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Joaquim de Almeida is a Actor Portugais born on 15 march 1957 at Lisbon (Portugal)

Joaquim de Almeida

Joaquim de Almeida
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Birth name Joaquim António Portugal Baptista de Almeida
Nationality Portugal
Birth 15 march 1957 (67 years) at Lisbon (Portugal)

Joaquim António Portugal Baptista de Almeida (born 15 March 1957) is a Portuguese actor. He began his acting doing some theater. During the 1980s, he started his film career appearing on the 1982 action film The Soldier, and later achieved recognition for playing Andrea Bonanno in the 1987 Italian film Good Morning, Babylon. He achieved international fame with his portrayals of Félix Cortez in the 1994 thriller Clear and Present Danger and Bucho in the 1995 action thriller Desperado. Several years later, he became popular for playing Ramon Salazar on the Fox thriller drama series 24, between 2003 and 2004, and Hernan Reyes in 2011 street racing film Fast Five.

Being fluent in several languages, Almeida has worked in several countries in Europe and the Americas, in many film and stage productions, winning some international awards in films like Retrato de Família, Adão e Eva and O Xangô de Baker Street. His other well-known films include The Honorary Consul (1983), Only You (1994), La Cucaracha (1998), One Man's Hero (1999), Behind Enemy Lines (2001), Whore (2004), The Death and Life of Bobby Z (2007), Che: Part Two (2008), The Burning Plain (2008), and The Gilded Cage (2013).

Biography

Il abandonne les cours de théâtre de l'École supérieure de théâtre et du cinéma de Lisbonne et part pour les États-Unis où il reçoit une formation au Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute de New York. Il a travaillé pour un théâtre dans Productions de Shakespeare à New York (New York Shakespeare Productions). Il a travaillé dans d'autres pièces, Noces de sang de Federico García Lorca, What Would Jeanne Moreau do (WPA Theatre) ou Le Comte de Monte-Cristo d'Alexandre Dumas.

Avec presque 60 emplois différents dans le cinéma, Joaquim de Almeida est le plus international des acteurs portugais, il parle couramment sept langues et a joué avec de grands noms du cinéma international. Il a participé à des superproductions de pays comme les États-Unis, le Brésil, le Mexique ou l'Argentine. Il a joué aux côtés de Michael Caine, de Richard Gere et de Bob Hoskins dans Le Consul honoraire (1983), Isabelle Huppert dans Milan Noir (1987), Harrison Ford dans Danger Immédiat (1994), Antonio Banderas et Salma Hayek dans Desperado (1995), Marcello Mastroianni dans Pereira prétend (Pereira prétend) (1996), Owen Wilson et Gene Hackman dans En territoire ennemi (2001), Daryl Hannah dans Yo Puta (2004).

En 2004, il a tourné dans la série 24 heures chrono avec Kiefer Sutherland. Il a eu d'autres participations dans les séries À la Maison-Blanche (2004), La Femme Nikita (1998) et Deux flics à Miami (1985). Il fait une brève apparition dans la série Mentalist à l'épisode 12 de la saison 4.

Best films

Clear and Present Danger (1994)
(Actor)
The Gilded Cage (2013)
(Actor)

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Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Joaquim de Almeida (49 films)

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YearNameJobRoles
2017DownsizingActorConference Director Dr. Pereira
2017The Hitman's BodyguardActorFoucher
2015Our Brand Is CrisisActorCastillo
2014Atlas Shrugged: Part III: Who Is John Galt?ActorFrancisco d'Anconia
2014Of Mind and MusicActorDr. Alvaro Cruz
2013The Gilded CageActorJosé Ribeiro
2013Robosapien: RebootedActorEsperenza
2013Rouge BrésilActor
2011Fast FiveActorReyes
2009Che: Part TwoActorPresident René Barrientos
2008Che: Part OneActorRené Barrientos
2008The Burning PlainActorNick Martinez
2008La Conjura de El EscorialActorEscobedo
2008The LovebirdsActorMarco Correia
2008Oscar. The color of destinyActor
2007La CucinaActorMichael
2007The Death and Life of Bobby ZActorDon Huertero
2006The Celestine ProphecyActorFather Sanchez
2006Moscow ZeroActorYuri
2004The LifeActorPierre
2003The FugitiveActorLolo
2002Break of DawnActorRadman / Constantin
2002SweatActorNoh
2001StrandedActorFidel Rodrigo
2001Behind Enemy LinesActorAdmiral Juan-Miguel Piquet, Commander of NATO Naval Command
2001The Xango from Baker StreetActorSherlock Holmes
2000April CaptainsActorGervásio
1999One Man's HeroActorCortina
1999VendettaActorJoseph Macheca
1998La CucarachaActorJose Guerra
1998Dollar for the DeadActorFriar Ramon
1997TentaçãoActorFather António
1997WomenActorGigi
1995DesperadoActorBucho
1995Adam and EveActorFrancisco
1995Pereira DeclaresActorManuel
1994Clear and Present DangerActorCol. Felix V. Cortez
1994Only YouActorGiovanni
1993AmokActorThe lover
1993Shadows in a ConflictActorJosé
1993On the Edge of the HorizonActorVoice of Spino (voice) (uncredited)
1992The Fencing MasterActorLuis de Ayala
1991The Dumbfounded KingActorAlmeida
1989Les Deux FragonardActorHonoré Fragonard
1987Good Morning, BabylonActorAndrea Bonnano
1987Milan noirActorTremaine
1983The Honorary ConsulActorLeon
1982The SoldierActorThe Soldier's Force
1982The SoldierActorThe Soldier's Force