Joaquim de Almeida

Name:
Joaquim De Almeida
Age:
67
Date of Birth:
Mar 15, 1957
Place of Birth:
Lisbon, Portugal
Occupation:
Actor
Parents:
João Baptista De Almeida (father), Maria Sara Portugal (mother)
Spouse:
Maria Cecília De Almeida,Maria Risques Pereira
Years active:
1982–present

Joaquim de Almeida - Biography Summary


Joaquim António Portugal Baptista de Almeida (born 15 March 1957) is a Portuguese actor.

De Almeida began his acting career in theatre 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 the 2011 film Fast Five.

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).



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