Joaquim de Almeida
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 15 March 1957 · São Sebastião da Pedreira, Lisbon, Portugal
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
Acting 108
- 2026Epitaph as Vince Castro
- 2026Breaking & Exiting as Hank
- 2026Santo António - O Casamenteiro de Lisboa
- 2026Hungry as Walker
- 2025Mercato as Nascimento
- 2024Smoke Signals as José Manuel Durão Barroso
- 2024Road House as Sheriff
- 2023O Último Animal as Dr. Ciro
- 2023The Palace as Dr. Lima
- 2023Fast X as Hernan Reyes
- 2023Missing as Javi
- 2022Land of Dreams as Julian / Dr. Palmer
- 2022God Save the Queens as Hugo
- 2020Fatima as Father Ferreira
- 2020The Legion as Paetus
- 2019Looking for Cesária Évora as self
- 2019An Indian in War - Life and Work of António-Pedro Vasconcelos as Self
- 2018Breaking & Exiting as Hank
- 2018Near Myth: The Oskar Knight Story as Self
- 2017Downsizing as Conference Director Dr. Pereira
- 2017The Hitman's Bodyguard as Foucher
- 2016Diablo as Arturo
- 2015Our Brand Is Crisis as Castillo
- 2015A Date with Miss Fortune as Jose
- 20143 Holes and a Smoking Gun as Joey the Junkman
- 2014Of Mind and Music as Dr. Alvaro Cruz
- 2014Atlas Shrugged: Part III as Francisco d'Anconia
- 2014The Duel: A Story Where Truth Is Mere Detail as Comandante Vasco Moscoso de Aragão
- 2014Rouge Brésil as João da Silva
- 2013Three-60 as Alberto Ibarguren
- 2013The Gilded Cage as José Ribeiro
- 2013Robosapien: Rebooted as Esperenza
- 2012Mamitas as Prof. Alexander Viera
- 2011Fast Five as Reyes
- 2010Backlight as Jay
- 2010Christopher Roth as Christopher Roth
- 2009Holy Money as Mangini
- 2008Che: Part Two as President René Barrientos
- 2008The Burning Plain as Nick Martinez
- 2008La conjura de El Escorial as Escobedo
- 2008The Lovebirds as Marco Correia
- 2008Oscar. The color of destiny as Oscar Domínguez
- 2007Call Girl as Mouros
- 2007The Death and Life of Bobby Z as Don Huertero
- 2007La Cucina as Michael
- 2007The Heart of the Earth as Baxter
- 2006Moscow Zero as Yuri
- 2006Love and Debate as Max
- 2006The Celestine Prophecy as Father Sanchez
- 2006Have No Fear: The Life of Pope John Paul II as Archbishop Oscar Romero
- 2005A Shot in the Dark as Rafael
- 2004The Life as Pierre
- 2003The Fugitive as Lolo
- 2003The Immortals as Roberto Alua
- 2002Break of Dawn as Radman / Constantin
- 2002Sweat as Noh
- 2001Behind Enemy Lines as Admiral Juan-Miguel Piquet, Commander of NATO Naval Command
- 2001The Xango from Baker Street as Sherlock Holmes
- 2001Stranded as Fidel Rodrigo
- 2001Water and Salt as Marido
- 2001His Master's Voice as Oliveira
- 2000April Captains as Gervásio
- 1999Inferno as Xana
- 1999Vendetta as Joseph Macheca
- 1999One Man's Hero as Cortina
- 1999No Vacancy as Reynaldo
- 1999Cartoon Noir as Narrator (Voice)
- 1999On the Run as Ignácio
- 1998Dollar for the Dead as Friar Ramon
- 1998La Cucaracha as Jose Guerra
- 1997Tentação as Father António
- 1997Women as Gigi
- 1997Fátima as Avelino de Almeida, journalist
- 1997Corazón loco as Emilio
- 1997We're All Still Here
- 1996Tale About the Cat and the Moon as The Cat (voice)
- 1995Adam and Eve as Francisco
- 1995Desperado as Bucho
- 1995Amália - Uma Estranha Forma de Vida as Narrator
- 1995Pereira Declares as Manuel
- 1994Clear and Present Danger as Col. Felix V. Cortez
- 1994Only You as Giovanni
- 1994Uma Vida Normal as Miguel
- 1994El baile de las ánimas as Antonio
- 1993On the Edge of the Horizon as Voice of Spino (voice) (uncredited)
- 1993Amok as The lover
- 1993Shadows in a Conflict as José
- 1993Amor e Dedinhos de Pé as Francisco Frontaria
- 1992The Fencing Master as Luis de Ayala
- 1992A Passing Season as Miguel
- 1992Cold Land as Leonardo
- 1992Aqui D'El Rei! as Manuel
- 1991Retrato de Família as Miguel Montenegro
- 1991The Dumbfounded King as Almeida
- 1991El día que nací yo as Pelayo Menéndez
- 1991Alex as Pedro
- 1990Sandino as Sandino
- 1989Les Deux Fragonard as Honoré Fragonard
- 1988Disamistade as Sebastiano Catte
- 1988Terre sacrée as Mateo Elorduy
- 1988Priceless Beauty as Jimmy
- 1987Repórter X as Reinaldo Ferreira
- 1987Good Morning, Babylon as Andrea Bonnano
- 1987The Sun and the Moon
- 1987Milan noir as Tremaine
- 1983The Honorary Consul as Leon
- 1982The Soldier as The Soldier's Force
- 1979Un uomo americano as Miguel Montero