Francesc Orella
ActingFrancesc 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.
Movies
Emergency Exit
2025
Zamora
From Good to the Hood
2024
Ignacio
Where the pines lament
2024
Emilio
Checkmates
2024
Teoria dels cossos
2023
Bye Bye Boy
2023
Ramón
Toscana
2022
Alejandro
The Good Boss
2021
Cosme
Chasing Wonders
2021
Salvat
The Barcelona Vampiress
2020
Fermín Montes
Offering to the Storm
2020
Fermín Montés
The Legacy of the Bones
2019
Pare Pinyol
L'enigma Verdaguer
2019
Pare
I Know Nothing About You
2019
Padre Marcela
Elisa & Marcela
2019
Família: El pare
7 Reasons to Run Away (from Society)
2019
Love Me Not
2019
Dr. Fell
Mirage
2018
Padre
Killing God
2017
Brava
2017
TV Shows
Lluís
Ravalear: Not for Sale
2026
Terra alta
2025
Alberto
Shared Custody
2025
Juanjo
The Asunta Case
2024
Dr. Pedro Ara
Santa Evita
2022
Luis Fábregas
When You Least Expect It
2022
Self - Guest
El llop
2022
Pizarro
Inés of My Soul
2020
Jesús Jiménez
La unidad
2020
Merlí Bergeron Calduch
Merlí. Sapere Aude
2019
Self - Narrator (voice)
La gran il·lusió, relat intermitent del cinema català
2019
Self - Interviewee
Al cotxe!
2017
Self
Còmics Show
2016
Merlí Bergeron Calduch
Merlí
2015
Adriano VI
Carlos, rey emperador
2015
Alberto Díaz Bueno
The Ministry of Time
2015
Carlos Arias Navarro
El rey
2014
Dom Aloisio
Barefoot on Red Soil
2014
Juan Abelló
Mario Conde: los días de gloria
2013
Patrón
Alakrana
2011