Hernan Reyes in 2011 street racing film Fast Five. His other well known films include The Honorary Consul (1983), Good Morning, Babylon (1987), Only You (1994), The Mask of Zorro (1998), Behind Enemy Lines (2001), The Death and Life of Bobby Z (2007), Che: Part Two (2008) and The Burning Plain (2008).
He has worked in Europe, Argentina, Mexico, the United States and Brazil in many film and stage productions, winning several international awards.
Known For
Road House
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Ex-UFC fighter Dalton takes a job as a bouncer at a Florida Keys roadhouse, only to discov...
Relase Date : 8 Mar, 2024
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Downsizing
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A kindly occupational therapist undergoes a new procedure to be shrunken to four inches ta...
Relase Date : 22 Dec, 2017
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Clear and Present Danger
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Agent Jack Ryan becomes acting Deputy Director of Intelligence for the CIA when Admiral Gr...
Relase Date : 3 Aug, 1994
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Our Brand Is Crisis
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Based on the documentary "Our Brand Is Crisis", this feature focuses on the use of America...
Relase Date : 11 Sep, 2015
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Movies
Tv Shows
- 2001 Stranded as Fidel Rodrigo
- 2007 The Heart of the Earth as Baxter
- 2007 The Death and Life of Bobby Z as Don Huertero
- 2004 The Life as Pierre
- 2008 La conjura de El Escorial as Escobedo
- 2001 Behind Enemy Lines as Admiral Juan-Miguel Piquet, Commander of NATO Naval Command
- 1995 Desperado as Bucho
- 2008 Che: Part Two as President René Barrientos
- 2007 La Cucina as Michael
- 1994 Only You as Giovanni
- 2023 Fast X as Hernan Reyes
- 1994 Clear and Present Danger as Col. Felix V. Cortez
- 2007 Call Girl as Mouros
- 2002 Sweat as Noh
- 1999 No Vacancy as Reynaldo
- 2003 The Fugitive as Lolo
- 2002 Break of Dawn as Radman / Constantin
- 2001 The Xango from Baker Street as Sherlock Holmes
- 2005 A Shot in the Dark as Rafael
- 1992 The Fencing Master as Luis de Ayala
- 1995 Pereira Declares as Manuel
- 1987 Good Morning, Babylon as Andrea Bonnano
- 2006 The Celestine Prophecy as Father Sanchez
- 1996 Tale About the Cat and the Moon as The Cat (voice)
- 1998 Dollar for the Dead as Friar Ramon
- 1983 The Honorary Consul as Leon
- 2003 The Immortals as Roberto Alua
- 2011 Fast Five as Reyes
- 2000 April Captains as Gervásio
- 1997 Women as Gigi
- 2012 Mamitas as Prof. Alexander Viera
- 1982 The Soldier as The Soldier's Force
- 2010 Backlight as Jay
- 2010 Christopher Roth as Christopher Roth
- 2009 Holy Money as Mangini
- 1998 La Cucaracha as Jose Guerra
- 1991 The Dumbfounded King as Almeida
- 1990 Sandino as Sandino
- 1995 Adam and Eve as Francisco
- 2023 The Palace as Dr. Lima
- 2001 His Master's Voice as Oliveira
- 2001 Water and Salt as Marido
- 1999 Inferno as Xana
- 2022 God Save the Queens as Hugo
- 2013 Three-60 as Alberto Ibarguren
- 2013 Robosapien: Rebooted as Esperenza
- 2013 The Gilded Cage as José Ribeiro
- 1993 Shadows in a Conflict as José
- 2008 Oscar. The color of destiny as Oscar Domínguez
- 1997 Fátima as Avelino de Almeida, journalist
- 1994 Uma Vida Normal as Miguel
- 1997 Tentação as Father António
- 1999 On the Run as Ignácio
- 2008 The Burning Plain as Nick Martinez
- 2014 The Duel: A Story Where Truth Is Mere Detail as Comandante Vasco Moscoso de Aragão
- 2023 O Último Animal as Dr. Ciro
- 2014 Atlas Shrugged: Part III as Francisco d'Anconia
- 1997 Corazón loco as Emilio
- 2014 Of Mind and Music as Dr. Alvaro Cruz
- 2024 Road House as Sheriff
- 2006 Have No Fear: The Life of Pope John Paul II as Archbishop Oscar Romero
- 1994 El baile de las ánimas as Antonio
- 1991 Alex as Pedro
- Soon Epitaph as Vince Castro
- 2014 3 Holes and a Smoking Gun as Joey the Junkman
- 2015 A Date with Miss Fortune as Jose
- 1999 One Man's Hero as Cortina
- 2015 Our Brand Is Crisis as Castillo
- 2018 Near Myth: The Oskar Knight Story as Self
- 2016 Diablo as Arturo
- 2024 Smoke Signals as José Manuel Durão Barroso
- 1992 A Passing Season as Miguel
- 1988 Terre sacrée as Mateo Elorduy
- 2017 Downsizing as Conference Director Dr. Pereira
- 1987 The Sun and the Moon
- 1989 Les Deux Fragonard as Honoré Fragonard
- 1988 Disamistade as Sebastiano Catte
- 2017 The Hitman's Bodyguard as Foucher
- 1993 Amor e Dedinhos de Pé as Francisco Frontaria
- 1992 Cold Land as Leonardo
- 1987 Milan noir as Tremaine
- 1999 Vendetta as Joseph Macheca
- 2018 Breaking & Exiting as Hank
- 2006 Moscow Zero as Yuri
- 1993 On the Edge of the Horizon as Voice of Spino (voice) (uncredited)
- 1987 Repórter X as Reinaldo Ferreira
- 2019 An Indian in War - Life and Work of António-Pedro Vasconcelos as Self
- 2020 Fatima as Father Ferreira
- 2008 The Lovebirds as Marco Correia
- 1991 El día que nací yo as Pelayo Menéndez
- 1993 Amok as The lover
- 2020 The Legion as Paetus
- 1992 Aqui D'El Rei! as Manuel
- 1991 Retrato de Família as Miguel Montenegro
- 2006 Love and Debate as Max
- 2023 Missing as Javi
- 1988 Priceless Beauty as Jimmy
- 2019 Looking for Cesária Évora as self
- 2022 Land of Dreams as Julian / Dr. Palmer
- 2025 Mercato as Nascimento
- 1999 Cartoon Noir as Narrator (Voice)
- Soon Breaking & Exiting as Hank
- 1979 Un uomo americano as Miguel Montero
- 1997 We're All Still Here
- 2014 Rouge Brésil as João da Silva
- 2026 Santo António - Lisbon Love
- 2026 Hungry as Walker
- 2002 CSI: Miami ( 1 episode ) as Joseph Trevi
- 1984 Miami Vice ( 1 episode ) as Roberto 'Nico' Arroyo
- 2004 The Batman ( 1 episode ) as Bane (voice)
- 2015 Santa Bárbara ( 1 episode ) as Marcelo Vidal
- 2003 Kingpin ( 1 episode )
- 1997 L'Enfant du bout du monde ( 2 episodes ) as Miguel Carmina
- 2012 Revolution ( 1 episode ) as Luis Nunez
- 2009 Alta Definição ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1992 Parabéns ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2001 24 ( 12 episodes ) as Ramon Salazar
- 2011 Once Upon a Time ( 1 episode ) as King Xavier
- 2010 República ( 2 episodes ) as Henrique
- 1999 The West Wing ( 1 episode ) as Carlos Carrio
- 2019 Aruanas ( 10 episodes ) as Robert Johnson
- 2016 Queen of the South ( 13 episodes ) as Epifanio
- 2008 The Mentalist ( 1 episode ) as Gabriel Porchetto
- 2013 Rouge Brésil ( 2 episodes ) as João da Silva
- 2011 Revenge ( 1 episode ) as Salvador Grobet
- 2016 Queen of the South ( 13 episodes ) as Don Epifanio Vargas
- 2005 Bones ( 1 episode ) as Raphael Valenza
- 2010 Flight 8714: Take Off to Disaster ( 2 episodes ) as Hunter
- 2024 Shōgun ( 1 episode ) as Domingo
- 2008 Crusoe ( 13 episodes ) as Santos Santana
- 2009 Archer ( 1 episode ) as Román Calzado (voice)
- 2012 Elementary ( 1 episode ) as Cal Medina
- 1996 Dead Man's Walk ( 1 episode ) as Major Laroche
- 2010 Parenthood ( 2 episodes ) as Matthew Biscali
- 2020 Warrior Nun ( 10 episodes ) as Cardinal Duretti
- 2017 Training Day ( 1 episode ) as Menjivar
- 2012 Missing ( 3 episodes ) as Antoine Lussier
- 2005 Wanted ( 7 episodes ) as Manuel Valenza
- 2023 Turn of the Tide ( 2 episodes ) as João Canto Moniz
- 2009 Alta Definição ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 1995 Amália - Uma Estranha Forma de Vida ( 5 episodes ) as Narrator
- 1997 La Femme Nikita ( 1 episode ) as Joaquim Armel
