Tony Almeida

Tony Almeida (born 1973) was a federal agent working for the Los Angeles CTU before his arrest. After his release from prison Almeida worked for the CTU on a provisional basis before moving away with Michelle Dessler. Tony Almeida is played by Carlos Bernard.

Background
Almeida graduated from San Diego State University with Bachelor's degrees in Computer Science and Engineering as well as a Master of Science in Computer Science from Stanford University.

Almeida served in the United States Marine Corps, attaining the rank of First Lieutenant and attended the 3rd Marine Division's Scout-Sniper School as well as the 1st Marine Division's Surveillance and Target Acquisition Platoon School. He is a certified instructor of the Krav Maga martial art.

Just before joining CTU, he worked for the Transmeta Corporation as a Systems Validation Analyst.

Family
During Day 2, Almeida and Michelle Dessler staretd casually flirting with each other before their relationship became serious and they eventually got married at some point in between Days 2 and 3.

The couple's relationship became strained during Day 3 as Almeida, recovering from being shot, began showing signs that he couldn't do his job. Dessler eventually went to Ryan Chapelle with her concerns but she was eventually proven to be incorrect.

Almeida was also involved in a covert operation with Jack Bauer and Gael Ortega which meant that he had to keep the information secret from his wife. When she found out, Dessler was upset at the fact that he had kept a secret from her and she hadn't even known. At the end of Day 3, Dessler was kidnapped by terrorists who told Almeida that they would kill her if he did not help Stephen Saunders to escape from the building he was in. Dessler was rescued but Almeida was arrested for treason.

After his release from prison, Almeida became an alcoholic and couldn't keep a job and consequently, Dessler divorced him.

Day One
Almeida was third in command of CTU Los Angeles during Day 1 with Nina Myers and Jack Bauer above him. Almeida did not trust Bauer at the start of the day because he had previously had a relationship with Almeida's lover Myers and subsequently called George Mason, saying that he believed Bauer was unfit to command the CTU. Mason initated a lockdown.

Later in the day, Almeida decides to help Bauer, when he is on the run, after he realises there may be a mole inside the CTU.

When he learnt that both Bauer and himself were betrayed by Myers, Almeida and Bauer form a bond together because of her.

Appearances
Tony Almeida has appeared in every episode of 24 apart from Day 1 3:00pm-4:00pm.