Tommy Abuel

Acting

Tommy Abuel

Born 1942-09-16 · Tayabas, Quezon

Tommy Abuel (born September 16, 1942) is an acclaimed Filipino actor across film, television, and theater. Originally trained as a lawyer, he established himself as a dominant dramatic figure during the Second Golden Age of Philippine Cinema. Abuel earned multiple accolades throughout his multi-decade career, including FAMAS Best Supporting Actor awards for his acclaimed performances in Manila in the Claws of Light (1975) and Karma (1981). His extensive film credits include classic feature films such as Diligin Mo ng Hamog ang Uhaw na Lupa (1975), Insiang (1976), Bakit Manipis ang Ulap? (1985), and Dahas (1995). On television, he has appeared in prominent roles across long-running series including MariMar (2007), Ang Dalawang Mrs. Real (2014), FPJ's Ang Probinsyano (2018), and Lolong (2022).

Acting credits

Scarecrow poster
6.3

As a family clashes over their late father's land, an eerie painting appears and releases something sinister during the nine-day funeral ritual.

Scarecrow

2025

Hanguin Mo Ako Sa Putik poster
NR

A young woman hopes to find redemption from a sinful past in the arms of an elderly but genuinely caring lover.

Hanguin Mo Ako Sa Putik

1983

Manila in the Claws of Light poster
7.4

Julio, a young fisherman from a provincial village, descends into social alienation as he arrives in Manila to search for his loved one.

Manila in the Claws of Light

1975

Second Chances poster
7.5

Two lovers, who are oceans apart, discover that distance can either make the heart grow fonder or render it numb with grief.

Second Chances

1995

Senswal poster
6.0

Two sisters are bonded by a strong relationship but it turns hateful after the youngest sister discovers that her big sister works as a call girl. In a tragic incident, the true nature of their relationship will be revealed.

Senswal

2000

Last Viewing poster
NR

She registers not a hint of panic when her little daughter, an autistic, goes missing while they are shopping for her graduation dress in Quiapo, going through her daily chore as if nothing so heart-breaking has happened even as she continues to search for her missing daughter.

Last Viewing

2009

Oo na... Mahal na Kung Mahal poster
6.2

A Filipino coming-of-age film directed by Johnny Manahan.

Oo na... Mahal na Kung Mahal

1999

Arsenio Cayanan: Alyas Boy Negro poster
8.0

This is the true story of Arsenio Cayanan, a Black Asian American whose challenges in his youth led him into a life of crime.

Arsenio Cayanan: Alyas Boy Negro

1988

Liwanag sa kabila ng dilim poster
NR

A 1977 film directed by Maria Saret

Liwanag sa kabila ng dilim

1977

Sa Kuko ng Agila poster
NR

Tonyo (Joseph Estrada), a mini-bus driver in Olongapo, opposes U.S. military bases in the Philippines. He saw the changes of the city after the military bases were established. Social problems of corruption, prostitution, poverty, and the plight of fishermen after the base appropriated much of the land and sea. The movie depicts his struggle between principle and practicality, a battle of healthy past and promising future and the quest for freedom and nationalism.

Sa Kuko ng Agila

1989

Kahit Wala Ka Na poster
8.5

A story about a separated woman and the challenges she encounters when she faces the real world alone with her son.

Kahit Wala Ka Na

1989

Working Girls poster
6.5

Women cope with various problems while earning a living in the city.

Working Girls

1984

Should the Skies Clear poster
7.8

Catherine goes through all the travails of a young woman who must deal with a scheming stepfather out to dupe her of her inheritance.

Should the Skies Clear

1984

Bituing Walang Ningning poster
5.0

Dorina Pineda is a sampaguita vendor idolizing the most famous singing sensation in the country, Lavinia Arguilles. Lavina with her ego getting big, drives away her fans and even her boyfriend Nico Escobar. He later discovers Dorina as a wonderful singer and eventually falls in love with her. A simple die-hard fan at first, Dorina rose to the ranks and become the biggest singing star in the country, even becoming more famous than her idol Lavinia.

Bituing Walang Ningning

1985

Lumuhod Ka Sa Lupa poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Lumuhod Ka Sa Lupa

1993

T-Bird at Ako poster
5.8

Stern, intelligent Sylvia, a lawyer, finally met her match. Only that the person is a woman, and was convicted of murder.

T-Bird at Ako

1982

Esperanza: The Movie poster
9.5

A Filipino movie based on the television series Esperanza, opens up where the TV finale left off.

Esperanza: The Movie

1999

Why Are the Clouds Thin? poster
8.0

When love takes everything you have, will you still fight for it? This drama will take you to the bitter world of love, family, betrayal and deception

Why Are the Clouds Thin?

1985

The Vizconde Massacre: God, Help Us! poster
9.0

A gruesome look into the infamous and seemingly neverending 1991 Vizconde murder case in the Philippines where a woman, her teen daughter, and a 6-year-old were all viciously stabbed to death while the husband was away in America on business.

The Vizconde Massacre: God, Help Us!

1993

To Love Again poster
8.7

Forced by her father to marry a man she does not love in order to save him from financial ruin, Raffy runs away. Left with no choice but to fend for her own self, she takes on a secretarial job in a mining company. There she meets Bullet, an adventurous young man who, like her, has left home in order to save himself from a loveless arranged marriage. Together, Raffy and Bullet go through life. Coping up with it's ups and downs, learning about forgiveness, and discovering love in the process.

To Love Again

1983

The Rites of May poster
6.5

During a return to his provincial home, a young man gets involved with a woman who is ultimately possessed by her sister's spirit, paving the way to revealing the painful truth about her unsolved disappearance.

The Rites of May

1976

Walang Karugtong Ang Nakaraan poster
10.0

A widower found a strong resemblance between his late wife and the tutor of his daughter. Because he never got over his loss he courted and married her and then proceeded to remake her in the image of his wife. Naive and very much in love she obeyed his wishes and only later realized that her husband was not really in love with her but only with a memory.

Walang Karugtong Ang Nakaraan

1987

Hermano Pule poster
NR

A story about a Filipino religious leader.

Hermano Pule

1979

May Lamok sa Loob ng Kulambo poster
NR

Lauro (Eddie Garcia) is a married man who just loves women. His wife Elena (Gloria Diaz), a beautiful and strong-willed woman is dead set in keeping him from womanizing.

May Lamok sa Loob ng Kulambo

1984