Joaquim de Almeida

Joaquim de Almeida is one of those actors whose face you know long before you learn his name, and that anonymity has always struck me as a kind of craft in itself. He has built a career as Hollywood's go-to charismatic antagonist, yet what I admire most is the European weight he carries into every role, the sense of a Lisbon-born actor moving fluently across languages, countries and even voice work. Honored in his native Portugal while thriving abroad, he embodies the underrated discipline of the working international actor, and I find that quiet durability genuinely impressive.

Name (English)

Joaquim de Almeida

Name (Japanese)

ジョアキム・デ・アルメイダ

Reading

じょあきむ・で・あるめいだ

Born

March 15, 1957 (age 69)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Rooster

Origin

Lisbon, Portugal

Occupation

television actor / film actor / voice actor / actor

Awards & achievements

• Knight of the Order of Prince Henry
• Golden Globes

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joaquim%20de%20Almeida
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%82%A2%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AB%E3%83%A1%E3%82%A4%E3%83%80
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q188432

Tags

• Lisbon
• television actor
• film actor
• voice actor

Last updated

2026-06-18

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