
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
Todo arde
Movie · as Ponzano
Lo vent
Movie
En el círculo del asesino
TV · 7 eps

Ravalear: Not for Sale
TV · as Lluís · 6 eps

Emergency Exit
Movie

Shared Custody
TV · as Alberto · 8 eps

Terra alta
TV · 6 eps

From Good to the Hood
Movie · as Zamora

Checkmates
Movie · as Emilio

Where the pines lament
Movie · as Ignacio

The Asunta Case
TV · as Juanjo · 6 eps

Teoria dels cossos
Movie

Bye Bye Boy
Movie

Toscana
Movie · as Ramón

Santa Evita
TV · as Dr. Pedro Ara · 7 eps

When You Least Expect It
TV · as Luis Fábregas · 18 eps

El llop
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

The Good Boss
Movie · as Alejandro

Chasing Wonders
Movie · as Cosme

Offering to the Storm
Movie · as Fermín Montes

The Barcelona Vampiress
Movie · as Salvat

La unidad
TV · as Jesús Jiménez · 6 eps

Inés of My Soul
TV · as Pizarro · 8 eps

L'enigma Verdaguer
Movie · as Pare Pinyol

Love Me Not
Movie

Elisa & Marcela
Movie · as Padre Marcela

7 Reasons to Run Away (from Society)
Movie · as Família: El pare

The Legacy of the Bones
Movie · as Fermín Montés

I Know Nothing About You
Movie · as Pare

Merlí. Sapere Aude
TV · as Merlí Bergeron Calduch · 16 eps

La gran il·lusió, relat intermitent del cinema català
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 13 eps

Mirage
Movie · as Dr. Fell

The Invisible Guest
Movie · as Félix Leiva

The Invisible Guardian
Movie · as Fermín Montés

Brava
Movie

Killing God
Movie · as Padre

Al cotxe!
TV · as Self - Interviewee · 1 ep

The Best Option
Movie · as Antonio

Còmics Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Truman
Movie · as Restaurant Actor

Carlos, rey emperador
TV · as Adriano VI · 7 eps

Merlí
TV · as Merlí Bergeron Calduch · 40 eps

The Ministry of Time
TV · as Alberto Díaz Bueno · 3 eps

Lasa & Zabala
Movie · as Enrique Rodríguez Galindo

Prim: el asesinato de la calle del Turco
Movie · as Prim

Interior. Familia
Movie

Falling Star
Movie · as The Bishop

El rey
TV · as Carlos Arias Navarro · 3 eps

Barefoot on Red Soil
TV · as Dom Aloisio · 2 eps

Mario Conde: los días de gloria
TV · as Juan Abelló · 2 eps

Frozen Silence
Movie · as Reyes Zarauza

The Wild Children
Movie · as Àngel

Radiacions
Movie

Tocant el mar
Movie · as Edu

Terra baixa
Movie · as Sebastià

A Thousand Fools
Movie

Alakrana
TV · as Patrón · 2 eps

Ermessenda
TV · as Ramon Borrell · 2 eps

Julia's Eyes
Movie · as Inspector Dimas
Tres días de abril
TV · 1 ep

Tres dies amb la família
Movie · as Toni

Les veus del Pamano
TV · as Targa · 2 eps

Shiver
Movie · as Dimas
The Pianist's Hands
Movie

Caravaggio
Movie · as Peterzano

La silla
Movie · as Artista

Captain Alatriste: The Spanish Musketeer
Movie · as Capitán Bragado

The Good Boy
Movie · as Mendiri

Mentiras
Movie · as Mauricio

El año del diluvio
Movie · as Cabo Lastre

Nudos
Movie · as Mario

Sleeping luck
Movie · as Miguel Ángel

Utopia
Movie · as Padre Ochoa

Smoking Room
Movie · as Martínez

Clara y Elena
Movie · as Eddy

Mi dulce
Movie · as Antonio

The Journey of Arián
Movie

Jet Lag
TV · 1 ep

Cuéntame cómo pasó
TV · as Helio · 7 eps

Yoyes
Movie · as Hombre del mechero

To Die (Or Not)
Movie · as Víctima

El comisario
TV · as Subinspector Telmo Chacón · 53 eps

The Pianist
Movie · as Quintana

Subjúdice
Movie · as Martí

La moños
Movie · as Ricardo

Land and Freedom
Movie · as Casado
Laia, el regal d’aniversari
Movie · as Joan

What's It All About
Movie · as Egotist

Estació d'enllaç
TV · as Arnau Manovens · 140 eps

Boom boom
Movie · as Ramón

Warsaw Bridge
Movie · as Professor's colleague

La teranyina
Movie · as Obrer

Crònica negra
TV · as Ulleres fosques · 1 ep

Victòria! 3: El seny i la rauxa
Movie

Assault at Central Bank
Movie

Victòria! La gran aventura d'un poble
Movie

Victòria! 2: La disbauxa del 17
Movie