Name
Francesc Orella
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1957-06-11 (69 years old)
Place of Birth
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
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Barcelona, Spain. Adrián Doria, a young and successful businessman accused of murder, mee...
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Julio Blanco is the proprietor of Básculas Blanco, a Spanish company producing industria...
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Julia, a woman suffering from a degenerative sight disease, finds her blind sister Sara hu...
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When the naked body of a teenage girl is found on the banks of the River Baztán, it is qu...
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Inspector Amaia Salazar confronts the origins of her nightmares as she unfolds the darkest...
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Inspector Amaia Salazar must return to the Baztan valley in order to solve a series of sui...
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Summer 1936: young unemployed communist David Carr leaves Liverpool to join the fight agai...
- 2006 La silla as Artista
- 2008 Shiver as Dimas
- 2021 The Good Boss as Alejandro
- 2012 Frozen Silence as Reyes Zarauza
- 2012 The Wild Children as Àngel
- 2009 Tres dies amb la família as Toni
- 2001 Clara y Elena as Eddy
- 2024 From Good to the Hood as Zamora
- 2002 Smoking Room as Martínez
- 2008 The Pianist's Hands
- 2011 Terra baixa as Sebastià
- 2012 Radiacions
- 1997 La moños as Ricardo
- 2024 Checkmates as Emilio
- 2014 Lasa & Zabala as Enrique Rodríguez Galindo
- 2023 Teoria dels cossos
- 2023 Bye Bye Boy
- 2010 Julia's Eyes as Inspector Dimas
- 2014 Prim: el asesinato de la calle del Turco as Prim
- 1983 Assault at Central Bank
- 2019 L'enigma Verdaguer as Pare Pinyol
- 2014 Interior. Familia
- 2012 Tocant el mar as Edu
- 1990 Boom boom as Ramón
- 2005 The Good Boy as Mendiri
- 2017 The Invisible Guest as Félix Leiva
- 2003 Nudos as Mario
- 1995 Land and Freedom as Casado
- 2017 The Invisible Guardian as Fermín Montés
- 2017 Brava
- 2017 Killing God as Padre
- 1998 The Pianist as Quintana
- 1983 Victòria! La gran aventura d'un poble
- 1983 Victòria! 2: La disbauxa del 17
- 2003 Sleeping luck as Miguel Ángel
- 1995 Laia, el regal d’aniversari as Joan
- 1990 Warsaw Bridge as Professor's colleague
- 2018 Mirage as Dr. Fell
- 2019 Love Me Not
- 2019 Elisa & Marcela as Padre Marcela
- 2019 7 Reasons to Run Away (from Society) as Família: El pare
- 2001 Mi dulce as Antonio
- 2019 The Legacy of the Bones as Fermín Montés
- 1984 Victòria! 3: El seny i la rauxa
- 2020 Offering to the Storm as Fermín Montes
- 2016 The Best Option as Antonio
- 2015 Truman as Restaurant Actor
- 2000 Yoyes as Hombre del mechero
- 2001 The Journey of Arián
- 2020 The Barcelona Vampiress as Salvat
- 1998 Subjúdice as Martí
- 2000 To Die (Or Not) as Víctima
- 1990 La teranyina as Obrer
- 2014 Falling Star as The Bishop
- 2019 I Know Nothing About You as Pare
- 2007 Caravaggio as Peterzano
- 1995 What's It All About as Egotist
- 2011 A Thousand Fools
- 2022 Toscana as Ramón
- 2005 Mentiras as Mauricio
- 2024 Where the pines lament as Ignacio
- 2004 El año del diluvio as Cabo Lastre
- 2025 Emergency Exit
- Soon Todo arde as Ponzano
- 2021 Chasing Wonders as Cosme
- 2003 Utopia as Padre Ochoa
- 2015 Carlos, rey emperador ( 7 episodes ) as Adriano VI
- 2022 Santa Evita ( 7 episodes ) as Dr. Pedro Ara
- 2001 Jet Lag ( 1 episode )
- 2015 Merlí ( 40 episodes ) as Merlí Bergeron Calduch
- 2022 When You Least Expect It ( 18 episodes ) as Luis Fábregas
- 2015 The Ministry of Time ( 3 episodes ) as Alberto Díaz Bueno
- 2001 Cuéntame cómo pasó ( 7 episodes ) as Helio
- 2011 Alakrana ( 2 episodes ) as Patrón
- 2013 Mario Conde: los días de gloria ( 2 episodes ) as Juan Abelló
- 2011 Ermessenda ( 2 episodes ) as Ramon Borrell
- 2009 Les veus del Pamano ( 2 episodes ) as Targa
- 2024 The Asunta Case ( 6 episodes ) as Juanjo
- 2010 Tres días de abril ( 1 episode )
- 1994 Estació d'enllaç ( 49 episodes ) as Arnau Manovens
- 2020 La unidad ( 6 episodes ) as Jesús Jiménez
- 2019 Merlí. Sapere Aude ( 16 episodes ) as Merlí Bergeron Calduch
- 2020 Inés of My Soul ( 8 episodes ) as Pizarro
- 2025 Shared Custody ( 8 episodes ) as Alberto
- 2025 Terra alta ( 6 episodes )
- 1999 El comisario ( 53 episodes ) as Subinspector Telmo Chacón
- 2014 El rey ( 3 episodes ) as Carlos Arias Navarro
- 2016 Còmics Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2026 Ravalear: Not for Sale ( 6 episodes ) as Lluís
- 2022 El llop ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 2017 Al cotxe! ( 1 episode ) as Self - Interviewee
- Soon En el círculo del asesino ( 7 episodes )
- 1988 Crònica negra ( 1 episode ) as Ulleres fosques
- 2014 Barefoot on Red Soil ( 2 episodes ) as Dom Aloisio
- 2019 La gran il·lusió, relat intermitent del cinema català ( 13 episodes ) as Self - Narrator (voice)
