Joaquim de Almeida

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1957-03-15 (68 years old)

Place of Birth

São Sebastião da Pedreira, Lisbon, Portugal

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...

Acting

2001

Stranded

as Fidel Rodrigo

2004

The Life

as Pierre

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

2002

Break of Dawn

as Radman / Constantin

2001

The Xango from Baker Street

as Sherlock Holmes

2005

1992

The Fencing Master

as Luis de Ayala

1995

1987

Good Morning, Babylon

as Andrea Bonnano

2006

The Celestine Prophecy

as Father Sanchez

1998

Dollar for the Dead

as Friar Ramon

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

1990

Sandino

as Sandino

1995

Adam and Eve

as Francisco

2023

The Palace

as Dr. Lima

2001

2001

1999

Inferno

as Xana

2013

Three-60

as Alberto Ibarguren

2013

2013

The Gilded Cage

as José Ribeiro

1997

Fátima

as Avelino de Almeida, journalist

1994

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

1991

Alex

as Pedro

-

Epitaph

as Vince Castro

1999

One Man's Hero

as Cortina

2015

2016

Diablo

as Arturo

2024

Smoke Signals

as José Manuel Durão Barroso

1992

1988

Terre sacrée

as Mateo Elorduy

2017

Downsizing

as Conference Director Dr. Pereira

1989

Les Deux Fragonard

as Honoré Fragonard

1988

Disamistade

as Sebastiano Catte

1993

Amor e Dedinhos de Pé

as Francisco Frontaria

1992

Cold Land

as Leonardo

1987

Milan noir

as Tremaine

1999

Vendetta

as Joseph Macheca

2006

1993

On the Edge of the Horizon

as Voice of Spino (voice) (uncredited)

1987

Repórter X

as Reinaldo Ferreira

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

1991

Retrato de Família

as Miguel Montenegro

2006

2023

Missing

as Javi

2022

Land of Dreams

as Julian / Dr. Palmer

2025

Mercato

as Nascimento

1999

Cartoon Noir

as Narrator (Voice)

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