Joaquim de Almeida
CountryPortugal 
GenderMale
BirthdayMar 15, 1957
BiographyJoaquim António Portugal Baptista de Almeida (European Portuguese pronunciation: [ʒwaˈkĩ ɐ̃ˈtɔni.u puɾtuˈɣal βaˈtiʃtɐ ðɨ alˈmɐjðɐ, - ɐ̃ˈtɔnju -]; born 15 March 1957) is a Portuguese actor. He began his film career playing a role in 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 the 2011 film Fast Five, a role he reprised in 2023's Fast X.
Fluent in several languages, de 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 from the Wikipedia article Joaquim de Almeida. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. Full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Fluent in several languages, de 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 from the Wikipedia article Joaquim de Almeida. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. Full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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