Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1957-03-15 (Age: 69)
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 (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.
Filmography (106)
Santo António
2026
Hungry
2026
Mercato
2025
Smoke Signals
2024
Road House
2024
O Último Animal
2023
The Palace
2023
Fast X
2023
Missing
2023
Land of Dreams
2022
God Save the Queens
2022
Fatima
2020
The Legion
2020
Looking for Cesária Évora
2019