Joaquim António Portugal Baptista de Almeida (born 15 March 1957) is a
Portuguese-American actor. He began his acting doing some theater. During the 1980s, he started his film career appearing on the 1982 action film
The Soldier, and later achieved recognition for playing Andrea Bonanno in the 1987
Italian film Good Morning, Babylon. He achieved international fame with his portrayals of Félix Cortez in the 1994 thriller
Clear and Present Danger and Bucho in the 1995 action thriller
Desperado. Several years later, he became popular for playing
Ramon Salazar on the
Fox thriller drama series
24, between 2003 and 2004, and
Hernan Reyes in 2011 street racing film
Fast Five.