Francesc Orella

Francesc Orella

Known for
Acting
Born
June 11, 1957 (age 69)
Birthplace
Barcelona, Spain

Biography

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.

Known For

Filmography

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Todo arde

Todo arde

Movie · as Ponzano

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Lo vent

Lo vent

Movie

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En el círculo del asesino

En el círculo del asesino

TV · 7 eps

2026
Ravalear: Not for Sale poster

Ravalear: Not for Sale

TV · as Lluís · 6 eps

2025
Emergency Exit poster

Emergency Exit

Movie

2025
Shared Custody poster

Shared Custody

TV · as Alberto · 8 eps

2025
Terra alta poster

Terra alta

TV · 6 eps

2024
From Good to the Hood poster

From Good to the Hood

Movie · as Zamora

2024
Checkmates poster

Checkmates

Movie · as Emilio

2024
Where the pines lament poster

Where the pines lament

Movie · as Ignacio

2024
The Asunta Case poster

The Asunta Case

TV · as Juanjo · 6 eps

2023
Teoria dels cossos poster

Teoria dels cossos

Movie

2023
Bye Bye Boy poster

Bye Bye Boy

Movie

2022
Toscana poster

Toscana

Movie · as Ramón

2022
Santa Evita poster

Santa Evita

TV · as Dr. Pedro Ara · 7 eps

2022
When You Least Expect It poster

When You Least Expect It

TV · as Luis Fábregas · 18 eps

2022
El llop poster

El llop

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2021
The Good Boss poster

The Good Boss

Movie · as Alejandro

2021
Chasing Wonders poster

Chasing Wonders

Movie · as Cosme

2020
Offering to the Storm poster

Offering to the Storm

Movie · as Fermín Montes

2020
The Barcelona Vampiress poster

The Barcelona Vampiress

Movie · as Salvat

2020
La unidad poster

La unidad

TV · as Jesús Jiménez · 6 eps

2020
Inés of My Soul poster

Inés of My Soul

TV · as Pizarro · 8 eps

2019
L'enigma Verdaguer poster

L'enigma Verdaguer

Movie · as Pare Pinyol

2019
Love Me Not poster

Love Me Not

Movie

2019
Elisa & Marcela poster

Elisa & Marcela

Movie · as Padre Marcela

2019
7 Reasons to Run Away (from Society) poster

7 Reasons to Run Away (from Society)

Movie · as Família: El pare

2019
The Legacy of the Bones poster

The Legacy of the Bones

Movie · as Fermín Montés

2019
I Know Nothing About You poster

I Know Nothing About You

Movie · as Pare

2019
Merlí. Sapere Aude poster

Merlí. Sapere Aude

TV · as Merlí Bergeron Calduch · 16 eps

2019
La gran il·lusió, relat intermitent del cinema català poster

La gran il·lusió, relat intermitent del cinema català

TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 13 eps

2018
Mirage poster

Mirage

Movie · as Dr. Fell

2017
The Invisible Guest poster

The Invisible Guest

Movie · as Félix Leiva

2017
The Invisible Guardian poster

The Invisible Guardian

Movie · as Fermín Montés

2017
Brava poster

Brava

Movie

2017
Killing God poster

Killing God

Movie · as Padre

2017
Al cotxe! poster

Al cotxe!

TV · as Self - Interviewee · 1 ep

2016
The Best Option poster

The Best Option

Movie · as Antonio

2016
Còmics Show poster

Còmics Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2015
Truman poster

Truman

Movie · as Restaurant Actor

2015
Carlos, rey emperador poster

Carlos, rey emperador

TV · as Adriano VI · 7 eps

2015
Merlí poster

Merlí

TV · as Merlí Bergeron Calduch · 40 eps

2015
The Ministry of Time poster

The Ministry of Time

TV · as Alberto Díaz Bueno · 3 eps

2014
Lasa & Zabala poster

Lasa & Zabala

Movie · as Enrique Rodríguez Galindo

2014
Prim: el asesinato de la calle del Turco poster

Prim: el asesinato de la calle del Turco

Movie · as Prim

2014
Interior. Familia poster

Interior. Familia

Movie

2014
Falling Star poster

Falling Star

Movie · as The Bishop

2014
El rey poster

El rey

TV · as Carlos Arias Navarro · 3 eps

2014
Barefoot on Red Soil poster

Barefoot on Red Soil

TV · as Dom Aloisio · 2 eps

2013
Mario Conde: los días de gloria poster

Mario Conde: los días de gloria

TV · as Juan Abelló · 2 eps

2012
Frozen Silence poster

Frozen Silence

Movie · as Reyes Zarauza

2012
The Wild Children poster

The Wild Children

Movie · as Àngel

2012
Radiacions poster

Radiacions

Movie

2012
Tocant el mar poster

Tocant el mar

Movie · as Edu

2011
Terra baixa poster

Terra baixa

Movie · as Sebastià

2011
A Thousand Fools poster

A Thousand Fools

Movie

2011
Alakrana poster

Alakrana

TV · as Patrón · 2 eps

2011
Ermessenda poster

Ermessenda

TV · as Ramon Borrell · 2 eps

2010
Julia's Eyes poster

Julia's Eyes

Movie · as Inspector Dimas

2010
Tres días de abril

Tres días de abril

TV · 1 ep

2009
Tres dies amb la família poster

Tres dies amb la família

Movie · as Toni

2009
Les veus del Pamano poster

Les veus del Pamano

TV · as Targa · 2 eps

2008
Shiver poster

Shiver

Movie · as Dimas

2008
The Pianist's Hands

The Pianist's Hands

Movie

2007
Caravaggio poster

Caravaggio

Movie · as Peterzano

2006
La silla poster

La silla

Movie · as Artista

2006
Captain Alatriste: The Spanish Musketeer poster

Captain Alatriste: The Spanish Musketeer

Movie · as Capitán Bragado

2005
The Good Boy poster

The Good Boy

Movie · as Mendiri

2005
Mentiras poster

Mentiras

Movie · as Mauricio

2004
El año del diluvio poster

El año del diluvio

Movie · as Cabo Lastre

2003
Nudos poster

Nudos

Movie · as Mario

2003
Sleeping luck poster

Sleeping luck

Movie · as Miguel Ángel

2003
Utopia poster

Utopia

Movie · as Padre Ochoa

2002
Smoking Room poster

Smoking Room

Movie · as Martínez

2001
Clara y Elena poster

Clara y Elena

Movie · as Eddy

2001
Mi dulce poster

Mi dulce

Movie · as Antonio

2001
The Journey of Arián poster

The Journey of Arián

Movie

2001
Jet Lag poster

Jet Lag

TV · 1 ep

2001
Cuéntame cómo pasó poster

Cuéntame cómo pasó

TV · as Helio · 7 eps

2000
Yoyes poster

Yoyes

Movie · as Hombre del mechero

2000
To Die (Or Not) poster

To Die (Or Not)

Movie · as Víctima

1999
El comisario poster

El comisario

TV · as Subinspector Telmo Chacón · 53 eps

1998
The Pianist poster

The Pianist

Movie · as Quintana

1998
Subjúdice poster

Subjúdice

Movie · as Martí

1997
La moños poster

La moños

Movie · as Ricardo

1995
Land and Freedom poster

Land and Freedom

Movie · as Casado

1995
Laia, el regal d’aniversari

Laia, el regal d’aniversari

Movie · as Joan

1995
What's It All About poster

What's It All About

Movie · as Egotist

1994
Estació d'enllaç poster

Estació d'enllaç

TV · as Arnau Manovens · 140 eps

1990
Boom boom poster

Boom boom

Movie · as Ramón

1990
Warsaw Bridge poster

Warsaw Bridge

Movie · as Professor's colleague

1990
La teranyina poster

La teranyina

Movie · as Obrer

1988
Crònica negra poster

Crònica negra

TV · as Ulleres fosques · 1 ep

1984
Victòria! 3: El seny i la rauxa poster

Victòria! 3: El seny i la rauxa

Movie

1983
Assault at Central Bank poster

Assault at Central Bank

Movie

1983
Victòria! La gran aventura d'un poble poster

Victòria! La gran aventura d'un poble

Movie

1983
Victòria! 2: La disbauxa del 17 poster

Victòria! 2: La disbauxa del 17

Movie