Name
Bembol Roco
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1953-11-20 (73 years old)
Place of Birth
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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A young Australian reporter tries to navigate the political turmoil of Indonesia during th...
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As World War II rages, the elite Sixth Ranger Battalion is given a mission of heroic propo...
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Julio, a young fisherman from a provincial village, descends into social alienation as he ...
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Surrounded by a string of deaths, an older woman relives her romance with a mysterious, ag...
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Ivan, a writer living in Manila, walks through the city in search of his past....
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Set during World War II, Rosario, a school teacher, enters a forbidden relationship with a...
- 1995 Iligpit si Bobby Ortega: Markang Bungo 2
- 2007 Ang M.O.N.A.Y ni Mr. Shooli
- 2000 Markova: Comfort Gay as Puging
- 1995 Ikaw Pa... Eh Love Kita as Benjie
- 1990 Biokids as Clown
- 2019 Manila Is Full of Men Named Boy as Rodrigo
- 1975 Manila in the Claws of Light as Julio Madiaga
- 2019 Habambuhay: Remembering Philippine Cinema as Himself
- 1979 Pinay, American Style as Nonoy
- 2012 Thy Womb as Bangas-An
- 1994 Lucas Abelardo as Chief
- 1981 Pabling
- 2011 Fable of the Fish as Miguel
- 2011 Amigo as Policarpio
- 2013 Tinik
- 1997 Matang agila
- 1978 When the Crow Turns White, When the Heron Turns Black as Dido (as Bembol Roco Jr.)
- 1976 Three Years Without God as Crispin
- 1998 Lino: His Art and Life as Self
- 1978 Kampus? as Norman
- 2023 Pieta as Francis
- 1999 Bulaklak ng Maynila as Roque
- 2023 Nagalit Ang Patay sa Haba ng Lamay: Da Resbak
- 1990 Kapitan Paile: Hindi Kita Iiwanang Buhay!
- 1976 The Tenants as David
- 1981 Controversial as Himself
- 2014 Three
- 1977 Sa Piling ng mga Sugapa
- 1978 Isa-dalawa-tatlo: Ang tatay kong kalbo
- 1989 Fight for Us as Major Kontra
- 2008 Carnivore
- 1980 Gabi ng Lagim Ngayon as Abel
- 1984 'Merika as Mon Zablan
- 2006 Donsol as Fidel
- 2005 Circumcision
- 2024 After All as Abner
- 1982 The Year of Living Dangerously as Kumar
- 2015 Blindfold
- 2011 Aswang as Moises
- 2011 Forever and a Day as Gerry
- 2010 Miss You Like Crazy as Efren Samonte
- 2014 K'na, The Dreamweaver as North Chieftain
- 2006 First Day High as Investigator Matriponio
- 2012 Melodrama Negra
- 2009 Oh, My Girl! A Laugh Story... as Director
- 2005 The Son of Brocka
- 2007 Batanes as Boy
- 1997 Iskalawag: Ang Batas Ay Batas
- 1995 Asero as Spade
- 1995 Matimbang Pa sa Dugo as Sabater
- 1996 Tubusin Mo Ng Bala Ang Puso Ko
- 1997 Ipaglaban Mo: The Movie II as Sgt. Macatulos (episode 1)
- 2015 Felix Manalo as Quintin Rivera
- 1999 'Di Puwedeng Hindi Puwede as Mendez
- 1999 Esperanza: The Movie as Luis
- 2005 The Great Raid as Henchman #2
- 1984 Bagets as The 'Sabets'
- 1986 Gabi Na, Kumander
- 1984 Mga Batang Yagit
- 2024 X&Y
- 2000 Palaban
- 1990 Urbanito Dizon
- 1987 Three Mothers, One Child as Serafin 'Bok'
- 1990 Jabidah Massacre
- 2015 Toto
- 2024 Bilanggo ng Kinahinatnan
- 1990 Dirty Affair as Falcon
- 1989 Babangon Ako't Dudurugin Kita as Rod
- 1994 Wating as Bert
- 2003 Homecoming
- 1983 Over My Dead Body as Gary
- 1977 Banta ng Kahapon as Sgt. Rigor
- 2007 Pi7ong Tagpo as Fred Rodriguez (segment "Toga")
- 1978 Will I Always Be a Woman? as Eric
- 2016 Pauwi Na as Mang Pepe
- 2016 Ringgo: The Dog Shooter
- 1997 Kamada as Carlito
- 1981 Raiders for Victory
- 2008 UPCAT as Mang Avelino
- 2024 Brocka x Bernal as Self
- 2007 Faces of Love
- 2010 Dagim as Tolome
- 2010 Pitas as Kabo
- 1991 Anak ni Baby Ama as Junior Bahala
- 2014 Gangster Lolo
- 2013 Ang Pirata
- 2017 What Home Feels Like
- 2017 AWOL as Amang
- 2017 Baconaua as Mang Danny
- 2017 Smaller and Smaller Circles as NBI Director Francisco Lastimosa
- 2018 Dark Is the Night
- 2008 Manila in the Fangs of Darkness as Kontra Madiaga
- 2005 Boso
- 2004 U Belt
- 1978 Hayop sa Hayop as Andro
- 1982 Five and the Skin as Bembol
- 2019 Sakaling Maging Tayo as Pol's Dad
- 1975 Manila... A Filipino Film as Self
- 1997 Vulcan as Pulon, Pedring's Stepfather
- 2019 Adan as Lucas / Ellen's father
- 2013 Porno
- 1983 Once, There Was a Mother as Allan
- 1997 Wala Nang Iibigin Pang Iba as Rufo
- 1993 Sana'y Ikaw na Nga as Mike
- 1994 Talahib at Rosas
- 1993 Leonardo Delos Reyes: Alyas Waway as Kabo Bello
- 2021 Huwag Kang Lalabas as Mandurugo (segment "Bahay")
- 2021 Nerisa as Badong
- 1976 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
- 1978 Boy Pana
- 1979 Boy Kodyak
- 2015 Ka-Relasyon: Talent as Warren
- 2024 May Puso Ba Ang Isang Manika? as Manong Bert
- 1998 Mainit Na Bala as Sgt. Garcia Acevero (as Rafael 'Bembol' Roco Jr.)
- 1994 Nagkataon...Nagkatagpo as Guzman
- 1991 Kidlat ng Maynila: Joe Pring 2
- 2025 FANEY (The Fan) as Edgar
- 2025 Kontrabida
- 1979 Ang Leon, ang Tigre, at ang Alamid
- 2025 The Time That Remains as Angua Jr.
- 1977 Tisoy! as Julio Madiaga (uncredited)
- 1986 Sobra Na, Tama Na, Asiong Aksaya
- 2025 Nasaan si Hesus? as Congressman Carramba
- 2026 The Hallowed
- 2023 Tomacruz: Sa puso ng anak as Hesus Tomacruz Sr.
- 1985 Grease Gun Brothers as Romeo Sanchez
- 2026 Kappa-Tiran
- 1986 Pagsabog Ng Galit
- 1979 Parolado
- 2006 Komiks ( 76 episodes )
- 2007 Asian Treasures ( 118 episodes ) as Marcus Vergara
- 2009 Tinik Sa Dibdib ( 85 episodes ) as Tiburcio "Tibo" Yadao
- 2012 One True Love ( 85 episodes ) as Henry Sandoval
- 2010 Beauty Queen ( 80 episodes ) as Anya / Angelo Castillo
- 2011 Sisid ( 79 episodes ) as Segismundo Zaragoza
- 1999 Labs Ko Si Babe ( 338 episodes ) as Silvestre "Rocky" Escallon
- 2011 Sa Ngalan ng Ina ( 25 episodes ) as Mayor Armando "Amang" Deogracias
- 2002 Ang Iibigin Ay Ikaw ( 200 episodes ) as Oscar
- 2013 May Isang Pangarap ( 83 episodes ) as Turing
- 2023 Walang Matigas na Pulis sa Matinik na Misis ( 12 episodes ) as Ulo
- 2006 Sa Piling Mo ( 128 episodes ) as Al Fernandez
- 2011 Ikaw Ay Pag-Ibig ( 50 episodes ) as Police Inspector (Lieutenant) Robert Jimenez
- 2007 Maging Sino Ka Man: Ang Pagbabalik ( 78 episodes ) as Tomas Arroyo
- 2008 Iisa Pa Lamang ( 85 episodes ) as Martin Dela Rhea
- 2022 Big Bet ( 8 episodes ) as Daniel
- 2018 The One That Got Away ( 88 episodes ) as Pancho Makalintal
- 2015 Little Nanay ( 93 episodes ) as Lolo Berting Batongbuhay
- 1993 Noli Me Tangere ( 13 episodes ) as Lucas
- 2020 Happenstance ( 9 episodes )
- 2025 Incognito ( 128 episodes ) as Ninong
- 1991 Maalaala Mo Kaya ( 1 episode ) as Luis Catacutan
