Bembol Roco
Rafael Aranda Roco, Jr. (born November 20, 1953), popularly known as Bembol Roco, is a Filipino actor whose work ranges from films to television. He is famous for his critically acclaimed role as Julio Madiaga in Maynila: Sa mga Kuko ng Liwanag ("Manila in the Claws of Light"). Though he acts in his country's films, he also had an important role in the 1982 Australian-U.S. film The Year of Living Dangerously. He also portrayed villain roles in Philippine action movies due to his signature bald head as well as various supporting roles. Bem starred in Sine Novela: Tinik sa Dibdib. He has twin sons named Felix and Dominic. Roco appeared in a minor role in 2010's Dagim, a Cinema One Original film directed by Joaquin Pedro Valdes, about the strange goings-on in a remote mountain province. He is well known to be most collaborative works with the late Lino Brocka, where he is a part of a group of actors called "Brocka babies",[5][6] and directors such as Ishmael Bernal, Chito S. Roño, Marilou Diaz-Abaya, and Joel Lamangan in the late twentieth century.
146 acting credits
Acting · 146
Big Bet
2022
Incognito
2025
Maalaala Mo Kaya
1991
Labs Ko Si Babe
1999
Komiks
2006
The Great Raid
2005
Ang Iibigin Ay Ikaw
2002
The Year of Living Dangerously
1982
Little Nanay
2015
Noli Me Tangere
1993
Iisa Pa Lamang
2008
Sisid
2011
Beauty Queen
2010
Asian Treasures
2007
Nerisa
2021
Sa Piling Mo
2006
Tinik Sa Dibdib
2009
Boso
2005
May Isang Pangarap
2013
Maging Sino Ka Man: Ang Pagbabalik
2007
Ikaw Ay Pag-Ibig
2011
One True Love
2012
The One That Got Away
2018
Walang Matigas na Pulis sa Matinik na Misis
2023
Manila in the Claws of Light
1975
Happenstance
2020
Sa Ngalan ng Ina
2011
The Time That Remains
2025
Anak ni Baby Ama
1991
Porno
2013
Amigo
2011
Nasaan si Hesus?
2025
Adan
2019
Fight for Us
1989
Miss You Like Crazy
2010
Markova: Comfort Gay
2000
Will I Always Be a Woman?
1978
Vulcan
1997
Aswang
2011
First Day High
2006
Smaller and Smaller Circles
2017
Pabling
1981
Dirty Affair
1990
Fable of the Fish
2011
Leonardo Delos Reyes: Alyas Waway
1993
X&Y
2024
Habambuhay: Remembering Philippine Cinema
2019
Tisoy!
1977
Batanes
2007
Pauwi Na
2016
Jabidah Massacre
1990
Ipaglaban Mo: The Movie II
1997
Bagets
1984
Bulaklak ng Maynila
1999
Pinay, American Style
1979
Oh, My Girl! A Laugh Story...
2009
Felix Manalo
2015
Faces of Love
2007
Thy Womb
2012
Esperanza: The Movie
1999
Gabi Na, Kumander
1986
Sana'y Ikaw na Nga
1993
Five and the Skin
1982
Ang M.O.N.A.Y ni Mr. Shooli
2007
Manila... A Filipino Film
1975
Pieta
2023
When the Crow Turns White, When the Heron Turns Black
1978
Gangster Lolo
2014
Dark Is the Night
2018
Three Mothers, One Child
1987
Mga Batang Yagit
1984
Gabi ng Lagim Ngayon
1980
Wating
1994
Palaban
2000
AWOL
2017
What Home Feels Like
2017
Forever and a Day
2011
Iskalawag: Ang Batas Ay Batas
1997
After All
2024
Controversial
1981
Ikaw Pa... Eh Love Kita
1995
Nagkataon...Nagkatagpo
1994
Circumcision
2005
Three Years Without God
1976
Ang Pirata
2013
Melodrama Negra
2012
K'na, The Dreamweaver
2014
Iligpit si Bobby Ortega: Markang Bungo 2
1995
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
1976
Baconaua
2017
Asero
1995
Toto
2015
Once, There Was a Mother
1983
The Tenants
1976
The Son of Brocka
2005
Nagalit Ang Patay sa Haba ng Lamay: Da Resbak
2023
Dagim
2010
Ringgo: The Dog Shooter
2016
Banta ng Kahapon
1977
'Di Puwedeng Hindi Puwede
1999
Sweet Revenge
1989
Matang agila
1997
UPCAT
2008
Donsol
2006
Carnivore
2008
Lino: His Art and Life
1998
Sakaling Maging Tayo
2019
'Merika
1984
Beasts
1978
Boy Kodyak
1979
Brocka x Bernal
2024
Three
2014
Kamada
1997
Matimbang Pa sa Dugo
1995
Blindfold
2015
Homecoming
2003
Mainit Na Bala
1998
Pi7ong Tagpo
2007
Urbanito Dizon (The Most Notorious Gangster in Luzon)
1990
Tubusin Mo Ng Bala Ang Puso Ko
1996
U Belt
2004
Huwag Kang Lalabas
2021
Boy Pana
1978
Lucas Abelardo
1994
Isa-dalawa-tatlo: Ang tatay kong kalbo
1978
Kampus?
1978
Tinik
2013
Pitas
2010
FANEY (The Fan)
2025
Ang Leon, ang Tigre, at ang Alamid
1979
Kapitan Paile: Hindi Kita Iiwanang Buhay!
1990
Raiders for Victory
1981
The Hollowed
2026
Talahib at Rosas
1994
Manila in the Fangs of Darkness
2008
Wala Nang Iibigin Pang Iba
1997
Kontrabida
2025
Biokids
1990
Bilanggo ng Kinahinatnan
2024
Sobra Na, Tama Na, Asiong Aksaya
1986
Kidlat ng Maynila: Joe Pring 2
1991
Over My Dead Body
1983
Ka-Relasyon: Talent
2015
Manila Is Full of Men Named Boy
2019
Sa Piling ng mga Sugapa
1977
May Puso Ba Ang Isang Manika?
2024