Joaquim de Almeida
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
Credits
- 2024 · Smoke Signals as José Manuel Durão Barroso
- 2024 · Road House as Sheriff
- 2024 · Shōgun as Domingo
- 2023 · The Palace as Dr. Lima
- 2023 · Fast X as Hernan Reyes
- 2023 · Near Myth: The Oskar Knight Story as Himself
- 2023 · Missing as Javi
- 2022 · Land of Dreams as Julian / Dr. Palmer
- 2020 · Fatima as Father Ferreira
- 2020 · Warrior Nun as Cardinal Duretti
- 2020 · The Legion as Paetus
- 2019 · Aruanas as Robert Johnson
- 2019 · An Indian in War - Life and Work of António-Pedro Vasconcelos as Self
- 2018 · Breaking & Exiting as Hank
- 2017 · Downsizing as Conference Director Dr. Pereira
- 2017 · The Hitman's Bodyguard as Foucher
- 2017 · Training Day as Menjivar
- 2016 · Queen of the South as Epifanio
- 2016 · Queen of the South as Don Epifanio Vargas
- 2016 · Diablo as Arturo
- 2015 · Santa Bárbara as Marcelo Vidal
- 2015 · Our Brand Is Crisis as Castillo
- 2015 · A Date with Miss Fortune as Jose
- 2014 · Atlas Shrugged: Part III as Francisco d'Anconia
- 2014 · The Duel: A Story Where Truth Is Mere Detail as Comandante Vasco Moscoso de Aragão
- 2013 · Three-60 as Alberto Ibarguren
- 2013 · The Gilded Cage as José Ribeiro
- 2013 · Robosapien: Rebooted as Esperenza
- 2012 · Elementary as Cal Medina
- 2012 · Revolution as Luis Nunez
- 2011 · Once Upon a Time as King Xavier
- 2011 · Revenge as Salvador Grobet
- 2011 · Fast Five as Reyes
- 2010 · República as Henrique
- 2010 · Flight 8714: Take Off to Disaster as Hunter
- 2010 · Backlight as Jay
- 2010 · Parenthood as Matthew Biscali
- 2009 · Archer as Román Calzado (voice)
- 2009 · Holy Money as Mangini
- 2009 · Alta Definição as Self
- 2008 · Che: Part Two as President René Barrientos
- 2008 · The Burning Plain as Nick Martinez
- 2008 · Crusoe as Santos Santana
- 2008 · The Mentalist as Gabriel Porchetto
- 2008 · La conjura de El Escorial as Escobedo
- 2007 · Call Girl as Mouros
- 2007 · The Death and Life of Bobby Z as Don Huertero
- 2007 · La Cucina as Michael
- 2007 · The Heart of the Earth as Baxter
- 2006 · Moscow Zero as Yuri
- 2006 · Love and Debate as Max
- 2006 · The Celestine Prophecy as Father Sanchez
- 2006 · Have No Fear: The Life of Pope John Paul II as Archbishop Oscar Romero
- 2005 · Bones as Raphael Valenza
- 2005 · Wanted as
- 2005 · A Shot in the Dark as Rafael
- 2004 · The Batman as Bane (voice)
- 2004 · The Life as Pierre
- 2003 · The Immortals as Roberto Alua
- 2003 · Kingpin as
- 2002 · CSI: Miami as Joseph Trevi
- 2002 · Break of Dawn as Radman / Constantin
- 2002 · Sweat as Noh
- 2001 · Behind Enemy Lines as Admiral Juan-Miguel Piquet, Commander of NATO Naval Command
- 2001 · 24 as Ramon Salazar
- 2001 · The Xango from Baker Street as Sherlock Holmes
- 2001 · Stranded as Fidel Rodrigo
- 2001 · His Master's Voice as Oliveira
- 2000 · April Captains as Gervásio
- 1999 · Inferno as Xana
- 1999 · The West Wing as Carlos Carrio
- 1999 · Vendetta as Joseph Macheca
- 1999 · One Man's Hero as Cortina
- 1999 · No Vacancy as Reynaldo
- 1999 · On the Run as Ignácio
- 1998 · Dollar for the Dead as Friar Ramon
- 1997 · L'enfant du bout du monde as Miguel Carmina
- 1997 · Fátima as Avelino de Almeida, journalist
- 1996 · Dead Man's Walk as Major Laroche
- 1995 · Adam and Eve as Francisco
- 1995 · Desperado as Bucho
- 1995 · Amália - Uma Estranha Forma de Vida as Narrator
- 1995 · Pereira Declares as Manuel
- 1994 · Clear and Present Danger as Col. Felix V. Cortez
- 1994 · Only You as Giovanni
- 1993 · On the Edge of the Horizon as Voice of Spino (voice) (uncredited)
- 1993 · Amok as The lover
- 1993 · Shadows in a Conflict as José
- 1993 · Amor e Dedinhos de Pé as Francisco Frontaria
- 1992 · Parabéns as Self
- 1992 · The Fencing Master as Luis de Ayala
- 1991 · The Dumbfounded King as Almeida
- 1988 · Priceless Beauty as
- 1987 · Good Morning, Babylon as Andrea Bonnano
- 1984 · Miami Vice as
- 1982 · The Soldier as The Soldier's Force
- Future · Epitaph as Vince Castro
- 2023 · O Último Animal as Dr. Ciro
- 2022 · God Save the Queens as Hugo
- 2019 · Looking for Cesária Évora as self
- 2014 · Three Holes, Two Brads, and a Smoking Gun as Joey the Junkman
- 2014 · Of Mind and Music as Dr. Alvaro Cruz
- 2013 · Rouge Brésil as João da Silva
- 2012 · Mamitas as Prof. Alexander Viera
- 2010 · Christopher Roth as Christopher Roth
- 2008 · The Lovebirds as Marco Correia
- 2008 · Oscar. The color of destiny as
- 2003 · Il fuggiasco as Lolo
- 2001 · Water and Salt as Marido
- 1998 · La Cucaracha as Jose Guerra
- 1997 · Tentação as Father António
- 1997 · Women as Gigi
- 1997 · Corazón loco as Emilio
- 1997 · Tale About the Cat and the Moon as The Cat
- 1994 · Uma Vida Normal as Miguel
- 1994 · El baile de las ánimas as Antonio
- 1992 · A Passing Season as Miguel
- 1992 · Cold Land as Leonardo
- 1992 · Aqui D'El Rei! as Manuel
- 1991 · Retrato de Família as Miguel Montenegro
- 1991 · El día que nací yo as Pelayo Menéndez
- 1991 · Alex as Pedro
- 1990 · Sandino as Sandino
- 1989 · Les Deux Fragonard as Honoré Fragonard
- 1988 · Disamistade as Sebastiano Catte
- 1988 · Terre sacrée as Mateo Elorduy
- 1987 · Repórter X as Reinaldo Ferreira
- 1987 · The Sun and the Moon as
- 1987 · Milan noir as Tremaine
- 1983 · The Honorary Consul as Leon