Cast

Bembol Roco

Acting

Cast

Bembol Roco

Known for

Acting

Born

1953-11-20

From

Manila, Philippines

Also known as Rafael Roco, Rafael Roco Jr., بمبول روکو

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.

Bembol Roco

Bembol Roco

Biography

The Great Raid

Circumcision

Boy Kodyak

Three

The Year of Living Dangerously

Boso

Thy Womb

Vulcan

Manila... A Filipino Film

'Merika

Nerisa

Porno

The Hollowed

Manila in the Claws of Light

Kontrabida

Nasaan si Hesus?

Adan

Pitas

Amigo

Palaban

The Time That Remains

Wala Nang Iibigin Pang Iba

Anak ni Baby Ama

Dark Is the Night

Bulaklak ng Maynila

Brocka x Bernal

Mga Batang Yagit

First Day High

Tinik

Nagalit Ang Patay sa Haba ng Lamay: Da Resbak

What Home Feels Like

May Puso Ba Ang Isang Manika?

Bagets

Ringgo: The Dog Shooter

Tisoy!

Miss You Like Crazy

Gabi Na, Kumander

Three Years Without God

Dirty Affair

Aswang

Forever and a Day

Five and the Skin

Matimbang Pa sa Dugo

Sakaling Maging Tayo

Will I Always Be a Woman?

Three Mothers, One Child

X&Y

Iligpit si Bobby Ortega: Markang Bungo 2

Gabi ng Lagim Ngayon

Markova: Comfort Gay

'Di Puwedeng Hindi Puwede

After All

Biokids

Oh, My Girl! A Laugh Story...

Babangon Ako't Dudurugin Kita

Habambuhay: Remembering Philippine Cinema

The Son of Brocka

Kidlat ng Maynila: Joe Pring 2

Fable of the Fish

Ang Leon, ang Tigre, at ang Alamid

Wating

Kapitan Paile: Hindi Kita Iiwanang Buhay!

Jabidah Massacre

Smaller and Smaller Circles

Ipaglaban Mo: The Movie II

Donsol

Asero

Baconaua

Homecoming

Manila in the Fangs of Darkness

K'na, The Dreamweaver

Huwag Kang Lalabas

When the Crow Turns White, When the Heron Turns Black

Carnivore

Matang agila

Melodrama Negra

U Belt