Joaquim de Almeida Filmography

Occupation:: Actor
Biography:: A prominent international screen presence whose Golden Globe-nominated performance in the hit Fox series 24 has only served to cement his success in the United States, Joaquim de Almeida has found equal success on both American and European screens. Though he would tend the gardens at the Embassy...Read More

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Che, Part 1: The Argentine

Actors: Benicio Del Toro, Javier Bardem, Julia Ormond, Santiago Cabrera, Jorge Minguez, Franka Potente, Edgar Ramirez, Demián Bichir

Synopsis: Steven Soderbergh's The Argentine stars Benicio Del Toro as Che Guevara. The film opens with Che as one of the important figures in the growing Cuban rebellion led by Fidel Castro (Demián Bichir). The movie charts how the two successfully built an underground army large enough to successfully Read More

1/9/09
Che

Actors: Benicio Del Toro, Demián Bichir, Santiago Cabrera, Jorge Minguez, Edgar Ramirez

Synopsis: Nearly 40 years after Che Guevara's execution in Bolivia, director Steven Soderbergh retraces the life of the iconic Cuban revolutionary across the span of two feature-length films -- The Argentine and Guerrilla. The Argentine begins on November 26, 1956, as Fidel Castro (Demián Bichir) sails into Read More

12/12/08
The El Escorial Conspiracy

9/5/08
The Burning Plain

Actors: Charlize Theron, Kim Basinger, Joaquim de Almeida, John Corbett, Robin Tunney

Synopsis: Charlize Theron top-lines the romantic ensemble The Burning Plain, written and directed by Babel screenwriter Guillermo Arriaga. 2929 Production's film tells the tale of a web of interconnecting love stories, with Theron playing Sylvia, a woman with a troubled past who tries to reconcile with her Read More

1/1/08
La Cucina

Actors: Rachel Hunter, Joaquim de Almeida, Oz Perkins, Kala Savage, Leisha Hailey

Synopsis: A small group of amateur cooks and kitchen guests discover exactly why some refer to the kitchen as the "heart of the house" in director Allison Hebble's intimate drama. As the heat of the afternoon gives way to a pleasantly mild summer evening, thirty year-old Lily Ireland (Christima Hendrix) Read More

2008
Crusoe [TV Series]

Actors: Philip Winchester, Sam Neill, Tongayi Chirisa, Anna Walton, Joaquim de Almeida

Synopsis: Author Daniel Dafoe's timeless novel gets the small screen treatment in this television series following a young traveler who winds up shipwrecked on a secluded tropical island for twenty-eight years. Robinson Crusoe left his one true love behind in order to seek out adventure on the open seas Read More

2008
Oscar. Una pasion surrealista

2008
The Heart of the Earth

Actors: Catalina Sandino Moreno, Sienna Guillory, Philip Winchester, Bernard Hill, Joaquim de Almeida

4/13/07
Call Girl

Actors: Soraia Chaves, Ivo Canelas, Nicolau Breyner, Joaquim de Almeida

Synopsis: Love, sex, politics and corruption meet head on in this drama from Portugal. 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-use regulations. The entrepreneur has been unable to persuade Carlos Read More

2007
The Celestine Prophecy

Actors: Matthew Settle, Thomas Kretschmann, Sarah Wayne Callies, Annabeth Gish, Hector Elizondo, Joaquim de Almeida

Synopsis: The prophecy of a worldwide spiritual awakening gradually begins to come into focus in director Armand Mastroianni and screenwriters James Redfield, Barnet Bain, and Dan Gordon's sweeping adaptation of James Redfield's best-selling novel. John Woodson (Matthew Settle) was a high-school history Read More

8/11/06
Moscow Zero

Actors: Vincent Gallo, Val Kilmer, Rade Serbedzija, Joaquim de Almeida, Sage Stallone

Synopsis: When a Russian anthropologist disappears beneath the city of Moscow, the rescue team assigned the task of tracking him down makes a most unusual discovery in this subterranean thriller starring Vincent Gallo and Val Kilmer. Deep beneath the city of Moscow dwells a group of people who have grown Read More

2006
53 Winter Days

Actors: Mercedes Sampietro, Alex Brendemühl, Aina Clotet, Maria Pau Pigem, Montserrat Salvador

Synopsis: As a dog is abandoned one snowy winter night near a local bus stop, three characters awaiting the bus do their best to ignore the situation. Thus begins Judith Colell's film 53 dias de Invierno (53 Winter Days). The film subsequently delves into the life of each passenger, and becomes a trio of Read More

2006
Thanks to Gravity

Synopsis: A young woman struggles to reconcile her dreams, her ambitions and her family in this coming-of-age drama. Jordan (Gina Philips) is a teenager from Miami whose father is Hispanic and whose mother is Jewish; feeling the tug of both cultures, Jordan has rarely felt comfortable anywhere but at the Read More

2005
Have No Fear: The Life of Pope John Paul II

Actors: Thomas Kretschmann, Bruno Ganz, Joaquim de Almeida, John Albasiny, Paulius Ignatavicius

Synopsis: 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 Vatican" before ascending to the papal throne is explored as actor Thomas Kretschmann takes on the role of Pope John Paul II in director Jeff Bleckner's Read More

2005
A Shot in the Dark

Actors: Joaquim de Almeida, Vanessa Machado, Filipe Duarte, Ivo Canelas, Miguel Borges

2005
The Life

Actors: Daryl Hannah, Denise Richards, Joaquim de Almeida

Synopsis: Based on the best-selling novel by Isabel Pisano, Spanish actress-turned-director Maria "Luna" Lidon's The Life offers an intimate glimpse into the experiences of male and female prostitutes in a variety of culturally diverse settings including Budapest, Madrid, Paris, and Las Vegas. Dispersed Read More

12/17/04
24: Season 03

Actors: Kiefer Sutherland, Dennis Haysbert, Carlos Bernard, Reiko Aylesworth, Elisha Cuthbert, James Badge Dale, Joaquim de Almeida

2003
Il Fuggiasco

Actors: Daniele Liotti, Joaquim de Almeida, Claudia Coli, Alessandro Benvenuti, Francesca de Sapio

2003
Entre Chiens et Loups

Actors: Richard Berry, Saïd Taghmaoui, Joaquim de Almeida, Anouk Grinberg, Etienne Chicot

Synopsis: Alexandre Arcady's thriller Entre Chiens et Loups (Break of Dawn) is about dishonor among hitmen. Radman (Joaquim de Almeida) hires terminally ill Adrien (Richard Berry) and brash youngster Werner (Saïd Taghmaoui) to fire at a Romanian political figure. The catch is that they are supposed to miss Read More

2002
Sueurs

Actors: Jean-Hugues Anglade, Joaquim de Almeida, Cyrille Thouvenin, Sagamore Stévenin, Nozha Khouadra

Synopsis: Louis-Pascal Couvelaire's action thriller Sueurs (Sweat) stars Jean-Hugues Anglade as a man on a dangerous mission. Truck driver Harvey (Anglade), mechanic Victor (Cyrille Thouvenin), Noh (Joaquim De Almeida), and Simon (Sagamore Stevenin) are hired to drive stolen goods through the Moroccan Read More

2002
Stranded

Actors: Vincent Gallo, Maria de Medeiros, Joaquim de Almeida, Maria "Luna" Lidon

Synopsis: An international party of astronauts crash lands on Mars. Bummer. Since rescue is, oh, 26 months away, and they only have air, food, and water for a few days, the astronauts must come to grips with the idea of dying slow and painful deaths. The captain (María Lidón) and two others explore the Read More

2002
Behind Enemy Lines

Actors: Gene Hackman, Owen Wilson, Gabriel Macht, Charles Malik Whitfield, Joaquim de Almeida

Synopsis: A television commercial for a Sega game system that aired during the 1999 MTV Music Video Awards landed debut director John Moore a gig behind the camera of this military action thriller. Owen Wilson stars as Lt. Chris Burnett, a naval aviator aboard the U.S.S. Carl Vinson who's frustrated with Read More

2001
La Voz De Su Amo

Actors: Eduard Fernández, Silvia Abascal, Joaquim de Almeida, Imanol Arias, Ana Otero

2001
Agua e Sal

2001
The Art of Amália

Synopsis: Amalia Rodrigues was the greatest star of Portuguese music and the "Queen of Fado," a style of music that Rodrigues described as an expression of "a lament that is eternal." Blending traditional Spanish melodies with the influences of Arab and Gypsy melodies, Fado was the leading musical style in Read More

12/1/00
On the Run

Actors: Michael Imperioli, John Ventimiglia, Drena De Niro, Nick Sandow, Joaquim de Almeida

Synopsis: An ordinary guy with a crooked friend discovers no good deed goes unpunished in the comedy On The Run. Albert (Michael Imperioli) is having a quiet evening at home when he gets a call from his old pal Louie (John Ventimigila), whom he hasn't heard from in years. There's a good reason for this Read More

6/2/00
Capitães de Abril

Actors: Stefano Accorsi, Maria de Medeiros, Joaquim de Almeida, Frederic Pierrot, Fele Martínez

Synopsis: Renowned actress Maria de Medeiros directs this sweeping historical drama set in Portugal about the heady days leading up to April 25, 1974, when that country was finally freed from 40 years of Fascist rule. The film opens with a series of grisly black and white photographs of Portuguese war Read More

2000
One Man's Hero

Actors: Tom Berenger, Joaquim de Almeida, Daniela Romo, Mark Moses, Stuart Graham

Synopsis: A little known chapter from the Mexican-American War is brought to the screen in this historical drama based on fact. In 1846, shortly before the United States turned its aggressions against Mexico into armed conflict, John Riley (Tom Berenger) and a group of U.S. soldiers crossed the border into Read More

9/24/99
La Cucaracha

Actors: Eric Roberts, Joaquim de Almeida, Victor Rivers, Jim McManus, Tara Crespo

Synopsis: Jack Perez directed this thriller about New Jersey office worker Walter (Eric Roberts) who quits his job and heads to Santiago, Mexico, to become a writer but instead is thrust into the role of hitman by Jose Guerra (Joaquim De Almeida). However, he finds he can't kill the falsely accused Humberto Read More

4/23/99
No Vacancy

Actors: Ryan Bollman, Lolita Davidovich, Joaquim de Almeida, Olek Krupa, Gabriel Mann, Timothy Olyphant, Christina Ricci

Synopsis: The doors are opened on a group of misfits living in a seedy motel on the edge of Los Angeles in the comedy No Vacancy. At the run-down Pink Motel, the owner (Joaquim de Almeida) is furious with his daughter when he finds out she's been sleeping with her boyfriend. This doesn't make her very Read More

1999
Women

Actors: Miou-Miou, Carmen Maura, Marthe Keller, Marisa Berenson, Guesch Patti

Synopsis: Shot in Lisbon, this drama examines the issue of aging as seen from the viewpoints of five women facing middle age -- self-destructive actress-singer Branca (Guesch Patti), losing the respect of her daughter; single literature professor Eva (Miou-Miou), attracted to the son of her friend Barbara (Marthe Keller Read More

8/12/98
A Dollar for the Dead

Actors: Emilio Estevez, William Forsythe, Howie Long, Joaquim de Almeida, Jonathan Banks

Synopsis: With this western saga, the TNT network pays tribute to the Spaghetti westerns of Sergio Leone. Featuring the original crew responsible for the Italian helmer's most famous genre entries A Fistful of Dollars and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, the film was primarily shot in Spain. The tale is set Read More

1998
Tentação

Actors: Joaquim de Almeida, Cristina Camara, Diogo Infante, Ana Bustorff, Sofia Leite

Synopsis: One of Portugal's most popular films of 1998, and the winner of three of that country's Golden Globe awards ("Best Film," "Best Actor" for Joaquim de Almeida, and "Best Director" for Joaquim Leitão), this drama recounts the tragic story of a Catholic priest who finds himself unable to resist the Read More

1998
Corazon Loco

1997
Afirma Pereira

Actors: Marcello Mastroianni

Synopsis: This drama, set in 1938, chronicles a month in the life of the Portuguese journalist Pereira. He is first seen as a lonely, widowed, and overweight editor of the culture page of a second-rate Lisbon newspaper. Earlier in his career, he had been a news reporter. Pereira is fascinated with old Read More

1996
Desperado

Actors: Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Joaquim de Almeida, Cheech Marin, Steve Buscemi, Quentin Tarantino

Synopsis: Director Robert Rodriguez picks up where his successful independent debut El Mariachi left off with this slam-bang South of the Border action saga. Bucho (Joaquim DeAlmeida) is a wealthy but casually bloodthirsty drug kingpin who rules a seedy Mexican border town. Bucho and his men make the Read More

1995
Adao e Eva

Actors: Joaquim de Almeida, Maria de Medeiros

Synopsis: This Portuguese language comedy is about a very contemporary love triangle. Caterina (Maria de Medeiros) is a beautiful, opportunistic and charming woman, a TV journalist. She pretends to be smitten by a handsome political do-gooder in order to gain an exclusive interview with him. She also uses Read More

1995
Only You

Actors: Marisa Tomei, Robert Downey, Jr., Bonnie Hunt, Joaquim de Almeida, Fisher Stevens

Synopsis: A woman throws caution to the wind in the pursuit of the man of her dreams -- whom she's never met -- in this romantic comedy. Eleven-year-old Faith (Tammy Minoff) and her cousin Kate (Jessica Hertel) are playing with a Ouiji Board when Faith asks who she will marry -- the magic oracle answers Read More

1994
Just in Time

1994
Uma Vida Normal

1994
Clear and Present Danger

Actors: Harrison Ford, Willem Dafoe, Anne Archer, Joaquim de Almeida, Henry Czerny

Synopsis: This is the third film based on Tom Clancy's high-tech espionage potboilers starring CIA deputy director Jack Ryan. Harrison Ford, returning to the Ryan role after his first go-round in 1992's Patriot Games, is assigned to a delicate anti-drug investigation after a close friend of the President (a Read More

1994
Sombras En Una Batalla

Actors: Carmen Maura, Joaquim de Almeida, Fernando Valverde

Synopsis: Ana (Carmen Maura) is a veterinarian living in the country with her daughter. She has a comfortable, settled life. From time to time, Dario (Fernando Valverde), one of her co-workers, stops by her farmhouse for a meal, but otherwise her life seems placid and timeless. This all changes when she Read More

1993
Una Estacion De Paso

Actors: Omero Antonutti, Joaquim de Almeida, Bibi Andersson

Synopsis: Antonio (Santiago Alonso) has been puzzled by a number of events which happened over a short period of time during a summer vacation outside of Madrid a decade earlier. They all concerned the family and household of a man he only knew as "the Nazi." With some persistence in pestering his family, a Read More

1993
Amok

Actors: Fanny Ardant, Andrzej Seweryn, Bernard Le Coq, Joaquim de Almeida

Synopsis: Whenever people are released from their society's constraints, there is the possibility that they will behave badly, at least according to the rules of the society they have left behind. This seems to have been particularly the case for Europeans living in colonial establishments in Africa and Read More

1993
El Rey Pasmado

Actors: Gabino Diego, Laura del Sol, Joaquim de Almeida, Maria Barranco, Juan Diego

Synopsis: It is 1620, and the young King of Spain (Gabino Diego) is technically a married man, because the great churchmen have conducted a grand public wedding ceremony joining him with a wife. However, as the real rulers of the state, they have perversely kept him completely innocent in matters of sex, so Read More

1992
Terra Fria

1992
El Maestro de Esgrima

Actors: Omero Antonutti, Assumpta Serna, Joaquim de Almeida, Alberto Closas

Synopsis: For Astarlos, living in Madrid at the time of the troubled rule of Isabel the Second in 1868, fencing is not an outmoded method of personal combat, but it is a way of life. It teaches lessons about comportment, attention, responsiveness to others, and taking responsibility for one's own life. Read More

1992
Retrato de Familia

1991
Aqui d'el Rei!

1991
A Idade Maior

Actors: Vincent Gallo, Teresa Roby, Maria de Medeiros, Joaquim de Almeida

Synopsis: A number of colonial wars in Africa in the 1970s have resulted in the conscription of Alex's father Pedro into the Portuguese Army. The young man and his father write to one another frequently, and it seems as if they are still close. However, at some point, the letters stop coming. Alex and his Read More

1990
Sandino

Actors: Kris Kristofferson, Dean Stockwell, Ángela Molina, Victoria Abril

Synopsis: Guerilla wars against the major powers have been a factor in Central American politics for a long time. This biographical drama is based on the life of Nicaragua's prototypical 20th century guerilla, Augusto C. Sandino (born as Augusto Nicolás Calderón Sandino). His name and life were the Read More

1990
Disamistade

1989
Les Deux Fragonard

Actors: Joaquim de Almeida, Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu, Robin Renucci, Sami Frey, Jean-Louis Richard

Synopsis: The name of painter Jean-Honore Fragonard (1732-1806) is synonymous for a kind of painting style which celebrates carefree romantic life, indoors and out. He was a painter during the final decades of the French monarchy. In this story, he and his brother Cyprien (Robin Renucci), who is an early Read More

1989
Terre Sacree

Actors: Joaquim de Almeida, Isabel Otero, Julien Guiomar, Maria Teresa Fricke

1988
Good Morning, Babylon

Actors: Vincent Spano, Joaquim de Almeida, Greta Scacchi, Omero Antonutti

Synopsis: The always innovative Taviani Brothers pay homage to another unique filmmaker, D. W. Griffith, in Good Morning, Babylon. Vincent Spano and Joaquim de Almeida star as Nicola and Andrea Bonnano, the latest in a long line of Tuscany-born cathedral builders. Emigrating to America, the brothers settle Read More

7/15/87
The Sun and the Moon

Actors: Mila Burnette, Joaquim de Almeida, José Ferrer, Maria Norman, Kevin Conway

Synopsis: This independently-produced feature concerns a New York woman (Mila Burnette) who's fed up with her marriage and her life. Leaving her comfortable mid-town environs, she takes up residence in the far less attractive South Bronx. Here she falls in love with a Puerto Rican attorney (Joaquim de Almeida Read More

1987
Milan Noir

Actors: Isabelle Huppert, Joaquim de Almeida, David Warrilow, Hanns Zischler, Jean Benguigui

Synopsis: Isabelle Huppert stars in this thriller as Sarah, a woman who has settled into a more or less normal life in Milan after her lover, a much-wanted terrorist, left the scene. Her life becomes complicated indeed when she becomes aware that he is about to return. The difficulty is that not only is she Read More

1987
Reporter X

Actors: Eunice Munoz

Synopsis: Filled with a collage of characters and incidents, this mystery story exceeds in ambience and mood. "Reporter X" has come home to Portugal, sick and drugged up with pain killers. Neverthless, he intends to unravel the mystery of a headless corpse and a mask in a box. Once on that trail, he talks Read More

1986
Beyond the Limit

Actors: Michael Caine, Richard Gere, Bob Hoskins, Elpidia Carrillo, Joaquim de Almeida

Synopsis: John Mackenzie directed this schematic adaptation of Graham Greene's best-selling thriller The Honorary Consul. Richard Gere stars as Dr. Eduardo Plarr, a brilliant doctor who has chosen to practice in the provinces rather than the teeming city of Buenos Aires because his father remains a Read More

1983
The Soldier

Actors: Ken Wahl, Klaus Kinski, Alberta Watson

Synopsis: Soviets steal a cache of plutonium leaving one rogue super CIA agent to steal it back and save the world. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1982

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