---
name: "Pio De Castro III"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/pio-de-castro-iii"
fi1m_id: "pio-de-castro-iii"
imdb_id: "nm0207863"
tmdb_id: 1200644
roles: ["Actor"]
died: "22 March 2001"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T00:02:10.685826+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Pio De Castro III

## Identity

Pio De Castro III

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/pio-de-castro-iii
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** pio-de-castro-iii
- **IMDb ID:** nm0207863
- **TMDB ID:** 1200644
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0207863/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1200644

Actor. Died 22 March 2001.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Died:** 22 March 2001
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0207863/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1200644

## Biography

Pio De Castro III was a Filipino actor, director, screenwriter and film critic. He began acting in the mid-1970s and appeared as Imo in Lino Brocka’s *Manila in the Claws of Light* (1975).

He later took supporting roles in films including *Mga uod at rosas* (1982) and *Working Girls 2* (1987). De Castro directed two features: *Soltero* (1984), which received five Gawad Urian Award nominations, and *Ina, kasusuklaman ba kita?* (1985). He died on 22 March 2001.

*Sources: cinedweller.com, en.wikipedia.org, criterion.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Manila in the Claws of Light* (1975), Fi1m 87, as Imo — [page](https://film.one/film/manila-in-the-claws-of-light.md)

## Complete filmography (7)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Dreaming Filipinos* (1991), as Professor
- *What Is the Color of God's Face?* (1985), Story
- *Ina, Kasusuklaman Ba Kita?* (1985), Director
- *The Bachelor* (1984), Director
- *Worms and Roses* (1982), as Al
- *May Isang Tsuper Ng Taxi* (1975), Actor
- *Manila in the Claws of Light* (1975), as Imo — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/manila-in-the-claws-of-light.md)

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