Joaquim de Almeida

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Mar 15, 1957 (68 years old)

Joaquim de Almeida

Known For

Mercato
1h 59m
Movie 2025

Mercato

Mercato takes us behind the scenes of today's soccer, a global industry with interests running into billions. Driss, a player agent, has seven days to save his skin before the end of the mercato...

Smoke Signals
1h 35m
Movie 2024

Smoke Signals

2012, John Dalli, the European Commissioner for Health, is accused of corruption and influence peddling related to the tobacco industry. French Member of the European Parliament José Bové, maverick politician and prominent figure of the environmental party, suspects a setup by the tobacco manufacturer Swedish Match, potentially involving the President of the European Commission, José Barroso. Standing alone against all odds, he decides to investigate and unravel this story, which shook the foundations of the entire European institutions.

Road House
2h 1m
Movie 2024

Road House

Ex-UFC fighter Dalton takes a job as a bouncer at a Florida Keys roadhouse, only to discover that this paradise is not all it seems.

The Palace
1h 40m
Movie 2023

The Palace

A comedy set on New Year’s Eve 1999 in a luxurious hotel in the Swiss Alps where the lives of various guests and those who work for them intersect.

Fast X
2h 22m
Movie 2023

Fast X

Over many missions and against impossible odds, Dom Toretto and his family have outsmarted, out-nerved and outdriven every foe in their path. Now, they confront the most lethal opponent they've ever faced: A terrifying threat emerging from the shadows of the past who's fueled by blood revenge, and who is determined to shatter this family and destroy everything—and everyone—that Dom loves, forever.

Near Myth: The Oskar Knight Story
1h 35m
Movie 2023

Near Myth: The Oskar Knight Story

A documentary chronicle of one of our greatest directors.

Missing
1h 51m
Movie 2023

Missing

When her mother disappears while on vacation in Colombia with her new boyfriend, June’s search for answers is hindered by international red tape. Stuck thousands of miles away in Los Angeles, June creatively uses all the latest technology at her fingertips to try and find her before it’s too late. But as she digs deeper, her digital sleuthing raises more questions than answers... and when June unravels secrets about her mom, she discovers that she never really knew her at all.

Land of Dreams
1h 53m
Movie 2022

Land of Dreams

Simin is an Iranian woman on a journey to discover what it means to be a free American. She works for the Census Bureau which, in an effort to control its citizens, has begun a program to record their dreams. Unaware of this devious plot, Simin is torn between her compassion for those whose dreams she is recording and a truth she must find within.

God Save the Queens
1h 27m
Movie 2022

God Save the Queens

A dramedy about four Drag Queens who find themselves at the very same therapy retreat. In an effort to overcome issues holding them back, they dissect their problems, told in vignettes of their lives. They discover common ground; Perhaps, it wasn't serendipity that brought them together. Maybe they're not alone?

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.

Acting

2025
Mercato
2024
Smoke Signals
2024
Road House
2023
O Último Animal
2023
The Palace
2023
Fast X
2023
Near Myth: The Oskar Knight Story
2023
Missing
2022
Land of Dreams
2022
God Save the Queens
2020
Fatima
2020
The Legion
2019
Aruanas
2019
Looking for Cesária Évora
2019
An Indian in War - Life and Work of António-Pedro Vasconcelos
2018
Breaking & Exiting
2017
Downsizing
2017
The Hitman's Bodyguard
2016
Diablo
2015
Our Brand Is Crisis
2015
A Date with Miss Fortune
2014
Of Mind and Music
2014
The Duel: A Story Where Truth Is Mere Detail
2013
Three-60
2013
The Gilded Cage
2013
Robosapien: Rebooted
2013
Rouge Brésil
2010
República
2010
Flight 8714: Take Off to Disaster
2010
Backlight
2009
Holy Money
2008
Che: Part Two
2008
The Burning Plain
2008
Crusoe
2008
La conjura de El Escorial
2008
The Lovebirds
2008
Oscar. The color of destiny
2007
Call Girl
2007
La Cucina
2007
The Heart of the Earth
2005
Wanted
1997
L'enfant du bout du monde
1997
Tentação
1997
Women
1997
Tale About the Cat and the Moon
1995
Adam and Eve
1995
Amália - Uma Estranha Forma de Vida
1995
Pereira Declares
1994
Only You
1994
El baile de las ánimas
1993
On the Edge of the Horizon
1993
Amok
1993
Shadows in a Conflict
1993
Amor e Dedinhos de Pé
1992
Parabéns
1992
A Passing Season
1992
Cold Land
1992
Aqui D'El Rei!
1991
Retrato de Família
1991
The Dumbfounded King
1991
El día que nací yo
1991
Alex
1989
Les Deux Fragonard
1988
Disamistade
1988
Terre sacrée
1987
Repórter X
1987
Good Morning, Babylon
1987
The Sun and the Moon
1987
Milan noir

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