Tommy Abuel

Acting

Tommy Abuel

Born

1942-09-16 (84)

Place of birth

Tayabas, Quezon

Known for

Acting

Credits

69 titles

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 in…

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

Legal Wives poster
NR

The story of a unique family where a Mranaw man marries three different women for various reasons.

Legal Wives

2021

No artwork available
8.0

Kung Mamahalin Mo Lang Ako is an afternoon soap opera aired on GMA Network produced by TAPE Inc. and co-produced by GMA.

Kung Mamahalin Mo Lang Ako

2005

No artwork available
NR

Maging Sino Ka Man: Ang Pagbabalik is the second installment of the drama Filipino, Maging Sino Ka Man which started on December 10, 2007. The story begins six months later, after Jackie and Eli's wedding. The characters in the drama, such as Eli, Jackie, JB and Celine return in a story. Actors Christopher de Leon and Chinchin Gutierrez assume their original roles from season one. Meanwhile, Rosanna Roces and Phillip Salvador join the cast. Derek Ramsay, Angelica Panganiban and Toni Gonzaga lend their acting to this year's Star Awards Best Drama series. The series was acclaimed by critics for having veteran actors such as Christopher de Leon, Phillip Salvador, Bembol Roco, and Tommy Abuel, whom all are Lino Brocka-regulars.

Maging Sino Ka Man: Ang Pagbabalik

2007

Ang Dalawang Mrs. Real poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Ang Dalawang Mrs. Real

2014

Destined to be Yours poster
8.0

Sinag Obispo is a cheerful radio DJ in Pelangi, a small town in Quezon where life is simple and peaceful–until property developers arrive to take over the area. As Sinag fights to protect her beloved hometown, she meets Benjie Rosales, the young and hardworking architect who may just turn her life around.

Destined to be Yours

2017

Film credits

2010s · 2 titles

2000s · 5 titles

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

Don't Give Up On Us poster
8.0

When an overbearing advertising executive rushes off to Baguio to look for her brother's runaway bride, she unexpectedly falls in love with a laid-back local singer.

Don't Give Up On Us

2006

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

No artwork available
10.0

This movie is about the story of Luis "Chavit" Singson (born 1941), a Philippine politician, and the Governor of the Ilocos Sur province in the Philippines. Singson started EDSA II in October 2000 when he alleged he gave Philippine President Joseph Estrada 400 million pesos as payoff from illegal gambling profits.

Chavit

2003

Bakat poster
4.3

Annie, an alluring lady, catches the eye of old widower Leoncio. The old man marries her after a short period of acquaintance. Leoncio's son Robert and daughter Marites disapprove of their father's single-handed decision, leading to a conflict that causes the old man's fatal heart attack. After Leoncio's death, Robert feels terribly sorry for Annie especially when he discovers that she is suffering from schizophrenia. Soon, Annie's condition helps Leoncio's children realize the essence of a family.

Bakat

2001

1990s · 17 titles

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

Leonardo Delos Reyes: Alyas Waway poster
5.0

The life story of Waway, a notorious mad killer during the 1970s.

Leonardo Delos Reyes: Alyas Waway

1993

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

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

Lumuhod Ka Sa Lupa poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Lumuhod Ka Sa Lupa

1993

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

Akin ang Pangarap Mo poster
7.0

Leo is engaged to Anita out of convenience since her father and her parents are long time friends. It was never an issue until Leo meets Gigi during his stay in the family farm. Leo loves Anita but he cannot get enough of Gigi's seduction. He later finds himself craving for more. Little does he know that Gigi's tempting invitations are more than that Gigi has other selfish plans and she is adamant to get him not afraid to cause havoc over Leo and Anita's solid relationship.

Akin ang Pangarap Mo

1992

Relaks ka, Lang Sagot Kita poster
8.0

CIS agent Gerry Paz is accused of a crime and takes Atty. Vera Villaverde hostage as he escapes from the law. Vera eventually realizes his innocence and a relationship forms between them as they clear his name.

Relaks ka, Lang Sagot Kita

1994

The Untold Story: Vizconde Massacre II - May the Lord Be with Us! poster
8.0

Follow-up to the previous year's sensationalist hit The Vizconde Massacre: God, Help Us! (based on a real, gruesome, then-unsolved triple murder that was hogging Filipino newspaper space at the time), this includes new evidence in the case.

The Untold Story: Vizconde Massacre II - May the Lord Be with Us!

1994

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

Alyas Pogi: Birador ng Nueva Ecija poster
6.5

A 1990 Filipino action film starring Ramon Revilla Jr.

Alyas Pogi: Birador ng Nueva Ecija

1990

Mulanay: Sa Pusod Ng Paraiso poster
10.0

A doctor dedicated her life post-graduate to help the rural community of Mulanay, Quezon. Based on a true story.

Mulanay: Sa Pusod Ng Paraiso

1996

Inay poster
4.2

A happy marriage goes wrong when the husband is accused of raping his stepdaughter who eventually died. The wife, feeling hopeless from the courts, takes justice into her own hands.

Inay

1993

No artwork available
8.0

The Battle of Tirad Pass was fought between Filipino revolutionary forces and Americans of the 33rd Infantry Regiment in Ilocos Sur. Brigadier General Gregorio del Pilar led the Filipinos, while Major Peyton March led the Americans. The battle resulted in the death of Del Pilar, along with 51 Filipino soldiers.

Tirad Pass: The Story of Gen. Gregorio del Pilar

1996

Lumaban ka! Sagot kita sa Diyos poster
7.0

Corruption, betrayal and vendettas are the focus of this crime drama that stars Julio Diaz as Dado, a man who prefers a quiet life over troubling himself on the ongoing injustice in society. This soon changes when it becomes personal and awakens his will to fight.

Lumaban ka! Sagot kita sa Diyos

1990

Forever poster
8.0

They are two very different people. She's a strong-willed heiress running away from a loveless arranged marriage; he's a happy-go-lucky biker running away from responsibility. Yet, despite the glaring differences, they are drawn to each other when they meet. They have found in each other a friend, a confidante, a lover; they have found in each other the missing pieces of their own true selves.

Forever

1994

The Marita Gonzaga Rape-Slay: In God We Trust! poster
NR

Sexually assualted to death by unknown gangs, which is led by Brando Legaspi's wild obsession.

The Marita Gonzaga Rape-Slay: In God We Trust!

1995

1980s · 24 titles

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

Working Girls poster
6.5

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

Working Girls

1984

Bituing Walang Ningning poster
5.5

Dorina is an orphaned sampaguita vendor who dreams of becoming a big singing star like her idol, Lavinia. It later turns out that Lavinia is nothing like what Dorina thought she was. This disillusionment spurs the young girl to make it big as a singer and eventually become Lavinia’s chief rival.

Bituing Walang Ningning

1985

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

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

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

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

Heartache City poster
3.3

Five young women trek to the city in the quest of better lives but end up instead with broken hearts.

Heartache City

1985

Gaano Kadalas ang Minsan? poster
10.0

They are two women in love with one man. One is the wife, the other is the mistress. And between them, the man whose love and time they share. But even the most discreet of affairs can be laid open, and the most submissive of wives can lose her patience. Vilma Santos, Hilda Koronel and Dindo Fernando lend their thespic talents to this moving tale of love, betrayal and retribution.

Gaano Kadalas ang Minsan?

1982

May Daga sa Labas ng Lungga poster
1.0

This time, its Lauro's turn to doubt his wife fidelity. He chooses to stay in the house to keep an eye on his wife, who hired a hunky helper.

May Daga sa Labas ng Lungga

1984

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

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

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

Karma poster
4.0

Sarah is assaulted by Eric on the eve of her wedding. Years later, their paths cross again, and the coincidence leads them to a shocking discovery: They are in fact reincarnations of Enrico and Guada, illicit lovers who lived 60 years ago. Are they destined to follow the path of the long-dead couple … and with what effects on their present-day marriages?

Karma

1981

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

Immortal poster
8.5

Two star-crossed lovers, meeting each other across several lifetimes, hoping that in each cycle they can break down the walls that keep them apart.

Immortal

1989

A Tired, Angry Moon on a Restless Night poster
6.4

A story of married couples but leaves their own spouses for their relationship.

A Tired, Angry Moon on a Restless Night

1983

God... Save Me! poster
10.0

A doting father, terminally ill with cancer, spends the remaining days of his life with his young daughter.

God... Save Me!

1985

Always and Forever poster
8.0

A balikbayan proves his sincere intentions in courting his local Juliet.

Always and Forever

1986

Magchumikap Ka! poster
9.0

Two couples transform their losing streak into successful businesses.

Magchumikap Ka!

1985

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

Palabra de Honor poster
3.0

In a city where there is deception, crime and betrayal, it is a man who still keeps his word of honor ...

Palabra de Honor

1983

Friends in Love poster
7.0

A story of friends who got entangled in the ironies of falling in love. Fate decides to play a trick on the quartet. Sharron and Jackie are close friends with contrasting personalities. On the other hand William and Rowell are students in the same school who are close to one another as the two girls are. Sharon and Rowell fall for each other and jealousy rears its ugly head on their relationship. Jackie and Rowell felt left out.

Friends in Love

1983

No artwork available
4.5

Teenager Anna falls in love with and gives her womanhood to the middle-aged womanizer Eric who promises her marriage. Upon her brother's insistence to meet the man, she realizes then that Eric is married and eventually commits suicide. Outraged, Martin (brother), who is a sex-change surgeon, abducted and performed an operation on Eric. Shameful of his inadequacy, Eric evades his wife's sexual needs and sexual attractions to other women.

Lalakwe

1985

1970s · 11 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

Legal Wives poster
NR

The story of a unique family where a Mranaw man marries three different women for various reasons.

Legal Wives

2021

No artwork available
8.0

Kung Mamahalin Mo Lang Ako is an afternoon soap opera aired on GMA Network produced by TAPE Inc. and co-produced by GMA.

Kung Mamahalin Mo Lang Ako

2005

No artwork available
NR

Maging Sino Ka Man: Ang Pagbabalik is the second installment of the drama Filipino, Maging Sino Ka Man which started on December 10, 2007. The story begins six months later, after Jackie and Eli's wedding. The characters in the drama, such as Eli, Jackie, JB and Celine return in a story. Actors Christopher de Leon and Chinchin Gutierrez assume their original roles from season one. Meanwhile, Rosanna Roces and Phillip Salvador join the cast. Derek Ramsay, Angelica Panganiban and Toni Gonzaga lend their acting to this year's Star Awards Best Drama series. The series was acclaimed by critics for having veteran actors such as Christopher de Leon, Phillip Salvador, Bembol Roco, and Tommy Abuel, whom all are Lino Brocka-regulars.

Maging Sino Ka Man: Ang Pagbabalik

2007

Ang Dalawang Mrs. Real poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Ang Dalawang Mrs. Real

2014

Destined to be Yours poster
8.0

Sinag Obispo is a cheerful radio DJ in Pelangi, a small town in Quezon where life is simple and peaceful–until property developers arrive to take over the area. As Sinag fights to protect her beloved hometown, she meets Benjie Rosales, the young and hardworking architect who may just turn her life around.

Destined to be Yours

2017

Kahit Konting Pagtingin poster
NR

Kahit Konting Pagtingin is a Philippine television drama that aired on ABS-CBN from January 28 to April 12, 2013 replacing Aryana and worldwide on TFC on January 29, 2013. Starring Angeline Quinto, Paulo Avelino, and Sam Milby.

Kahit Konting Pagtingin

2013

The Better Woman poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Better Woman

2019

Sabel poster
NR

Sabel is a Philippine romance primetime drama on ABS-CBN. It premiered on December 6, 2010 and stars Jessy Mendiola, AJ Perez, and Joseph Marco.

Sabel

2010