Bembol Roco

Bembol Roco

Known for
Acting
Born
November 20, 1953 (age 72)
Birthplace
Manila, Philippines

Biography

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.

Known For

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Filmography

2026
The Hallowed poster

The Hallowed

Movie

2026
Kappa-Tiran poster

Kappa-Tiran

Movie

2025
FANEY (The Fan) poster

FANEY (The Fan)

Movie · as Edgar

2025
Kontrabida poster

Kontrabida

Movie

2025
The Time That Remains poster

The Time That Remains

Movie · as Angua Jr.

2025
Nasaan si Hesus? poster

Nasaan si Hesus?

Movie · as Congressman Carramba

2025
Incognito poster

Incognito

TV · as Ninong · 128 eps

2024
After All poster

After All

Movie · as Abner

2024
X&Y poster

X&Y

Movie

2024
Bilanggo ng Kinahinatnan poster

Bilanggo ng Kinahinatnan

Movie

2024
Brocka x Bernal poster

Brocka x Bernal

Movie · as Self

2024
May Puso Ba Ang Isang Manika? poster

May Puso Ba Ang Isang Manika?

Movie · as Manong Bert

2023
Pieta poster

Pieta

Movie · as Francis

2023
Nagalit Ang Patay sa Haba ng Lamay: Da Resbak poster

Nagalit Ang Patay sa Haba ng Lamay: Da Resbak

Movie

2023
Tomacruz: Sa puso ng anak poster

Tomacruz: Sa puso ng anak

Movie · as Hesus Tomacruz Sr.

2023
Walang Matigas na Pulis sa Matinik na Misis poster

Walang Matigas na Pulis sa Matinik na Misis

TV · as Ulo · 12 eps

2022
Big Bet poster

Big Bet

TV · as Daniel · 8 eps

2021
Huwag Kang Lalabas poster

Huwag Kang Lalabas

Movie · as Mandurugo (segment "Bahay")

2021
Nerisa poster

Nerisa

Movie · as Badong

2020
Happenstance poster

Happenstance

TV · 9 eps

2019
Manila Is Full of Men Named Boy poster

Manila Is Full of Men Named Boy

Movie · as Rodrigo

2019
Habambuhay: Remembering Philippine Cinema poster

Habambuhay: Remembering Philippine Cinema

Movie · as Himself

2019
Sakaling Maging Tayo poster

Sakaling Maging Tayo

Movie · as Pol's Dad

2019
Adan poster

Adan

Movie · as Lucas / Ellen's father

2018
Dark Is the Night poster

Dark Is the Night

Movie

2018
The One That Got Away poster

The One That Got Away

TV · as Pancho Makalintal · 88 eps

2017
What Home Feels Like poster

What Home Feels Like

Movie

2017
AWOL poster

AWOL

Movie · as Amang

2017
Baconaua poster

Baconaua

Movie · as Mang Danny

2017
Smaller and Smaller Circles poster

Smaller and Smaller Circles

Movie · as NBI Director Francisco Lastimosa

2016
Pauwi Na poster

Pauwi Na

Movie · as Mang Pepe

2016
Ringgo: The Dog Shooter

Ringgo: The Dog Shooter

Movie

2015
Blindfold

Blindfold

Movie

2015
Felix Manalo poster

Felix Manalo

Movie · as Quintin Rivera

2015
Toto poster

Toto

Movie

2015
Ka-Relasyon: Talent poster

Ka-Relasyon: Talent

Movie · as Warren

2015
Little Nanay poster

Little Nanay

TV · as Lolo Berting Batongbuhay · 93 eps

2014
Three

Three

Movie

2014
K'na, The Dreamweaver poster

K'na, The Dreamweaver

Movie · as North Chieftain

2014
Gangster Lolo poster

Gangster Lolo

Movie

2013
Tinik poster

Tinik

Movie

2013
Ang Pirata poster

Ang Pirata

Movie

2013
Porno poster

Porno

Movie

2013
May Isang Pangarap poster

May Isang Pangarap

TV · as Turing · 83 eps

2012
Thy Womb poster

Thy Womb

Movie · as Bangas-An

2012
Melodrama Negra poster

Melodrama Negra

Movie

2012
One True Love poster

One True Love

TV · as Henry Sandoval · 85 eps

2011
Fable of the Fish poster

Fable of the Fish

Movie · as Miguel

2011
Amigo poster

Amigo

Movie · as Policarpio

2011
Aswang poster

Aswang

Movie · as Moises

2011
Forever and a Day poster

Forever and a Day

Movie · as Gerry

2011
Sisid poster

Sisid

TV · as Segismundo Zaragoza · 79 eps

2011
Sa Ngalan ng Ina poster

Sa Ngalan ng Ina

TV · as Mayor Armando "Amang" Deogracias · 25 eps

2011
Ikaw Ay Pag-Ibig

Ikaw Ay Pag-Ibig

TV · as Police Inspector (Lieutenant) Robert Jimenez · 50 eps

2010
Miss You Like Crazy poster

Miss You Like Crazy

Movie · as Efren Samonte

2010
Dagim poster

Dagim

Movie · as Tolome

2010
Pitas poster

Pitas

Movie · as Kabo

2010
Beauty Queen

Beauty Queen

TV · as Anya / Angelo Castillo · 80 eps

2009
Oh, My Girl! A Laugh Story... poster

Oh, My Girl! A Laugh Story...

Movie · as Director

2009
Tinik Sa Dibdib

Tinik Sa Dibdib

TV · as Tiburcio "Tibo" Yadao · 85 eps

2008
Carnivore

Carnivore

Movie

2008
UPCAT poster

UPCAT

Movie · as Mang Avelino

2008
Manila in the Fangs of Darkness poster

Manila in the Fangs of Darkness

Movie · as Kontra Madiaga

2008
Iisa Pa Lamang poster

Iisa Pa Lamang

TV · as Martin Dela Rhea · 85 eps

2007
Ang M.O.N.A.Y ni Mr. Shooli poster

Ang M.O.N.A.Y ni Mr. Shooli

Movie

2007
Batanes poster

Batanes

Movie · as Boy

2007
Pi7ong Tagpo poster

Pi7ong Tagpo

Movie · as Fred Rodriguez (segment "Toga")

2007
Faces of Love poster

Faces of Love

Movie

2007
Asian Treasures poster

Asian Treasures

TV · as Marcus Vergara · 118 eps

2007
Maging Sino Ka Man: Ang Pagbabalik

Maging Sino Ka Man: Ang Pagbabalik

TV · as Tomas Arroyo · 78 eps

2006
Donsol poster

Donsol

Movie · as Fidel

2006
First Day High poster

First Day High

Movie · as Investigator Matriponio

2006
Komiks poster

Komiks

TV · 76 eps

2006
Sa Piling Mo poster

Sa Piling Mo

TV · as Al Fernandez · 128 eps

2005
Circumcision poster

Circumcision

Movie

2005
The Son of Brocka poster

The Son of Brocka

Movie

2005
The Great Raid poster

The Great Raid

Movie · as Henchman #2

2005
Boso poster

Boso

Movie

2004
U Belt poster

U Belt

Movie

2003
Homecoming poster

Homecoming

Movie

2002
Ang Iibigin Ay Ikaw poster

Ang Iibigin Ay Ikaw

TV · as Oscar · 200 eps

2000
Markova: Comfort Gay poster

Markova: Comfort Gay

Movie · as Puging

2000
Palaban poster

Palaban

Movie

1999
Bulaklak ng Maynila poster

Bulaklak ng Maynila

Movie · as Roque

1999
'Di Puwedeng Hindi Puwede poster

'Di Puwedeng Hindi Puwede

Movie · as Mendez

1999
Esperanza: The Movie poster

Esperanza: The Movie

Movie · as Luis

1999
Labs Ko Si Babe

Labs Ko Si Babe

TV · as Silvestre "Rocky" Escallon · 338 eps

1998
Lino: His Art and Life poster

Lino: His Art and Life

Movie · as Self

1998
Mainit Na Bala poster

Mainit Na Bala

Movie · as Sgt. Garcia Acevero (as Rafael 'Bembol' Roco Jr.)

1997
Matang agila poster

Matang agila

Movie

1997
Iskalawag: Ang Batas Ay Batas poster

Iskalawag: Ang Batas Ay Batas

Movie

1997
Ipaglaban Mo: The Movie II poster

Ipaglaban Mo: The Movie II

Movie · as Sgt. Macatulos (episode 1)

1997
Kamada poster

Kamada

Movie · as Carlito

1997
Vulcan poster

Vulcan

Movie · as Pulon, Pedring's Stepfather

1997
Wala Nang Iibigin Pang Iba poster

Wala Nang Iibigin Pang Iba

Movie · as Rufo

1996
Tubusin Mo Ng Bala Ang Puso Ko poster

Tubusin Mo Ng Bala Ang Puso Ko

Movie

1995
Iligpit si Bobby Ortega: Markang Bungo 2 poster

Iligpit si Bobby Ortega: Markang Bungo 2

Movie

1995
Ikaw Pa... Eh Love Kita poster

Ikaw Pa... Eh Love Kita

Movie · as Benjie

1995
Asero poster

Asero

Movie · as Spade

1995
Matimbang Pa sa Dugo poster

Matimbang Pa sa Dugo

Movie · as Sabater

1994
Lucas Abelardo poster

Lucas Abelardo

Movie · as Chief

1994
Wating poster

Wating

Movie · as Bert

1994
Talahib at Rosas poster

Talahib at Rosas

Movie

1994
Nagkataon...Nagkatagpo poster

Nagkataon...Nagkatagpo

Movie · as Guzman

1993
Sana'y Ikaw na Nga poster

Sana'y Ikaw na Nga

Movie · as Mike

1993
Leonardo Delos Reyes: Alyas Waway poster

Leonardo Delos Reyes: Alyas Waway

Movie · as Kabo Bello

1993
Noli Me Tangere poster

Noli Me Tangere

TV · as Lucas · 13 eps

1991
Anak ni Baby Ama poster

Anak ni Baby Ama

Movie · as Junior Bahala

1991
Kidlat ng Maynila: Joe Pring 2 poster

Kidlat ng Maynila: Joe Pring 2

Movie

1991
Maalaala Mo Kaya poster

Maalaala Mo Kaya

TV · as Luis Catacutan · 1 ep

1990
Biokids poster

Biokids

Movie · as Clown

1990
Kapitan Paile: Hindi Kita Iiwanang Buhay! poster

Kapitan Paile: Hindi Kita Iiwanang Buhay!

Movie

1990
Urbanito Dizon

Urbanito Dizon

Movie

1990
Jabidah Massacre

Jabidah Massacre

Movie

1990
Dirty Affair poster

Dirty Affair

Movie · as Falcon

1989
Fight for Us poster

Fight for Us

Movie · as Major Kontra

1989
Babangon Ako't Dudurugin Kita poster

Babangon Ako't Dudurugin Kita

Movie · as Rod

1987
Three Mothers, One Child poster

Three Mothers, One Child

Movie · as Serafin 'Bok'

1986
Gabi Na, Kumander poster

Gabi Na, Kumander

Movie

1986
Sobra Na, Tama Na, Asiong Aksaya poster

Sobra Na, Tama Na, Asiong Aksaya

Movie

1986
Pagsabog Ng Galit

Pagsabog Ng Galit

Movie

1985
Grease Gun Brothers poster

Grease Gun Brothers

Movie · as Romeo Sanchez

1984
'Merika poster

'Merika

Movie · as Mon Zablan

1984
Bagets poster

Bagets

Movie · as The 'Sabets'

1984
Mga Batang Yagit

Mga Batang Yagit

Movie

1983
Over My Dead Body

Over My Dead Body

Movie · as Gary

1983
Once, There Was a Mother poster

Once, There Was a Mother

Movie · as Allan

1982
The Year of Living Dangerously poster

The Year of Living Dangerously

Movie · as Kumar

1982
Five and the Skin poster

Five and the Skin

Movie · as Bembol

1981
Pabling poster

Pabling

Movie

1981
Controversial poster

Controversial

Movie · as Himself

1981
Raiders for Victory

Raiders for Victory

Movie

1980
Gabi ng Lagim Ngayon

Gabi ng Lagim Ngayon

Movie · as Abel

1979
Pinay, American Style poster

Pinay, American Style

Movie · as Nonoy

1979
Boy Kodyak poster

Boy Kodyak

Movie

1979
Ang Leon, ang Tigre, at ang Alamid

Ang Leon, ang Tigre, at ang Alamid

Movie

1979
Parolado

Parolado

Movie

1978
When the Crow Turns White, When the Heron Turns Black poster

When the Crow Turns White, When the Heron Turns Black

Movie · as Dido (as Bembol Roco Jr.)

1978
Kampus? poster

Kampus?

Movie · as Norman

1978
Isa-dalawa-tatlo: Ang tatay kong kalbo poster

Isa-dalawa-tatlo: Ang tatay kong kalbo

Movie

1978
Will I Always Be a Woman? poster

Will I Always Be a Woman?

Movie · as Eric

1978
Hayop sa Hayop poster

Hayop sa Hayop

Movie · as Andro

1978
Boy Pana poster

Boy Pana

Movie

1977
Sa Piling ng mga Sugapa poster

Sa Piling ng mga Sugapa

Movie

1977
Banta ng Kahapon poster

Banta ng Kahapon

Movie · as Sgt. Rigor

1977
Tisoy! poster

Tisoy!

Movie · as Julio Madiaga (uncredited)

1976
Three Years Without God poster

Three Years Without God

Movie · as Crispin

1976
The Tenants poster

The Tenants

Movie · as David

1976
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday poster

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday

Movie

1975
Manila in the Claws of Light poster

Manila in the Claws of Light

Movie · as Julio Madiaga

1975
Manila... A Filipino Film poster

Manila... A Filipino Film

Movie · as Self