Joaquim de Almeida
ActingAlso Known As
Joaquim António Portugal Baptista de Almeida , خواکیم دی آلمیدا
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.
Movies
(108 total)
Fast Five
as Reyes
The Hitman's Bodyguard
as Foucher
Fast X
as Hernan Reyes
Downsizing
as Conference Director Dr. Pereira
Desperado
as Bucho
Road House
as Sheriff
Clear and Present Danger
as Col. Felix V. Cortez
Behind Enemy Lines
as Admiral Juan-Miguel Piquet, Commander of NATO Naval Command
Missing
as Javi
Che: Part Two
as President René Barrientos
Only You
as Giovanni
Our Brand Is Crisis
as Castillo
The Burning Plain
as Nick Martinez
The Death and Life of Bobby Z
as Don Huertero
The Gilded Cage
as José Ribeiro
The Palace
as Dr. Lima
Fatima
as Father Ferreira
Diablo
as Arturo
The Legion
as Paetus
Breaking & Exiting
as Hank
TV Shows
(33 total)
The Mentalist
as Gabriel Porchetto
Bones
as Raphael Valenza
Once Upon a Time
as King Xavier
Elementary
as Cal Medina
24
as Ramon Salazar
CSI: Miami
as Joseph Trevi
Shōgun
as Domingo
Archer
as Román Calzado (voice)
Warrior Nun
as Cardinal Duretti
Revenge
as Salvador Grobet
Revolution
as Luis Nunez
The West Wing
as Carlos Carrio
The Batman
as Bane (voice)
Miami Vice
as Roberto 'Nico' Arroyo
Queen of the South
as Epifanio
Queen of the South
as Don Epifanio Vargas
Parenthood
as Matthew Biscali
Missing
as Antoine Lussier
Training Day
as Menjivar
Turn of the Tide
as João Canto Moniz