Joaquim de Almeida

Personal context

Summary

Joaquim de Almeida is a Portuguese actor known for international film and television roles including Desperado, Clear and Present Danger, 24, and the Fast & Furious films. He has often played antagonists and has described villain roles as work he accepts when he likes the part or is paid well. As a student in Lisbon, he took part in the MAEESL student association during the final years of Portugal’s dictatorship. He publicly criticized Donald Trump and voiced an appeal to raise money for children with cancer in Myanmar; no public statements on DEI, identity politics, or queer advocacy are on record.