Ronnie Lazaro

Acting

Ronnie Lazaro

Born

1957-11-14 (68)

Place of birth

Fabrica, Sagay, Negros Occidental, Philippines

Known for

Acting

Credits

79 titles

Ronnie Zabala Lazaro is a Filipino film and television actor, producer, casting director, and art director. He won the Gawad Urian for Best Actor for Yanggaw. He has received many nominations throughout his career as an actor, nine of which were for Best Supporting Actor, and two for Best Actor (Ebolusyon in 2005 and Boatman in 1984). His films received recognition not only in the Philippines but also in international film festivals such as Cannes, Berlin and Hong Kong. Aside from his work as a film, theatre and television actor, Lazaro has had his share of achievements behind the camera. His art direction in Manila by Night won the Best Production Design Award in 1981.

Known for

Batang Quiapo poster
6.9

A young man rises to be one of the biggest outlaws in the neighborhood while he navigates his way in life to survive in Quiapo. Hoping to earn the affection of his parents, his feat draws him closer to the truth about his identity.

Batang Quiapo

2023

The Heiress poster
5.6

The story of Romina, a secretary turned wife of business tycoon, Robert, who married her despite the fact that she was raped and is carrying the child of the assailant. Unknown to Romina, it was Daniela, Robert’s daughter, who had orchestrated her abduction, right before seducing Romina’s fiance, Carlos. With Romina's and Daniela's lives intertwined, their daughters, Cassandra and Margaret, are made to fight as to who among them is the rightful heiress to the Mondragon empire.

The Heiress

2018

Kay Tagal Kang Hinintay poster
9.0

Kay Tagal Kang Hinintay is a Filipino soap opera, produced by ABS-CBN and Star Cinema. It started in the year 2002 and ended in the year 2003. The critically acclaimed and top-rating teleserye won the CMMA Best Drama Series and the PMPC Star Awards Best Primetime Drama Series. It is the first local soap opera that became a finalist to the Best Drama Series category of the International Emmy Awards. It was also part of the top five drama series of the Asian TV Awards. The series currently re-airs internationally this 2012 via The Brand New Cinema One Global after 8 years.

Kay Tagal Kang Hinintay

2002

The Iron Heart poster
7.5

An undercover agent goes on a dangerous mission to bring down a crime ring. Fueled by a bitter and painful past, he along with his allies faces the grueling task that will challenge his resolve and strength.

The Iron Heart

2022

Kung Ako'y Iiwan Mo poster
NR

Kung Ako'y Iiwan Mo was a Philippine daytime television drama airing on ABS-CBN's Kapamilya Gold, in association with The Filipino Channel. .

Kung Ako'y Iiwan Mo

2012

The Promise poster
9.0

Driven by the heartbreak from her ill-fated romance with Eduardo and the tragic loss of her loved ones, Amor seeks revenge against his family. Unbeknownst to Amor, her daughter is still alive and is in a similar love affair with Eduardo's son.

The Promise

2015

Film credits

2020s · 15 titles

Magellan poster
6.3

At the dawn of the modern era, Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan leads an expedition under the Spanish crown in search of the first westward route to the Spice Islands. He embarks on a perilous journey across the uncharted Pacific, where his fleet faces starvation, mutiny, and the psychological toll of endless seas. Upon reaching the shores of Cebu, Magellan is pulled into a fatal conflict with the natives by his drive to spread Catholicism, culminating in his tragic doom.

Magellan

2025

Let Us Through, Dear Ancestors poster
5.0

1617, Las Islas Filipinas. The Spanish friar, Father Enciso, the encomendero of one of the islands, rules with unrelenting toughness and an insatiable libido to tame the savages.

Let Us Through, Dear Ancestors

2026

Amir poster
NR

A gifted 10-year-old boy who can see mythical creatures must warn a skeptical village of the impending catastrophe.

Amir

2026

GomBurZa poster
7.4

A powerful and moving historical drama that tells the courageous story of three Filipino Catholic priests: Mariano Gomez, José Burgos, and Jacinto Zamora.

GomBurZa

2023

The Time That Remains poster
6.6

Surrounded by a string of deaths, an older woman relives her romance with a mysterious, ageless lover as an inspector closes in on their dark secret.

The Time That Remains

2025

Ikaw Lang Ang Mahal poster
3.7

Lira, a prize-winning author, spends a week to finish her final novel. But when she meets Andrei, a young documentarist, her plans start to change.

Ikaw Lang Ang Mahal

2022

In My Mother's Skin poster
5.8

Stranded in the Philippines during World War II, a young girl finds that her duty to protect her dying mother is complicated by her misplaced trust in a beguiling, flesh-eating fairy.

In My Mother's Skin

2023

Cargo poster
2.0

A woman relieves the heavy burden from her past when she finally exacts revenge on the man who murdered her entire family.

Cargo

2022

When the Waves Are Gone poster
7.0

One of the Philippines' top investigators, Lieutenant Hermes Papauran, faces a deep moral crossroads. As a firsthand witness of the murderous anti-drug campaign conducted by his force, his anxiety and guilt triggers a severe skin disease, and his healing process is fraught by his dark past.

When the Waves Are Gone

2023

Everyone Knows Every Juan poster
6.0

The Sevilla siblings reunite at their ancestral home a year after the passing of their matriarch. What begins as an obligatory gathering quickly spirals into a storm of revelations, grudges, and laughter, exposing the fragile ties that bind them.

Everyone Knows Every Juan

2025

Green Bones poster
7.5

A soon-to-be released criminal and a corrections officer is still grieving over the death of his sister opposing the prisoner's release.

Green Bones

2024

Putahe poster
4.9

When Euka arrives on the island, Jenny, a young barrio lass aspires to be like her. When Euka teaches her everything, Jenny realizes she has taken a dose of her own medicine.

Putahe

2022

Gensan Punch poster
5.5

Nao Tsuyama, a disabled athlete, refuses to let his articifical leg hinder his dream to become a professional boxer. His remarkable journey takes him from Japan to the Philippines, and specifically the celebrated ‘Gensan’ quarter which has spawned worldwide stars such as the legendary Manny Pacquiao.

Gensan Punch

2022

The Gospel of the Beast poster
NR

A teenage boy who, while searching for his father and accidentally killing his best friend, gets his life turned upside down and learns the destructive realities about life, death, and beasthood.

The Gospel of the Beast

2023

Phantosmia poster
8.0

Hilarion Zabala has a mysterious, recurring olfactory problem. A psychiatrist suspects a lingering case of phantosmia, a phantom smell, and possibly caused by a deep psychological fracture. One recommended radical cure is that Hilarion must go back and deal with the darkest currents of his past life in the military service. Reassigned in the very remote Pulo Penal Colony, he must also confront the horrific realities of his present situation.

Phantosmia

2025

2010s · 18 titles

Amigo poster
4.9

Rafael is a village mayor caught in the murderous crossfire of the Philippine-American War. When U.S. troops occupy his village, Rafael comes under pressure from a tough-as-nails officer to help the Americans in their hunt for Filipino guerilla fighters. But Rafael's brother is the head of the local guerillas, and considers anyone who cooperates with the Americans to be a traitor. Rafael quickly finds himself forced to make the impossible, potentially deadly decisions faced by ordinary civilians in an occupied country.

Amigo

2011

Goyo: The Boy General poster
7.0

With this film (the second war trilogy set during the Filipino-American war in the early 1900s), the revolution marches on against the Americans after the bloody death of General Antonio Luna. The conflicted philosophies behind the heroic struggle continue and become personified in the colorful character of General Gregorio "Goyo" del Pilar.

Goyo: The Boy General

2018

Captive poster
5.9

A dozen foreigners are kidnapped by a terrorist group in the Philippines.

Captive

2012

Maria poster
6.0

When a former BlackRose cartel assassin deliberately betrays them by refusing to complete her mission, the cartel orders her execution. Unbeknownst to them, she fakes her own death and is able to create a new life of her own. When the cartel discovers she is alive, the hunter becomes the hunted as she fights to get revenge on those who took her new life away from her.

Maria

2019

A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery poster
7.8

Andrés Bonifacio is celebrated as the father of the Philippines Revolution against Spanish colonial rule. This eight-hour epic examines this myth, undertaking an expedition into history through various interwoven narrative threads, held together by an exploration of the individual’s role in history.

A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery

2016

Tamawo poster
NR

A family transfers into an isolated town where the family man tends to his blind wife and illegitimate son. Soon they find out that extraordinary creatures lurking outside their house are looking for something they claim stolen from them.

Tamawo

2011

Heneral Luna poster
7.7

Set during the Philippine-American War, a short-tempered Philippine Revolutionary Army general faces an enemy more formidable than the American army: his own treacherous countrymen.

Heneral Luna

2015

Pridyider poster
4.3

Years ago, Tina (Andi Eigenmann) was sent away to the United States to live with her aunt because of an incident involving her parents that has never been explained to her. She moves back to the Philippines into their old home, hoping for a new start. Unfortunately for her, shes not alone in the house. The kitchen is home to a demonic, human-eating refrigerator. Tina must dig into the past to discover the truth about what happened to her parents, and to find a way to defeat the infernal appliance.

Pridyider

2012

Mumbai Love poster
6.0

An Indian raised in the Philippines falls in love with a Filipina on business in Mumbai. She leaves unexpectedly, and he travels back to the Philippines to find her.

Mumbai Love

2014

Shake, Rattle, and Roll Fourteen: The Invasion poster
6.0

The first part follows four cousins who gathered together to receive their own 5 million peso inheritance from their dead uncle, and the responsibility of taking care of his comic book creations. The second part follows an army special unit trying to survive from a horde of zombies. The third and last part follows a couple who became survivors when the aliens invaded Earth.

Shake, Rattle, and Roll Fourteen: The Invasion

2012

Damaso poster
NR

A musical film protraying Padre Damaso, Jose Rizal's famous villain in his book 'Noli Me Tangere.

Damaso

2019

Ang Pirata poster
NR

A story of greedy businessman on how they make their own money.

Ang Pirata

2013

Porferia poster
NR

Porferia, who is 9 months pregnant, and her husband Felix, are abducted by the military and wrongfully accused of insurgency. Porferia's wild imagination and unsinkable hope carry them through the ordeal of torture, leading to their eventual escape.

Porferia

2014

Manila Kingpin: The Asiong Salonga Story poster
3.0

Mobster Asiong Salonga (ER Ejercito) rules the mean streets of Manila with an iron fist—until he is betrayed by a trusted friend. Manila Kingpin is based on the story of the notorious Tondo, Manila, gang leader Nicasio “Asiong” Salonga, whose true-to-life accounts had been portrayed in several movie versions since 1961 (starring Joseph Estrada). It is also the first Filipino major film produced in black-and-white in the 21st century as well as the returning action genre movie. Before the film was shown, Tikoy Aguiluz requested the producers, through his lawyers, that his directorial credits in the film and promotional tools be removed because the final version of the film can no longer be described as his after the producers made a reedit, re-shoot and music mixing without his involvement. He also demanded that he be allowed to make a director's cut of the film.

Manila Kingpin: The Asiong Salonga Story

2011

The Last Pinoy Action King poster
5.0

An intimate and often heartbreaking portrait of one of the Philippines' most beloved screen icons.

The Last Pinoy Action King

2015

Shake, Rattle & Roll 13 poster
4.3

An old man Lando (Ronnie Lazaro) has buried something under his house. When he is finished, he encounters a group of white people. The chieftain (Manu Respall) demands Lando to give back something that belongs to them which he refuses. Angered, he and his tribesmen savagely killed him.

Shake, Rattle & Roll 13

2011

Sparks poster
6.0

While the marriage of two professors is on the verge of falling apart, the woman is dragged into a scandal involving a young student. On the other hand, the man falls in love with the subject of his research—a deity that appears to him as the ghost of an old flame.

Sparks

2014

Juana C. The Movie poster
2.0

A young woman from a far off province is sent to study in a prestigious Manila university. But she gets caught up in the wrong crowd and ends up becoming a high class prostitute. Her surprising skill gives her access to the most powerful figures in the government, which exposes her to corruption at the highest levels.

Juana C. The Movie

2013

2000s · 15 titles

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

A 2007 Filipino satire written and directed by Jun Urbano

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

2007

Evolution of a Filipino Family poster
7.8

Spanning from 1971 to 1987, in rural areas under the Marcos regime, a poor farming family struggle to overcome challenges brought on by corruption and greed for power.

Evolution of a Filipino Family

2004

The Echo poster
5.6

After moving into his new digs a ratty apartment in a decrepit building Marvin senses that something is amiss. Every night, domestic violence occurs at the home of his neighbors: an alcoholic cop, his wife, Anna, and their daughter, Lara. When bloody apparitions of Anna and Lara flash before Marvin's eyes, he begins to question his sanity in this atmospheric horror film.

The Echo

2004

Ploning poster
5.3

In the picturesque island of Cuyo, Palawan, an illegal Taiwanese fishing vessel docks carrying the fisherman named Muo Sei, a man looking for something or someone with the name Ploning. He has from sunrise to sundown to look for this "Ploning".

Ploning

2008

Blades of the Sun poster
NR

A Japanese businessman has recurring dreams about being a samurai and travels to a remote island for answers, and the healing power of the banaba leaf. Later he also travels to the Philippines to save a beautiful woman from a evil gold mine owner.

Blades of the Sun

2001

Affliction poster
6.0

A young girl develops an unknown infection that causes her to evolve into a horrifying monster.

Affliction

2008

Boso poster
4.2

Jake (Jeffrey Quizon) is a caretaker at a boarding residence that houses a whole array of characters. But one day his life changes when he hovers over the lives of newlyweds Cecilia (Katya Santos) and Ding (Allen Dizon).

Boso

2005

No artwork available
NR

Juan Baybayin searches for the early alphabet of the Filipino and the journey takes him to different kind of adventures. A personal insights of the filmmaker regarding the baybayin-the early Filipino writings before the Spanish colonizers came to the island.

Green Rocking Chair

2007

Astigmatism poster
NR

Astigmatism an experimental digital film written and directed by independent filmmaker Jon Red. Shot on mini-digital video it stars Robin Padilla and tells the story from the point of view and through the eyes of Bien an assassin who suffers from astigmatism.

Astigmatism

2004

No artwork available
4.0

Sexually frustrated Perla wants out of her marriage; servant Lea yearns for power; streetwalker Joan has a secret; and Diana is lost in grief. They find escape and salvation in the only place that inspires hope: the karaoke bar. Music is the only way they're able to feel whole once more, but will it work in the long run?

Baryoke

2005

Heremias: Book One - The Legend of the Lizard Princess poster
8.0

A wandering peddler suddenly decides to separates from his group of travellers, his reasons are unknown and the dangers will be many.

Heremias: Book One - The Legend of the Lizard Princess

2006

The Son of Brocka poster
NR

It is about a group of investigative journalists from a sub-par TV station who accidentally scores a scoop that a 21-year-old boy is looking around for his identity… he claims to be the son of the late director Lino Brocka, a known gay filmmaker.

The Son of Brocka

2005

Jesus the Revolutionary poster
5.5

A man named Jesus takes on the ruling military junta.

Jesus the Revolutionary

2002

Shake Rattle & Roll 2k5 poster
6.0

The second installment of episodes from this classic horror series scares up even more screams than the first. In "Poso," a wealthy client tempts a hack occultist out of retirement. In "Aquarium," a family moves into their new home only to discover that the previous occupants left something terrible behind. And in "Lihim," a pregnant woman fears for the life of her unborn child.

Shake Rattle & Roll 2k5

2005

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Utang Ni Tatang

2002

1990s · 8 titles

Brokedown Palace poster
6.4

Best friends Alice and Darlene take a trip to Thailand after graduating high school. In Thailand, they meet a captivating Australian man, who calls himself Nick Parks. Darlene is particularly smitten with Nick and convinces Alice to take Nick up on his offer to treat the two of them to what amounts to a day trip to Hong Kong. In the airport, the girls are seized by the police and shocked to discover that one of their bags contains heroin.

Brokedown Palace

1999

Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection poster
5.6

When DEA agents are taken captive by a ruthless South American kingpin, the Delta Force is reunited to rescue them in this sequel to the 1986 film.

Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection

1990

Behind Enemy Lines poster
4.9

An ex-marine returns to Vietnam when he learns his former mercenary partner whom he thought was killed is being held by a sadistic general.

Behind Enemy Lines

1997

Naked Under the Moon poster
5.9

A young woman recalls how her father (a fallen priest), her mother (a woman with a secret past) and her teenage sister returned with her to live in their ancestral home after the family business failed. She was plagued with mysterious problems of sleepwalking and began a romance with a young man who tried to cure her.

Naked Under the Moon

1999

Curacha: The Restless Woman poster
5.6

Curacha, a torera (live sex performer), finds herself trapped in an anomalous game of association between sex, life and death, and its political equivalent of sleaze, subservicence and power in drug-addled world. Every night, she sets off to join her fellow toreras for a midnight show of fun and kitschy live sex act. In one tuning point of her life, she bumps into a long-lost friend, Myrna, a former torera, who seems to have a lost grip on life. Curacha makes it her personal mission to save Myrna as she does some soul-searching herself. In the end, we see traces of hope glimmering somewhere, somehow, in a manner that escapes the restless Curacha.

Curacha: The Restless Woman

1998

José Rizal poster
8.8

Accused of treason, Dr. Jose P. Rizal awaits trial and meets with his colonial government-appointed counsel, Luis Taviel de Andrade. The two build the case and arguments for the defense as significant events in the central figure's life prior to his incarceration unfold. Upon hearing Rizal's life story, Taviel begins to realize that the accused not just is innocent but exhibits in fact all the qualities of an extraordinary man. When the mock trial unreels, Taviel is all set to act as the prime advocate for his client as Rizal himself is about to give an earth-moving speech to defend his honor and address his countrymen. Meanwhile, the Spanish authorities have worked out the vast political machinery to ensure a guilty verdict. A revolution waits in the wings.

José Rizal

1998

Lipa 'Arandia' Massacre poster
9.0

After her husband goes to work abroad, Helen Arandia and her daughter must handle her jealous neighbour, who plans to do something to her. Based on a crime report that occurred in 1994, this is the most brutal massacre in Lipa's history since the massacres in 1945.

Lipa 'Arandia' Massacre

1994

Ipaglaban Mo: The Movie II poster
7.5

This second feature film based on the popular television series features two true legal cases. The first is of a nanny accused of kidnapping the child in her care, and the second is about how a rich family tries to cover up the murder of a poor man.

Ipaglaban Mo: The Movie II

1997

1980s · 4 titles

Series credits

Batang Quiapo poster
6.9

A young man rises to be one of the biggest outlaws in the neighborhood while he navigates his way in life to survive in Quiapo. Hoping to earn the affection of his parents, his feat draws him closer to the truth about his identity.

Batang Quiapo

2023

The Heiress poster
5.6

The story of Romina, a secretary turned wife of business tycoon, Robert, who married her despite the fact that she was raped and is carrying the child of the assailant. Unknown to Romina, it was Daniela, Robert’s daughter, who had orchestrated her abduction, right before seducing Romina’s fiance, Carlos. With Romina's and Daniela's lives intertwined, their daughters, Cassandra and Margaret, are made to fight as to who among them is the rightful heiress to the Mondragon empire.

The Heiress

2018

Kay Tagal Kang Hinintay poster
9.0

Kay Tagal Kang Hinintay is a Filipino soap opera, produced by ABS-CBN and Star Cinema. It started in the year 2002 and ended in the year 2003. The critically acclaimed and top-rating teleserye won the CMMA Best Drama Series and the PMPC Star Awards Best Primetime Drama Series. It is the first local soap opera that became a finalist to the Best Drama Series category of the International Emmy Awards. It was also part of the top five drama series of the Asian TV Awards. The series currently re-airs internationally this 2012 via The Brand New Cinema One Global after 8 years.

Kay Tagal Kang Hinintay

2002

The Iron Heart poster
7.5

An undercover agent goes on a dangerous mission to bring down a crime ring. Fueled by a bitter and painful past, he along with his allies faces the grueling task that will challenge his resolve and strength.

The Iron Heart

2022

Kung Ako'y Iiwan Mo poster
NR

Kung Ako'y Iiwan Mo was a Philippine daytime television drama airing on ABS-CBN's Kapamilya Gold, in association with The Filipino Channel. .

Kung Ako'y Iiwan Mo

2012

The Promise poster
9.0

Driven by the heartbreak from her ill-fated romance with Eduardo and the tragic loss of her loved ones, Amor seeks revenge against his family. Unbeknownst to Amor, her daughter is still alive and is in a similar love affair with Eduardo's son.

The Promise

2015

Big Bet poster
5.9

Cha Moosik runs a casino bar, only to flee to the Philippines due to a crackdown by the National Tax Service. He launches a full-fledged casino business, and strategizes winning over the political and business circles in the Philippines. However, he is suddenly framed as a suspect in Min Seokjun's death, and is tracked by Oh Seunghoon of the Korean Desk. Betrayal is rampant in the presence of money.

Big Bet

2022

Walang Hanggang Paalam poster
5.0

Estranged couple, Emman and Celine, is brought together by the disappearance of their son, Robbie, only to find the love that they have lost in the past.

Walang Hanggang Paalam

2020

The Broken Marriage Vow poster
5.9

A seemingly perfect home gets shattered by broken trust and infidelity, bringing forth catastrophic effects into the lives of the couple, their son, and everyone else involved. This is a story about a woman scorned.

The Broken Marriage Vow

2022

AraBella poster
NR

AraBella is the story of Roselle, the owner of a known chocolate confectionery business, and her search for her long-lost daughter.

AraBella

2023

Gumapang Ka Sa Lusak poster
4.2

Gumapang Ka Sa Lusak or Secret Affairs is a Sine Novela offering produced by GMA Network starring Dennis Trillo and Jennylyn Mercado. From October 15, 2012 until February 19, 2013, GMA Life TV aired its English-dubbed version worldwide.

Gumapang Ka Sa Lusak

2010

Araro poster
4.2

Edgar plans to exact revenge to Leon by charming and seducing all the women in his life.

Araro

2023

Totoy Bato poster
NR

Totoy Bato is a boxing-themed Philippine drama from GMA Network, based on the graphic novel created by Carlo J. Caparas, that depicts the remarkable story of an ordinary person named Totoy Magtanggol, played by Robin Padilla, becoming a skillful boxer and conquering injustice with bravery and compassion. The series premiered on February 23. This is considered to be the first Indie Television Show for Robin's own crew in the production and blocking the powers of the management to control the show.

Totoy Bato

2009

Someone to Watch Over Me poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Someone to Watch Over Me

2016

No artwork available
NR

Natutulog Ba Ang Diyos? was the fourth installment of Sineserye Presents, an ABS-CBN production. It is based on the 1988 film, Natutulog Pa Ang Diyos which, in turn, is based on the original novel of the same name by Ruben R. Marcelino. The story revolves around a young woman who was switched at birth. As a result, what could have been a life of prosperity became a life of poverty. Meanwhile, the baby boy who was put in her rightful place has grown up to be spoiled and irresponsible, but is secretly caught up in his feelings for her.

Natutulog Ba ang Diyos?

2007

Nagsimula sa Puso poster
NR

Nagsimula sa Puso is a top rated afternoon drama that aired on ABS-CBN's afternoon block, replacing Kambal Sa Uma. It is a remake of the 1990 film the same title starring Hilda Koronel.

Nagsimula sa Puso

2009

Balaraw: Blood Island poster
NR

Years after her mother vanished, Sabina follows a mysterious clue to an uncharted island, where she confronts hidden dark secrets within her own family.

Balaraw: Blood Island

2026

No artwork available
NR

Chronicles the activities of Asia's biggest drug empires operating from inside Philippines security prison.

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