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Joaquim de Almeida

Highest Rated: 90% God Save the Queens (2022)

Lowest Rated: 0% Breaking & Exiting (2018)

Birthday: Mar 15, 1957

Birthplace: Lisbon, Portugal

He can act in his native Portuguese, as well as in Spanish, Italian, French, English, and German, which could be one of the reasons Joaquim De Almeida could be seen in the 1980s and 90s in a wide range of international feature films, often playing lovers, revolutionaries, or killers. The suave, handsome actor first won notice opposite Klaus Kinski and Ken Wahl in the violent actioner "The Soldier" (1982) and in Paolo and Vittorio Taviani's "Good Morning Babylon" (1986), in which he and Vincent Spano were Italian brothers trying to make their way in Hollywood during the early silent films era. But it was 1994 before American audiences--and Hollywood--began to put De Almeida on their lists. That year, he was the cold-hearted murderer Felix Cortez in "Clear and Present Danger," as well as Giovanni, the Italian gigolo romancing Bonnie Hunt, in "Only You." The following year, he was featured in Robert Rodriguez's "Desperado," as the drug lord antagonist.

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Highest rated movies

90% God Save the Queens
Watchlist
88% 90% Missing Watchlist
88% 71% The Gilded Cage
Watchlist
82% 83% The Way
Watchlist
81% 74% Clear and Present Danger Watchlist
80% 73% Good Morning Babylon
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79% 66% Che: Part Two
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78% 83% Fast Five Watchlist 71% 85% Of Mind and Music Watchlist 70% 79% Desperado Watchlist

Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Epitaph Vince Castro (Character) - 2025
60% 52% Road House Sheriff Black (Character) - 2024
No Score Yet 40% Road House Sheriff (Character) - 2024
88% 90% Missing Javi (Character) $32.4M 2023
10% 63% The Palace Lima (Character) - 2023
90% No Score Yet God Save the Queens Unknown (Character) - 2022
No Score Yet No Score Yet God Save the Queens Hugo (Character) - 2022
63% No Score Yet Land of Dreams Julian / Dr. Palmer (Character) - 2021
57% 96% Fatima Father Ferreira (Character) $130.0K 2020
0% 19% The Legion Paetus (Character) - 2020
No Score Yet 100% Near Myth: The Oskar Knight Story Self - 2018
0% 66% Breaking & Exiting Hank (Character) - 2018
47% 25% Downsizing Dr. Oswaldo Pereira (Character) $24.4M 2017
44% 67% The Hitman's Bodyguard Jean Foucher (Character) $75.4M 2017
No Score Yet 45% A Date With Miss Fortune Jose (Character) - 2015
20% 27% Diablo Arturo (Character) - 2015
36% 34% Our Brand Is Crisis Pedro Gallo (Character) $7.0M 2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Duel: A Story Where Truth Is Mere Detail Comandante Vasco Moscoso de Aragão (Character) - 2015
71% 85% Of Mind and Music Dr. Alvaro Cruz (Character) $15.1K 2014
No Score Yet 73% 3 Holes and a Smoking Gun Joey the Junkman (Character) - 2014
0% 41% Atlas Shrugged: Who Is John Galt? Francisco d'Anconia (Character) $830.2K 2014
88% 71% The Gilded Cage José Ribeiro (Character) - 2013
No Score Yet 43% Robosapien: Rebooted Esperenza (Character) - 2013
No Score Yet 0% Three-60 Alberto Ibarguren (Character) - 2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet Rouge Brésil Joao da Silva (Character) - 2013
No Score Yet 79% Mamitas Professor Alexander Viera (Character) - 2011
78% 83% Fast Five Reyes (Character) $209.8M 2011
No Score Yet 9% Christopher Roth Unknown (Character) - 2011
No Score Yet 61% Backlight Jay (Character) - 2010
82% 83% The Way Padre José (Character) $44.7K 2010
No Score Yet No Score Yet Holy Money Unknown (Character) - 2009
38% 56% The Burning Plain Nick Martinez (Character) $200.4K 2008
68% 75% Che: Part One Barrientos (Character) $1.7M 2008
79% 66% Che: Part Two Barrientos (Character) - 2008
No Score Yet No Score Yet Che Barrientos (Character) - 2008
No Score Yet No Score Yet La conjura de El Escorial Escobedo (Character) - 2008
No Score Yet No Score Yet Óscar: The Color of Destiny Oscar Domínguez (Character) - 2008
No Score Yet 32% La Cucina Michael (Character) - 2007
No Score Yet 45% Call Girl Mouros (Character) - 2007
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Lovebirds Marco Correia (Character) - 2007
No Score Yet 58% The Heart of the Earth Baxter (Character) - 2007
No Score Yet No Score Yet Thanks to Gravity Max Landa (Character) - 2006
No Score Yet 6% Moscow Zero Yuri (Character) - 2006
5% 54% The Celestine Prophecy Father Sanchez (Character) $1.0M 2006
No Score Yet No Score Yet 53 Winter Days Hugo (Character) - 2006
No Score Yet 40% A Shot in the Dark Rafael (Character) - 2005
No Score Yet No Score Yet Have No Fear: The Life of Pope John Paul II Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero (Character) - 2005
0% 63% Whore Pierre (Character) - 2004
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Life: What's Your Pleasure? Pierre (Character) - 2004
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Fugitive Lolo (Character) - 2003
No Score Yet No Score Yet Os Imortais Roberto Alua (Character) - 2003
No Score Yet 70% Os Imortais (The Immortals) Unknown (Character) - 2003
No Score Yet No Score Yet Quiet Men Adolfo (Character) - 2002
No Score Yet 40% Sweat (Sueurs) Unknown (Character) - 2002
No Score Yet 25% Stranded Fidel Rodrigo (Character) - 2001
No Score Yet No Score Yet His Master's Voice Oliveira (Character) - 2001
37% 62% Behind Enemy Lines Piquet (Character) $58.9M 2001
No Score Yet 69% The Xango From Baker Street Sherlock Holmes (Character) - 2001
No Score Yet 80% Captains of April Gervásio (Character) - 2000
67% No Score Yet Art of Amalia Narrator (Portuguse version) (Character) $6.9K 2000
38% 65% One Man's Hero Cortina (Character) $229.3K 1999
No Score Yet 41% No Vacancy Reynaldo (Character) - 1999
No Score Yet 61% Vendetta Joseph Macheca (Character) - 1999
67% 62% La Cucaracha Jose Guerra (Character) $32.1K 1998
No Score Yet 20% Dollar for the Dead Friar Ramon (Character) - 1998
60% No Score Yet On the Run Ignácio (Character) $22.6K 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Fátima Avelino de Almeida (Character) - 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet Corazón loco Emilio (Character) - 1997
50% No Score Yet Women Gigi (Character) - 1997
70% 79% Desperado Bucho (Character) $24.9M 1995
No Score Yet 93% According to Pereira Manuel (Character) - 1995
No Score Yet 40% Adam and Eve Francisco (Character) - 1995
54% 68% Only You Giovanni (Character) $20.0M 1994
81% 74% Clear and Present Danger Col. Felix Cortez (Character) $121.5M 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet Shadows in a Conflict José (Character) - 1993
No Score Yet No Score Yet El baile de las ánimas Antonio (Character) - 1993
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sombras en una batalla José (Character) - 1993
No Score Yet 75% The Fencing Master Ayala (Character) - 1992
No Score Yet No Score Yet Una Estacion de Paso Miguel (Character) - 1992
No Score Yet 55% El rey pasmado Almeida (Character) - 1991
No Score Yet No Score Yet El Día Que Nací Yo Pelayo Menéndez (Character) - 1991
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sandino Sandino (Character) - 1990
No Score Yet No Score Yet El Baile de las Ánimas Antonio (Character) - 1990
No Score Yet No Score Yet Alex Pedro (Character) - 1990
No Score Yet 40% Love Dream Unknown (Character) - 1988
80% 73% Good Morning Babylon Andrea Bonnano (Character) $26.5K 1987
No Score Yet 7% Beyond the Limit Leon (Character) - 1983
No Score Yet 21% The Soldier The Soldier's Force (Character) - 1982

TV

Credit
95% 89% Elementary Cal Medina (Guest Star) 2018
No Score Yet 88% Queen of the South Don Epifanio Vargas (Character),
Unknown (Guest Star)
2016-2018
24% 65% Training Day Manijvar (Guest Star) 2017
90% 83% Bones Raphael Valenza (Guest Star) 2013
78% 78% Once Upon a Time Unknown (Guest Star) 2013
69% 78% Revenge Unknown (Guest Star) 2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet Missing Unknown (Guest Star) 2012
No Score Yet 90% The Mentalist Unknown (Guest Star) 2012
No Score Yet 65% CSI: Miami Unknown (Guest Star) 2007
87% 87% 24 Ramon Salazar (Guest Star) 2003-2004
59% No Score Yet Falcone Unknown (Guest Star) 2000
71% 89% Miami Vice Roberto 'Nico' Arroyo (Guest Star) 1985