1. Anthony "Tony" Almeida is a fictional character portrayed by Carlos Bernard on the television series 24.
46 Facts About Tony Almeida
1. 2.
Tony Almeida was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1972 to an Italian mother and Portuguese father.
3.
Tony Almeida has a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science and Engineering from San Diego State University and a Master of Science degree in Computer Science from Stanford University.
4.
Tony Almeida served in the United States Marine Corps and attended Scout Sniper and Surveillance and Target Acquisition training.
5.
Tony Almeida was honorably discharged as a First Lieutenant and worked as a systems analyst before being hired by CTU.
6.
Tony Almeida was previously on more episodes than any other character, second to Jack Bauer, but was surpassed by Chloe O'Brien.
7.
Tony Almeida is a systems analyst and third-in-command at the Counter Terrorist Unit's Los Angeles headquarters, and is romantically involved with fellow agent Nina Myers.
8.
Tony Almeida consequently has animosity towards the series' protagonist, Jack Bauer, who was formerly in a relationship with Nina.
9.
Tony Almeida's suspicions are aroused further when Jack returns and sneaks Nina out of headquarters at gunpoint.
10.
Tony Almeida becomes the new chief of staff and Mason's second-in-command at CTU, and is present when Jack returns to the agency to assist in hunting down Second Wave, a Middle Eastern terrorist organization that plots to detonate a nuclear weapon in Los Angeles.
11.
At first, Tony Almeida keeps his distance out of hesitancy after what happened with Nina.
12.
Tony Almeida prevented a terrorist threat at a metro station prior to the capture of CTU.
13.
Shortly after Kim's return to CTU, Tony Almeida leads one of the tactical teams disarming one of the bombs at a construction site situated along a fault line.
14.
Hours after the threat, Tony Almeida had to rush to the scene of a crime, which involved a hostage situation with Governor James Radford.
15.
Tony Almeida succeeds in calming down the gunman, but the gunman is found dead by the time Tony Almeida busts open the locked door.
16.
Tony Almeida started becoming suspicious of Radford as he checks the gunman's body.
17.
Tony Almeida met up with the assistant and was given a keycard to Radford's office, with the assistant suspecting that Radford was involved in terrorist activity.
18.
Radford attempted to walk out, but the assassin Mandy already kills Radford before Tony Almeida could do anything.
19.
Tony Almeida's evidence proved invaluable since CTU was later able to identify the third man as Max.
20.
Michelle is later trapped inside a hotel as it becomes infected with the virus, and asks Tony Almeida to authorize the use of suicide capsules to the infected patrons.
21.
Against Jack's explicit wishes, Tony Almeida uses Kim in a field operation as a replacement for Jane Saunders, the daughter of rogue MI6 agent Stephen Saunders, in an attempt to secure collateral against him.
22.
Tony Almeida acquiesces, allowing Saunders to evade the FBI and free Jane from CTU custody.
23.
Tony Almeida enters the story by rescuing Jack and Audrey from armed hostiles at a security firm.
24.
Tony Almeida considers the rescue a repayment of the debt he owes Jack for getting him out of prison and initially does not wish to be involved in the case any further.
25.
Tony Almeida is captured and Mandy uses him to coerce Michelle into providing her with an escape route, just as Saunders did to Tony Almeida in Season Three.
26.
Tony Almeida tries to dissuade her but she leaves without him and triggers a bomb planted under her car.
27.
Tony Almeida is transported to CTU Medical, where he undergoes surgery and is stabilized.
28.
Tony Almeida ends up sealed inside CTU Medical along with Henderson when terrorists release Sentox nerve gas into the building, killing many members of the staff.
29.
Jack's attempts to dissuade him eventually cause Tony Almeida to hesitate and Henderson is given time to disarm Tony Almeida of the syringe and inject him with it before escaping.
30.
Tony Almeida is discovered to be alive and currently working with a terrorist group to disrupt US President Allison Taylor's invasion of Sangala by blackmailing her with terrorist attacks.
31.
Tony Almeida had his people take Tony's body, and they were able to revive him within 10 minutes of his apparent death.
32.
Jack requests to interrogate Tony Almeida, but fails to get him to talk.
33.
The number leads him to Bill Buchanan and Chloe O'Brian who reveal that Tony Almeida was working undercover for them to uncover corrupt US officials working with General Benjamin Juma, the dictator of Sangala and perpetrator of mass genocide.
34.
Furthermore, Tony Almeida needs to be freed so he can continue his work.
35.
Finally alone with Tony Almeida, Jack tries to reason with the man who was once his closest friend.
36.
Tony Almeida reveals that his true goal was always to get close enough to Alan Wilson, the head conspirator behind the day's attacks and the man responsible for the murders of David Palmer and Michelle Dessler.
37.
Tony Almeida's actions have convinced Wilson that he could be allowed further into the conspiracy circle and sets up a rare meeting, at which Tony Almeida plans to turn on him.
38.
Tony Almeida is led away into FBI custody , cursing and raging at Jack.
39.
Tony Almeida accepts the fact that he's going to die in prison, but hopes to save at least one life so that he can be worthy of Michelle's love again.
40.
Vanessa calls her contact on a secure line and informs him that Tony Almeida has the plans.
41.
Tony Almeida puts the glasses on and presses a hidden button on the side of the frame, which reveals a schematic to the prison with a carefully planned escape route on the lenses.
42.
Tony Almeida is confident that everything is going according to plan and that, soon, he will be a free man again.
43.
When Henry Donovan withholds information about his dealings with terrorists and CTU is unable to break him, Rebecca Ingram hires Tony Almeida to provide enhanced interrogation.
44.
Tony Almeida is later paid to kill Ara Naseri by Donald Simms and comes into conflict with Eric Carter.
45.
Tony Almeida refuses to stand down and loses most of his team to Carter.
46.
Tony Almeida gets a call from John Donovan revealing the identity of Naseri and the fact that Naseri is their best chance to save Rebecca.