Joaquim de Almeida
Actor, Film actor
1957 –
Who is Joaquim de Almeida?
Joaquim António Portugal Baptista de Almeida 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, Only You, La Cucaracha, One Man's Hero, Behind Enemy Lines, Whore, The Death and Life of Bobby Z, Che: Part Two and The Burning Plain.
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- Born
- Mar 15, 1957
São Sebastião da Pedreira - Also known as
- Joaquim António Portugal Baptista de Almeida
- Joaquim de Alemeida
- Joaquín de Almeida
- Joaquim DeAlmeida
- Joaquim Almeida
- Joaquím de Almeida
- Joaquim De Almeida
- Quim
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Andrea Nemetz
(1976 - ) - Anne Rogoshan
(1979 - ) - Maria Cecília Gonçalves
(1992 - ) - Maria Risques Pereira
- Andrea Nemetz
- Children
- Ethnicity
- Portuguese people
- Portuguese American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Portugal
- Profession
- Education
- Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute
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on July 23, 2013
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