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 ...
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Mercato
2025
as Nascimento
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...

Smoke Signals
2024
as José Manuel Durão Barroso
2012, John Dalli, the European Commissioner for Health, is accused of corruption and influence peddling related to the tobacco industry. French Member...

Road House
2024
as Sheriff
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.

O Último Animal
2023
as Dr. Ciro

The Palace
2023
as Dr. Lima
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
2023
as Hernan Reyes
Over many missions and against impossible odds, Dom Toretto and his family have outsmarted, out-nerved and outdriven every foe in their path. Now, the...

Near Myth: The Oskar Knight Story
2023
as Self
A documentary chronicle of one of our greatest directors.

Missing
2023
as Javi
When her mother disappears while on vacation in Colombia with her new boyfriend, June’s search for answers is hindered by international red tape. Stuc...

Land of Dreams
2022
as Julian / Dr. Palmer
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...

God Save the Queens
2022
as Hugo
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...

Fatima
2020
as Father Ferreira
In 1917, outside the parish of Fátima, Portugal, a 10-year-old girl and her two younger cousins witness multiple visitations of the Virgin Mary, who t...

The Legion
2020
as Paetus
Noreno, a half-Roman, is entrusted with the mission of crossing the snowy mountains of Armenia, swarming with Parthian patrols, to seek help for his s...

Looking for Cesária Évora
2019
as self
Cesária Évora made the music of the Cape Verde islands famous throughout the world in the early 1990s. This film is an introduction to the culture, mu...

An Indian in War - Life and Work of António-Pedro Vasconcelos
2019
as Self
A retrospective on the life and work of Portuguese director António-Pedro Vasconcelos.

Breaking & Exiting
2018
as Hank
Harry, a charming house thief, gets more than he bargains for during an attempted burglary when he stumbles upon Daisy and decides to save her from he...

Downsizing
2017
as Conference Director Dr. Pereira
A kindly occupational therapist undergoes a new procedure to be shrunken to four inches tall so that he and his wife can help save the planet and affo...

The Hitman's Bodyguard
2017
as Foucher
The world’s top bodyguard gets a new client, a hitman who must testify at the International Court of Justice. They must put their differences aside an...

Diablo
2016
as Arturo
A young civil war veteran is forced on a desperate journey to save his kidnapped wife.

Our Brand Is Crisis
2015
as Castillo
Based on the documentary "Our Brand Is Crisis", this feature focuses on the use of American political campaign strategies in South America.

A Date with Miss Fortune
2015
as Jose
When a struggling writer meets a superstitious Portuguese beauty, he has no idea that his life and luck are both about to change. A romantic comedy ab...

Three Holes, Two Brads, and a Smoking Gun
2014
as Joey the Junkman
An ex-Hollywood screenwriter now teaching an evening class in New York finds himself in a battle of wits with a devious screenwriter student.

Of Mind and Music
2014
as Dr. Alvaro Cruz
Dr. Alvaro Cruz, a neuroscientist, disillusioned by the death of his mother and his inability to help her, finds redemption and reward by helping Una ...

Atlas Shrugged: Part III
2014
as Francisco d'Anconia
In a post-apocalyptic America, the iron fist of the totalitarian government seeks to crush one mysterious man named John Galt, who has the power and i...

The Duel: A Story Where Truth Is Mere Detail
2014
as Comandante Vasco Moscoso de Aragão
Commander Vasco Moscoso de Aragão entertains the small town of Periperi with the stories of his many adventures travelling around the world as a capta...

Three-60
2013
as Alberto Ibarguren
Guillermo (Raúl Mérida) is a passionate young college surf casually discovering an old photographic film. In the photographs are enigmatic images and ...

The Gilded Cage
2013
as José Ribeiro
In the beautiful area of Paris, Maria and José Ribeiro lived for almost thirty years on the ground floor of a Haussmann building, in their dear litt...

Robosapien: Rebooted
2013
as Esperenza
A robotic boy and a human boy join forces to save their parents from the organization that funded the robot's creator.

Mamitas
2012
as Prof. Alexander Viera
A teenager in Echo Park deals with the loss of his mother and his attraction to a girl not considered "cool" by his friends.

Fast Five
2011
as Reyes
Former cop Brian O'Conner partners with ex-con Dom Toretto on the opposite side of the law. Since Brian and Mia Toretto broke Dom out of custody, they...

Backlight
2010
as Jay
Several characters who are each at critical stages of their lives are strangely impelled towards an uncharted lake in the middle of the desert where t...

Christopher Roth
2010
as Christopher Roth
A horror novelist begins to fear his stories may have a life of their own.

Holy Money
2009
as Mangini
Anthony's family runs a small Italian restaurant in London. When his childhood friend, Dario, dies in a suspicious accident, Anthony inherits a vineya...

Che: Part Two
2008
as President René Barrientos
After the Cuban Revolution, Che is at the height of his fame and power. Then he disappears, re-emerging incognito in Bolivia, where he organizes a sma...

The Burning Plain
2008
as Nick Martinez
A trailer is burning in the middle of a plain. The bodies of two adulterous lovers are found. Scenes from both families, before and after the dramatic...

La conjura de El Escorial
2008
as Escobedo
16th century ruler King Philip II of Spain maneuvers within a court of deceit and betrayal

The Lovebirds
2008
as Marco Correia
THE LOVEBIRDS intertwines six stories about love, friendship and survival. The film stars an international cast of American and Portuguese actors who ...
Oscar. The color of destiny
2008
"Óscar. The Color of Destiny" is a revealing portrayal of a forgotten icon of French Surrealism: Spanish painter Óscar Domínguez, contemporary of Pica...

Call Girl
2007
as Mouros
A powerful entrepreneur wants to build an exclusive resort hotel in Villanova, but he discovers the location he has in mind is protected by local land...

The Death and Life of Bobby Z
2007
as Don Huertero
A DEA agent provides former Marine Tim Kearney with a way out of his prison sentence: impersonate Bobby Z, a recently deceased drug dealer, in a hosta...

La Cucina
2007
as Michael
A small group of amateur cooks and kitchen guests discover exactly why some refer to the kitchen as the "heart of the house".

The Heart of the Earth
2007
as Baxter
Tensions mount in an Andalusia mining town between local Spanish workers and their British employers.

Moscow Zero
2006
as Yuri
In Moscow, the priest Owen hires a team to guide him in the underworld to find his friend Sergei that is missing while researching the legend about th...

Love and Debate
2006
as Max
A girl goes to Harvard and joins the debate team. She has to deal with a ton of issues, from boyfriends, to ethnicity, to religion, to sexual assault...

The Celestine Prophecy
2006
as Father Sanchez
A spiritual adventure film chronicling the discovery of ancient scrolls in the rainforests of Peru. The prophecy and its nine key insights predict a w...

Have No Fear: The Life of Pope John Paul II
2006
as Archbishop Oscar Romero
The eventful life of a humble Polish priest who once decried the pomp of the Catholic Church "a circus" and labeled the Pope a "prisoner of the Vatica...

A Shot in the Dark
2005
as Rafael
A baby is kidnapped in a Brazilian airport. Years later, the mother lives in Lisbon and works in a strip-tease bar so she can survive. When she is fir...

The Life
2004
as Pierre
An anthropology student exploring the nature of prostitution is drawn deeper into that profession than she ever expected.

Il fuggiasco
2003
as Lolo

The Immortals
2003
as Roberto Alua
Every year, four ex-soldiers who call themselves "Os Imortais" ("The Immortals"), get together with four women to celebrate their war deeds and rememb...

Break of Dawn
2002
as Radman / Constantin
An ex-con suffering from terminal cancer and a suicidal ex-legionnaire are hired to participate in a staged assassination attempt on a Romanian politi...

Sweat
2002
as Noh
Four partners heist a fortune in gold ore from a North African airport & escape across the desert in a truck.

Behind Enemy Lines
2001
as Admiral Juan-Miguel Piquet, Commander of NATO Naval Command
While flying a routine reconnaissance mission over Bosnia, fighter pilot Lt. Chris Burnett photographs something he wasn't supposed to see and gets sh...

The Xango from Baker Street
2001
as Sherlock Holmes
Rio de Janeiro, 1886. A precious Stradivarius violin presented to Emperor Dom Pedro II is stolen. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are called to solve t...

Stranded
2001
as Fidel Rodrigo
A team of astronauts on the first mission to Mars crashes onto the surface, losing contact with Earth. With no other recourse, and help millions of mi...

Water and Salt
2001
as Marido
Ana lives in a little village by the sea, with her husband and daughter. He decides to leave for a few days. That seems to be the ideal solution, beca...

His Master's Voice
2001
as Oliveira
Basque Country, Spain, 1980s. In Bilbao, a gray city dominated by political corruption and nationalist terrorism, Charli works as a chauffeur for Oliv...

April Captains
2000
as Gervásio
Story of the 1974 coup that overthrew the right-wing Portuguese dictatorship--which continued the fascist policies of long-time dictator Antonio Salaz...

Inferno
1999
as Xana
Ten men,ten brothers in arms who fought together in the Portuguese Colony of Angola during the colonial war,gather together every year to dinner and r...

Vendetta
1999
as Joseph Macheca
Based on a true story, Vendetta tells the shocking and tragic story of a group of Sicilian immigrants working on the New Orleans docks in the 1890's. ...

One Man's Hero
1999
as Cortina
One Man's Hero tells the little-known story of the "St. Patrick's Battalion" or "San Patricios," a group of mostly Irish and other immigrants of the C...

No Vacancy
1999
as Reynaldo
In a surreal motel in Los Angeles, the life of several sordid characters intertwine.

Cartoon Noir
1999
as Narrator (Voice)
Six animated shorts eschew traditional animation by featuring supernatural elements and darker themes, such as alien snatchings, life among mannequins...

On the Run
1999
as Ignácio
Albert is an introverted travel agent living a lonely life in New York. When Louie, his best friend from childhood, appears having just escaped from p...

Dollar for the Dead
1998
as Friar Ramon
In this tribute to the old time spaghetti westerns with a liberal dose of modern Hong Kong film-making thrown in, Emilio Estevez assumes Clint Eastwoo...

La Cucaracha
1998
as Jose Guerra
A desperate writer fights for survival when the Mexican mob involves him in murder.

Tentação
1997
as Father António
Father António is a priest by vocation, committed and generous, dear people of Vila Daires a quiet village of the north. But Father António is also a ...

Women
1997
as Gigi
Five women, all in their forties, try to find out what's important for them in life.

Fátima
1997
as Avelino de Almeida, journalist
1917, a beautiful apparition of Our Lady forever alters the lives of three children: Lucinda, Jacita and Francisco who lived in Villa Fatima in Portug...

Corazón loco
1997
as Emilio
Félix (Juanjo Puigcorbé), a likeable and careerist flat salesman, wants to be the commercial director of his company at all costs. The bad thing is th...

Tale About the Cat and the Moon
1997
as The Cat
A poem. A tale made of silence and complicity. Light and shadows, the charm of the night, the moon as a passion... This is a tale about someone who tr...

Adam and Eve
1995
as Francisco
Catarina Menezes is a bisexual TV reporter who decides to have a child on her own and chooses Spanish humanitarian doctor Rafael to father the child, ...

Desperado
1995
as Bucho
El Mariachi plunges headfirst into the dark border underworld when he follows a trail of blood to the last of the infamous Mexican drug lords, Bucho, ...

Amália - Uma Estranha Forma de Vida
1995
as Narrator
A five hour documentary series about the legendary "queen" of fado.

Pereira Declares
1995
as Manuel
Lisbon, 1938. Mr. Pereira is the editor of the culture section of an evening paper. Although fascism is on the rise in Europe, like in nearby civil wa...

Clear and Present Danger
1994
as Col. Felix V. Cortez
Agent Jack Ryan becomes acting Deputy Director of Intelligence for the CIA when Admiral Greer is diagnosed with cancer. When an American businessman, ...

Only You
1994
as Giovanni
Two childhood paranormal incidents have convinced schoolteacher Faith Corvatch that her true love is a guy named "Damon Bradley," but she has yet to m...

Uma Vida Normal
1994
as Miguel
Miguel has his life falling apart, but in one last push of hope, he tries to change that and start living a normal life.

El baile de las ánimas
1994
as Antonio

On the Edge of the Horizon
1993
as Voice of Spino (voice) (uncredited)
Spino, a pathologist, receives an unidentified body which looks familiar to him... himself, 30 years younger.

Amok
1993
as The lover
Whenever people are released from their society's constraints, there is the possibility that they will behave badly, at least according to the rules o...

Shadows in a Conflict
1993
as José
Ana, a former member of the Basque terrorist group ETA who lives in a small village near the Portuguese border working as a veterinarian and sharing h...

Amor e Dedinhos de Pé
1993
as Francisco Frontaria
Macau 1897. Life is easy for Portuguese settlers. Young reveler Francisco Frontaria is deemed as irresponsible for all his partying and boozing. Shunn...

The Fencing Master
1992
as Luis de Ayala
A fencing master in pre-revolution Spain is hired to teach fencing to a beautiful young woman. Although he has never taught a woman before he is fasci...

A Passing Season
1992
as Miguel
As he does at the end of every summer, Antonio climbs onto his roof to sweep out his chimney. From this vantage point, he sees that repairs have begun...

Cold Land
1992
as Leonardo
In the forties, in a little settlement lost amidst the mountains of Trás-os-Montes, Leonardo tries to survive by buying and selling marten and fox fur...

Aqui D'El Rei!
1992
as Manuel
At the end of the nineteenth century, an army force led by Major Mouzinho de Albuquerque, a cavalry officer, imprisoned in Mozambique the tribal chief...

Retrato de Família
1991
as Miguel Montenegro
Ofelia is the daughter of photographer Miguel and of deceased circus artist Lea. When her father is hospitalised with a nervous breakdown, she decides...

The Dumbfounded King
1991
as Almeida
Spain, under Philip IV (1621-1665). The film is based on a novel by Gonzalo Torrente Ballester. The King is stunned to see the naked body of Marfisa, ...

El día que nací yo
1991
as Pelayo Menéndez
A gypsy who sells fish in a market, sings on weekends in a tablao. One day, a professor, exiled in Cádiz for her political ideas, offers the cantaora ...

Alex
1991
as Pedro
The story of a child who faces the emptiness that surrounds the figure of his parents, disappeared in Africa.

Sandino
1990
as Sandino
Narrative of a period of life (1926 - 1934) of the Nicaraguan revolutionary leader Sandino, who was known as "The general of free men."

Les Deux Fragonard
1989
as Honoré Fragonard
The name of painter Jean-Honore Fragonard (1732-1806) is synonymous for a kind of painting style which celebrates carefree romantic life, indoors and ...

Disamistade
1988
as Sebastiano Catte
Terre sacrée
1988
as Mateo Elorduy
A Chilean returning to Santiago to find out what has happened to his native country while he has been away, discovers much about himself.

Priceless Beauty
1988
A rock-star who stopped singing after the death of his brother finds a female genie in a vase. She tries to help him live again.

Repórter X
1987
as Reinaldo Ferreira
A story about character created by Reinaldo Ferreira (1897-1935), action reporter, mystery novelist and emotion journalist.

Good Morning, Babylon
1987
as Andrea Bonnano
After the bankruptcy of their father's stonemasonry firm, brothers Nicola and Andrea emigrate to America to restore their fortunes. After many adventu...
The Sun and the Moon
1987
Her deepening affair with a separatist spurs a wealthy Manhattanite to return to the Bronx, where she grew up, and reevaluate her Puerto Rican cultura...

Milan noir
1987
as Tremaine
The story of a woman whose past comes back to haunt her after a former lover re-enters her life.

The Honorary Consul
1983
as Leon
Set in a small politically unstable Latin American country, the story follows the half English and half Latino Dr. Eduardo Plarr, who left his home to...

The Soldier
1982
as The Soldier's Force
Terrorists take over a plutonium bomb and threaten to detonate it in a Saudi Arabian oil field. A special anti-terrorist unit is sent in to stop them.
Epitaph
N/A
as Vince Castro
An ex-Army marksman's plan to avenge the murder of his parents brings him into business with a murder-for-hire organization and the C.I.A.
Breaking & Exiting
N/A
as Hank
While attempting a burglary, charming house thief Harry stumbles upon Daisy and decides to save her from herself, which launches them both onto a dark...