Acting

Francesc Orella

Born 1957-06-11 · 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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Ravalear: Not for Sale
as Lluís
2026
Emergency Exit
2025
Terra alta
2025
Shared Custody
as Alberto
2025
From Good to the Hood
as Zamora
2024
Where the pines lament
as Ignacio
2024
The Asunta Case
as Juanjo
2024
Checkmates
as Emilio
2024
Teoria dels cossos
2023
Bye Bye Boy
2023
Santa Evita
as Dr. Pedro Ara
2022
Toscana
as Ramón
2022
When You Least Expect It
as Luis Fábregas
2022
El llop
as Self - Guest
2022
The Good Boss
as Alejandro
2021
Chasing Wonders
as Cosme
2021
The Barcelona Vampiress
as Salvat
2020
Inés of My Soul
as Pizarro
2020
Offering to the Storm
as Fermín Montes
2020
La unidad
as Jesús Jiménez
2020
The Legacy of the Bones
as Fermín Montés
2019
Merlí. Sapere Aude
as Merlí Bergeron Calduch
2019
L'enigma Verdaguer
as Pare Pinyol
2019
I Know Nothing About You
as Pare
2019
Elisa & Marcela
as Padre Marcela
2019
7 Reasons to Run Away (from Society)
as Família: El pare
2019
Love Me Not
2019
La gran il·lusió, relat intermitent del cinema català
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2019
Mirage
as Dr. Fell
2018
Al cotxe!
as Self - Interviewee
2017
Killing God
as Padre
2017
Brava
2017
The Invisible Guardian
as Fermín Montés
2017
The Invisible Guest
as Félix Leiva
2017
The Best Option
as Antonio
2016
Còmics Show
as Self
2016
Truman
as Restaurant Actor
2015
Merlí
as Merlí Bergeron Calduch
2015
Carlos, rey emperador
as Adriano VI
2015
The Ministry of Time
as Alberto Díaz Bueno
2015
Prim: el asesinato de la calle del Turco
as Prim
2014
El rey
as Carlos Arias Navarro
2014
Lasa & Zabala
as Enrique Rodríguez Galindo
2014
Interior. Familia
2014
Barefoot on Red Soil
as Dom Aloisio
2014
Falling Star
as The Bishop
2014
Mario Conde: los días de gloria
as Juan Abelló
2013
Tocant el mar
as Edu
2012
The Wild Children
as Àngel
2012
Radiacions
2012
Frozen Silence
as Reyes Zarauza
2012
Terra baixa
as Sebastià
2011
Alakrana
as Patrón
2011
Ermessenda
as Ramon Borrell
2011
A Thousand Fools
2011
Tres días de abril
2010
Julia's Eyes
as Inspector Dimas
2010
Les veus del Pamano
as Targa
2009
Tres dies amb la família
as Toni
2009
The Pianist's Hands
2008
Shiver
as Dimas
2008
Caravaggio
as Peterzano
2007
Captain Alatriste: The Spanish Musketeer
as Capitán Bragado
2006
La silla
as Artista
2006
The Good Boy
as Mendiri
2005
Mentiras
as Mauricio
2005
El año del diluvio
as Cabo Lastre
2004
Sleeping luck
as Miguel Ángel
2003
Utopia
as Padre Ochoa
2003
Nudos
as Mario
2003
Smoking Room
as Martínez
2002
Clara y Elena
as Eddy
2001
Jet Lag
2001
Cuéntame cómo pasó
as Helio
2001
Mi dulce
as Antonio
2001
The Journey of Arián
2001
Yoyes
as Hombre del mechero
2000
To Die (Or Not)
as Víctima
2000
El comisario
as Subinspector Telmo Chacón
1999
The Pianist
as Quintana
1998