Francesc Orella
Known for: Acting
Born: June 11, 1957
Place of birth: Barcelona, Spain
Francesc Orella i Pinell is a Spanish actor born on 11 June 1957 in Barcelona, Catalonia. He studied acting at the Institut del Teatre in Barcelona and later continued his training at the Herbert Berghof Studio in New York. Active in film, television, theatre and voice acting since the early 1980s, he is especially known for playing philosophy teacher Merlí Bergeron in the television series Merlí. His work also includes El ministerio del tiempo, Los ojos de Julia and The Invisible Guest, and he received the Max Award for Best Actor for An Enemy of the People.
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Filmography
66 movies · 29 TV shows, newest first
8.9
Ravalear: Not for Sale
2026
4.0
Emergency Exit
2025
6.2
Terra alta
2025
5.8
Shared Custody
2025
6.1
From Good to the Hood
2024
6.0
Where the pines lament
2024
7.3
The Asunta Case
2024
7.0
Checkmates
2024
NR
Teoria dels cossos
2023
NR
Bye Bye Boy
2023
7.8
Santa Evita
2022
5.7
Toscana
2022
8.3
When You Least Expect It
2022
NR
El llop
2022
6.9
The Good Boss
2021
4.7
Chasing Wonders
2021
5.9
The Barcelona Vampiress
2020
6.1
Inés of My Soul
2020
6.5
Offering to the Storm
2020
7.1
La unidad
2020
6.6
The Legacy of the Bones
2019
8.2
Merlí. Sapere Aude
2019
NR
L'enigma Verdaguer
2019
4.0
I Know Nothing About You
2019
7.3
Elisa & Marcela
2019
5.9
7 Reasons to Run Away (from Society)
2019
4.3
Love Me Not
2019
NR
La gran il·lusió, relat intermitent del cinema català
2019
7.5
Mirage
2018
NR
Al cotxe!
2017
5.9
Killing God
2017
5.3
Brava
2017
6.5
The Invisible Guardian
2017
8.1
The Invisible Guest
2017
NR
The Best Option
2016
NR
Còmics Show
2016
7.0
Truman
2015
8.6
Merlí
2015
6.9
Carlos, rey emperador
2015
7.6
The Ministry of Time
2015
4.9
Prim: el asesinato de la calle del Turco
2014
6.0
El rey
2014
6.0
Lasa & Zabala
2014
6.0
Interior. Familia
2014
NR
Barefoot on Red Soil
2014
5.9
Falling Star
2014
2.0
Mario Conde: los días de gloria
2013
NR
Tocant el mar
2012
6.1
The Wild Children
2012
7.0
Radiacions
2012
5.1
Frozen Silence
2012
NR
Terra baixa
2011
2.0
Alakrana
2011
4.2
Ermessenda
2011
4.2
A Thousand Fools
2011NR
Tres días de abril
2010
6.7
Julia's Eyes
2010
NR
Les veus del Pamano
2009
6.4
Tres dies amb la família
2009NR
The Pianist's Hands
2008
6.1
Shiver
2008
5.6
Caravaggio
2007
10.0
La silla
2006
5.0
The Good Boy
2005
3.3
Mentiras
2005
6.0
El año del diluvio
2004
7.2
Sleeping luck
2003
5.9
Utopia
2003
8.0
Nudos
2003
5.8
Smoking Room
2002
5.3
Clara y Elena
2001
2.0
Jet Lag
2001
7.1
Cuéntame cómo pasó
2001
4.3
Mi dulce
2001
5.4
The Journey of Arián
2001
5.6
Yoyes
2000
6.3
To Die (Or Not)
2000
4.6
El comisario
1999
7.8
The Pianist
1998
7.5
Subjúdice
1998
7.5
La moños
19977.5
Laia, el regal d’aniversari
1995
7.3
Land and Freedom
1995
5.2
What's It All About
1995
10.0
Estació d'enllaç
1994
7.5
La teranyina
1990
5.6
Boom boom
1990
4.9
Warsaw Bridge
1990
NR
Crònica negra
1988
10.0
Victòria! 3: El seny i la rauxa
1984
4.0
Victòria! 2: La disbauxa del 17
1983
9.0
Victòria! La gran aventura d'un poble
1983
6.5
Assault at Central Bank
1983NR
Todo arde
—NR
En el círculo del asesino
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