Joaquim de Almeida
Date of birth: 1957-03-15
Place of birth: São Sebastião da Pedreira, Lisbon, Portugal
Known for: Acting
Also 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.
Movie Credits
Stranded
2001-09-24
A team of astronauts on the first mission to Mars crashes onto the surface, losing contact with Eart
The Heart of the Earth
2007-03-17
Tensions mount in an Andalusia mining town between local Spanish workers and their British employers
The Death and Life of Bobby Z
2007-07-23
A DEA agent provides former Marine Tim Kearney with a way out of his prison sentence: impersonate Bo
The Life
2004-04-16
An anthropology student exploring the nature of prostitution is drawn deeper into that profession th
La conjura de El Escorial
2008-09-05
16th century ruler King Philip II of Spain maneuvers within a court of deceit and betrayal
Behind Enemy Lines
2001-11-30
While flying a routine reconnaissance mission over Bosnia, fighter pilot Lt. Chris Burnett photograp
Desperado
1995-08-25
El Mariachi plunges headfirst into the dark border underworld when he follows a trail of blood to th
Che: Part Two
2008-12-12
After the Cuban Revolution, Che is at the height of his fame and power. Then he disappears, re-emerg
La Cucina
2007-03-23
A small group of amateur cooks and kitchen guests discover exactly why some refer to the kitchen as
Only You
1994-03-04
Two childhood paranormal incidents have convinced schoolteacher Faith Corvatch that her true love is
Fast X
2023-05-17
Over many missions and against impossible odds, Dom Toretto and his family have outsmarted, out-nerv
Clear and Present Danger
1994-08-03
Agent Jack Ryan becomes acting Deputy Director of Intelligence for the CIA when Admiral Greer is dia
Call Girl
2007-12-27
A powerful entrepreneur wants to build an exclusive resort hotel in Villanova, but he discovers the
Sweat
2002-07-24
Four partners heist a fortune in gold ore from a North African airport & escape across the deser
No Vacancy
1999-04-16
In a surreal motel in Los Angeles, the life of several sordid characters intertwine.
Il fuggiasco
2003-11-14
Break of Dawn
2002-09-11
An ex-con suffering from terminal cancer and a suicidal ex-legionnaire are hired to participate in a
The Xango from Baker Street
2001-09-27
Rio de Janeiro, 1886. A precious Stradivarius violin presented to Emperor Dom Pedro II is stolen. Sh
A Shot in the Dark
2005-03-17
A baby is kidnapped in a Brazilian airport. Years later, the mother lives in Lisbon and works in a s
The Fencing Master
1992-09-18
A fencing master in pre-revolution Spain is hired to teach fencing to a beautiful young woman. Altho
Pereira Declares
1995-04-06
Lisbon, 1938. Mr. Pereira is the editor of the culture section of an evening paper. Although fascism
Good Morning, Babylon
1987-05-13
After the bankruptcy of their father's stonemasonry firm, brothers Nicola and Andrea emigrate to Ame
The Celestine Prophecy
2006-06-01
A spiritual adventure film chronicling the discovery of ancient scrolls in the rainforests of Peru.
Tale About the Cat and the Moon
1997-04-16
A poem. A tale made of silence and complicity. Light and shadows, the charm of the night, the moon a
Dollar for the Dead
1998-10-11
In this tribute to the old time spaghetti westerns with a liberal dose of modern Hong Kong film-maki
The Honorary Consul
1983-09-30
Set in a small politically unstable Latin American country, the story follows the half English and h
The Immortals
2003-11-07
Every year, four ex-soldiers who call themselves "Os Imortais" ("The Immortals"), get together with
Fast Five
2011-04-20
Former cop Brian O'Conner partners with ex-con Dom Toretto on the opposite side of the law. Since Br
April Captains
2000-04-21
Story of the 1974 coup that overthrew the right-wing Portuguese dictatorship--which continued the fa
Women
1997-10-17
Five women, all in their forties, try to find out what's important for them in life.
Mamitas
2012-04-27
A teenager in Echo Park deals with the loss of his mother and his attraction to a girl not considere
The Soldier
1982-06-01
Terrorists take over a plutonium bomb and threaten to detonate it in a Saudi Arabian oil field. A sp
Backlight
2010-07-10
Several characters who are each at critical stages of their lives are strangely impelled towards an
Christopher Roth
2010-04-10
A horror novelist begins to fear his stories may have a life of their own.
Holy Money
2009-09-16
Anthony's family runs a small Italian restaurant in London. When his childhood friend, Dario, dies i
La Cucaracha
1998-05-14
A desperate writer fights for survival when the Mexican mob involves him in murder.
The Dumbfounded King
1991-11-01
Spain, under Philip IV (1621-1665). The film is based on a novel by Gonzalo Torrente Ballester. The
Sandino
1990-01-01
Narrative of a period of life (1926 - 1934) of the Nicaraguan revolutionary leader Sandino, who was
Adam and Eve
1995-12-22
Catarina Menezes is a bisexual TV reporter who decides to have a child on her own and chooses Spanis
The Palace
2023-09-28
A comedy set on New Year’s Eve 1999 in a luxurious hotel in the Swiss Alps where the lives of variou
His Master's Voice
2001-05-18
Basque Country, Spain, 1980s. In Bilbao, a gray city dominated by political corruption and nationali
Water and Salt
2001-08-01
Ana lives in a little village by the sea, with her husband and daughter. He decides to leave for a f
Inferno
1999-12-24
Ten men,ten brothers in arms who fought together in the Portuguese Colony of Angola during the colon
God Save the Queens
2022-06-12
A dramedy about four Drag Queens who find themselves at the very same therapy retreat. In an effort
Three-60
2013-07-26
Guillermo (Raúl Mérida) is a passionate young college surf casually discovering an old photographic
Robosapien: Rebooted
2013-04-01
A robotic boy and a human boy join forces to save their parents from the organization that funded th
The Gilded Cage
2013-04-19
In the beautiful area of Paris, Maria and José Ribeiro lived for almost thirty years on the ground
Shadows in a Conflict
1993-09-10
Ana, a former member of the Basque terrorist group ETA who lives in a small village near the Portugu
Oscar. The color of destiny
2008-02-22
"Óscar. The Color of Destiny" is a revealing portrayal of a forgotten icon of French Surrealism: Spa
Fátima
1997-10-10
1917, a beautiful apparition of Our Lady forever alters the lives of three children: Lucinda, Jacita
Uma Vida Normal
1994-03-04
Miguel has his life falling apart, but in one last push of hope, he tries to change that and start l
Tentação
1997-12-26
Father António is a priest by vocation, committed and generous, dear people of Vila Daires a quiet v
On the Run
1999-01-29
Albert is an introverted travel agent living a lonely life in New York. When Louie, his best friend
The Burning Plain
2008-11-07
A trailer is burning in the middle of a plain. The bodies of two adulterous lovers are found. Scenes
The Duel: A Story Where Truth Is Mere Detail
2014-08-21
Commander Vasco Moscoso de Aragão entertains the small town of Periperi with the stories of his many
O Último Animal
2023-11-30
Didi dreams of improving his life and is trying to leave the community (the slum) where he grew up,
Atlas Shrugged: Part III
2014-09-12
In a post-apocalyptic America, the iron fist of the totalitarian government seeks to crush one myste
Corazón loco
1997-05-14
Félix (Juanjo Puigcorbé), a likeable and careerist flat salesman, wants to be the commercial directo
Of Mind and Music
2014-10-19
Dr. Alvaro Cruz, a neuroscientist, disillusioned by the death of his mother and his inability to hel
Road House
2024-03-08
Ex-UFC fighter Dalton takes a job as a bouncer at a Florida Keys roadhouse, only to discover that th
Have No Fear: The Life of Pope John Paul II
2006-02-24
The eventful life of a humble Polish priest who once decried the pomp of the Catholic Church "a circ
El baile de las ánimas
1994-01-14
In the late 1940s, a girl runs away from the boarding school where her father has placed her to go a
Alex
1991-02-16
The story of a child who faces the emptiness that surrounds the figure of his parents, disappeared i
Epitaph
An ex-Army marksman's plan to avenge the murder of his parents brings him into business with a murde
3 Holes and a Smoking Gun
2014-10-24
An ex-Hollywood screenwriter now teaching an evening class in New York finds himself in a battle of
A Date with Miss Fortune
2015-08-13
When a struggling writer meets a superstitious Portuguese beauty, he has no idea that his life and l
One Man's Hero
1999-08-02
One Man's Hero tells the little-known story of the "St. Patrick's Battalion" or "San Patricios," a g
Our Brand Is Crisis
2015-09-11
Based on the documentary "Our Brand Is Crisis", this feature focuses on the use of American politica
Near Myth: The Oskar Knight Story
2023-04-09
A documentary chronicle of one of our greatest directors.
Diablo
2016-01-08
A young civil war veteran is forced on a desperate journey to save his kidnapped wife.
Smoke Signals
2024-05-01
2012, John Dalli, the European Commissioner for Health, is accused of corruption and influence peddl
A Passing Season
1992-09-07
As he does at the end of every summer, Antonio climbs onto his roof to sweep out his chimney. From t
Terre sacrée
1988-09-15
A Chilean returning to Santiago to find out what has happened to his native country while he has bee
Downsizing
2017-12-22
A kindly occupational therapist undergoes a new procedure to be shrunken to four inches tall so that
The Sun and the Moon
1987-01-02
Her deepening affair with a separatist spurs a wealthy Manhattanite to return to the Bronx, where sh
Les Deux Fragonard
1989-04-19
The name of painter Jean-Honore Fragonard (1732-1806) is synonymous for a kind of painting style whi
Disamistade
1988-09-25
The Hitman's Bodyguard
2017-08-16
The world’s top bodyguard gets a new client, a hitman who must testify at the International Court of
Amor e Dedinhos de Pé
1993-01-15
Macau 1897. Life is easy for Portuguese settlers. Young reveler Francisco Frontaria is deemed as irr
Cold Land
1992-06-22
In the forties, in a little settlement lost amidst the mountains of Trás-os-Montes, Leonardo tries t
Milan noir
1987-01-01
The story of a woman whose past comes back to haunt her after a former lover re-enters her life.
Vendetta
1999-09-12
Based on a true story, Vendetta tells the shocking and tragic story of a group of Sicilian immigrant
Breaking & Exiting
2018-08-17
Harry, a charming house thief, gets more than he bargains for during an attempted burglary when he s
Moscow Zero
2006-11-05
In Moscow, the priest Owen hires a team to guide him in the underworld to find his friend Sergei tha
On the Edge of the Horizon
1993-11-24
Spino, a pathologist, receives an unidentified body which looks familiar to him... himself, 30 years
Repórter X
1987-05-22
A story about character created by Reinaldo Ferreira (1897-1935), action reporter, mystery novelist
An Indian in War - Life and Work of António-Pedro Vasconcelos
2019-04-05
A retrospective on the life and work of Portuguese director António-Pedro Vasconcelos.
Fatima
2020-08-13
In 1917, outside the parish of Fátima, Portugal, a 10-year-old girl and her two younger cousins witn
The Lovebirds
2008-03-13
THE LOVEBIRDS intertwines six stories about love, friendship and survival. The film stars an interna
El día que nací yo
1991-09-25
A gypsy who sells fish in a market, sings on weekends in a tablao. One day, a professor, exiled in C
Amok
1993-10-09
Whenever people are released from their society's constraints, there is the possibility that they wi
The Legion
2020-05-08
Noreno, a half-Roman, is entrusted with the mission of crossing the snowy mountains of Armenia, swar
Aqui D'El Rei!
1992-04-24
At the end of the nineteenth century, an army force led by Major Mouzinho de Albuquerque, a cavalry
Amália - Uma Estranha Forma de Vida
1995-07-01
A five hour documentary series about the legendary "queen" of fado.
Retrato de Família
1991-12-12
Ofelia is the daughter of photographer Miguel and of deceased circus artist Lea. When her father is
Love and Debate
2006-06-13
A girl goes to Harvard and joins the debate team. She has to deal with a ton of issues, from boyfri
Missing
2023-01-19
When her mother disappears while on vacation in Colombia with her new boyfriend, June’s search for a
Priceless Beauty
1988-04-28
A rock-star who stopped singing after the death of his brother finds a female genie in a vase. She t
Looking for Cesária Évora
2019-06-09
Cesária Évora made the music of the Cape Verde islands famous throughout the world in the early 1990
Land of Dreams
2022-09-16
Simin is an Iranian woman on a journey to discover what it means to be a free American. She works fo
Mercato
2025-02-19
Mercato takes us behind the scenes of today's soccer, a global industry with interests running into
Cartoon Noir
1999-02-02
Six animated shorts eschew traditional animation by featuring supernatural elements and darker theme
Breaking & Exiting
While attempting a burglary, charming house thief Harry stumbles upon Daisy and decides to save her
Un uomo americano
1979-01-01
We're All Still Here
1997-03-19
Two housewives discuss philosophical themes (actually an updated dialogue between Plato and Socrates
Rouge Brésil
2014-06-05
Adaptation of the Jean-Christophe Ruffin novel