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In June 2006 he won a Golden Dolphin for career achievement. A Golden Dolphin is an award given at the Festroia International Film Festival.
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As of 2006 he lives in Santa Monica, CA.
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As of 2006 he has been married three times. He is currently married to his third wife.
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He is know to have released a CD with his band "Real Companhia".
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On an interview at the Golden Globes he said he was a fan of Paul Giamatti's work, especially in the movie "Sideways".
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The reason he first went to America was the fact his wife got a piano scolarship in New York.
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His first wife was an Austrian pianist.
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He is known to have lost the part of Bishop Aringarosa to Alfred Molina in the movie "The Da Vinci Code". Joaquim was the favourite for the part, but a last-minute meeting beetween Ron Howard and Alfred Molina granted Molina the part.
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His favourite directors are Milan Kundera and Gabriel García Márquez.
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He is known as the Latin Phil Hartman.
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He is known to have attended The Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Intitute in New York.
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Joaquim is 5'8" tall.
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He worked as a gardener at the Embassy of Zaire in Austria.
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His favourite movie is the 1954 film "Rear Window" by Alfred Hitchock , starring James Stewart and Grace Kelly.
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In order to pay for his studies, he worked as a barman and waiter in New York
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Joaquim became a citizen of the U.S. on October 28, 2005.
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Joaquim speaks Portuguese, English, Spanish, French, Italian and German fluently.
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His nickname is Quim.