Joaquim de Almeida
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
Fidel Rodrigo
Stranded
Baxter
El corazón de la Tierra
Don Huertero
The Death and Life of Bobby Z
Pierre
Yo puta
Escobedo
La conjura de El Escorial
Admiral Juan-Miguel Piquet, Commander of NATO Naval Command
Behind Enemy Lines
Bucho
Desperado
President René Barrientos
Che: Part Two
Michael
La Cucina
Giovanni
Only You
Hernan Reyes
Fast X
Col. Felix V. Cortez
Clear and Present Danger
Mouros
Call Girl
Noh
Sueurs
Reynaldo
No Vacancy
Lolo
Il fuggiasco
Radman / Constantin
Entre chiens et loups
Sherlock Holmes
O Xangô de Baker Street
Rafael
Um Tiro no Escuro
Luis de Ayala
El maestro de esgrima
Manuel
Sostiene Pereira
Andrea Bonnano
Good Morning, Babilonia
Father Sanchez
The Celestine Prophecy
The Cat
Estória do Gato e da Lua
Friar Ramon
Dollar for the Dead
Leon
The Honorary Consul
Roberto Alua
Os Imortais
Reyes
Fast Five
Gervásio
Capitães de Abril
Gigi
Elles
Prof. Alexander Viera
Mamitas
The Soldier's Force
The Soldier
Jay
Backlight
Christopher Roth
Christopher Roth
Mangini
Holy Money
Jose Guerra
La Cucaracha
Almeida
El rey pasmado
Sandino
Sandino
Francisco
Adão e Eva
Dr. Lima
The Palace
Oliveira
La voz de su amo
Marido
Água e Sal
Xana
Inferno
Hugo
God Save the Queens
Alberto Ibarguren
Tres 60
Esperenza
Robosapien: Rebooted
José Ribeiro
La Cage Dorée
José
Sombras en una batalla
Óscar. Una pasión surrealista
Avelino de Almeida, journalist
Fátima
Miguel
Uma Vida Normal
Father António
Tentação
Ignácio
On the Run
Nick Martinez
The Burning Plain
Comandante Vasco Moscoso de Aragão
O Duelo
Dr. Ciro
O Último Animal
Francisco d'Anconia
Atlas Shrugged: Part III
Emilio
Corazón loco
Dr. Alvaro Cruz
Of Mind and Music
Sheriff
Road House
Archbishop Oscar Romero
Have No Fear: The Life of Pope John Paul II
Antonio
El baile de las ánimas
Pedro
A Idade Maior
Vince Castro
Epitaph
Joey the Junkman
Three Holes, Two Brads, and a Smoking Gun
Jose
A Date with Miss Fortune
Cortina
One Man's Hero
Castillo
Our Brand Is Crisis
Himself
Near Myth: The Oskar Knight Story
Arturo
Diablo
José Manuel Durão Barroso
Une Affaire de principe
Miguel
Una estación de paso
Mateo Elorduy
Terre sacrée
Conference Director Dr. Pereira
Downsizing
El sol y la luna
Honoré Fragonard
Les Deux Fragonard
Sebastiano Catte
Disamistade
Foucher
The Hitman's Bodyguard
Francisco Frontaria
Amor e Dedinhos de Pé
Leonardo
Terra Fria
Tremaine
Milan noir
Joseph Macheca
Vendetta
Hank
Breaking & Exiting
Yuri
Moscow Zero
Voice of Spino (voice) (uncredited)
O Fio do Horizonte
Reinaldo Ferreira
Repórter X
Self
Um Índio em Pé de Guerra - Vida e Obra de António-Pedro Vasconcelos
Father Ferreira
Fatima
Marco Correia
The Lovebirds
Pelayo Menéndez
El día que nací yo
The lover
Amok
Paetus
The Legion
Manuel
Aqui D'El Rei!
Narrator
Amália - Uma Estranha Forma de Vida
Miguel Montenegro
Retrato de Família
Max
Love and Debate
Javi
Missing
Love Dream
self
Auf den Spuren von Cesária Évora - Weltmusik von den Kapverden
Julian / Dr. Palmer
Land of Dreams
Nascimento
Mercato
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
101
Gender
Male
Birthday
1957-03-15
Place of Birth
São Sebastião da Pedreira, Lisbon, Portugal
Also Known As
Joaquim António Portugal Baptista de Almeida