Francesc Orella
Actor
June 11, 1957 (69 years)
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
| 2026 | Ravalear: Not For Sale · as Lluís |
| 2025 | |
| 2025 | |
| 2025 | Shared Custody · as Alberto |
| 2024 | Al otro barrio · as Zamora |
| 2024 | Donde se quejan los pinos · as Ignacio |
| 2024 | The Asunta Case · as Juanjo |
| 2024 | Checkmates · as Emilio |
| 2023 | |
| 2022 | Santa Evita: The Journey Behind the Scenes · as Dr. Pedro Ara |
| 2022 | Santa Evita · as Dr. Pedro Ara |
| 2022 | Toscana · as Ramón |
| 2022 | When You Least Expect It · as Luis Fábregas |
| 2021 | Maradona: Blessed Dream · as Núñez |
| 2021 | The Good Boss · as Alejandro |
| 2020 | Chasing Wonders · as Cosme |
| 2020 | 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 |
| 2019 | Merlí: Dare to Know · as Merlí Bergeron Calduch |
| 2019 | The Legacy of the Bones · as Fermín Montés |
| 2019 | L'enigma Verdaguer · as Pare Pinyol |
| 2019 | |
| 2019 | Elisa & Marcela · as Padre Marcela |
| 2019 | 7 Reasons to Run Away (from Society) · as Família: El Pare |
| 2018 | Mirage · as Dr. Fell |
| 2017 | Killing God · as PadreOn Plex |
| 2017 | |
| 2017 | The Invisible Guardian · as Fermín Montés |
| 2016 | La millor opció · as Antonio |
| 2016 | The Invisible Guest · as Félix Leiva |
| 2015 | Habitaciones cerradas · as Rodolfo Lax |
| 2015 | Truman · as Restaurant ActorOn Plex |
| 2015 | Merlí · as Merlí Bergeron Calduch |
| 2015 | Charles, King and Emperor · as Adriano Vi |
| 2015 | The Ministry of Time · as Alberto Díaz Bueno |
| 2014 | Prim, el asesinato de la calle del Turco · as Prim |
| 2014 | El Rey · as Carlos Arias Navarro |
| 2014 | Lasa y Zabala · as Enrique Rodríguez Galindo |
| 2014 | El Principe · as Ministro Del Interior |
| 2014 | Falling Star · as The Bishop |
| 2013 | Barefoot on Red Soil · as Dom Aloisio |
| 2012 | The Wild Ones · as Àngel |
| 2012 | |
| 2012 | KMM · as Sr. VinyesOn Plex |
| 2011 | Frozen Silence · as Reyes Zarauza |
| 2011 | Terra baixa · as Sebastià |
| 2011 | Ermessenda · as Ramon Borrell |
| 2011 | |
| 2010 | Alakrana · as Patrón |
| 2010 | Julia's Eyes · as Inspector Dimas |
| 2009 | Les veus del Pamano · as Targa |
| 2009 | Three Days with the Family · as Toni |
| 2009 | Infidels · as Lluís |
| 2008 | Crackòvia · as Douglas |
| 2008 | Shiver · as Dimas |
| 2008 | |
| 2007 | Caravaggio · as Peterzano |
| 2006 | La silla · as Artista |
| 2006 | Captain Alatriste: The Spanish Musketeer · as Capitán Bragado |
| 2006 | Remake · as Guarda Jurado Mayor |
| 2005 | The Good Boy · as Mendiri |
| 2005 | Ventdelpla · as Tomàs Rossinyol |
| 2004 | El año del diluvio · as Cabo Lastre |
| 2003 | Sleeping Luck · as Miguel Ángel |
| 2003 | Gala · as Salvador Dalí |
| 2003 | Utopía · as Padre Ochoa |
| 2003 | Knots · as Mario |
| 2002 | Smoking Room · as Martínez |
| 2001 | Clara y Elena · as Eddy |
| 2001 | |
| 2001 | Tell Me How It Happened · as Helio |
| 2001 | Mi dulce · as Antonio |
| 2000 | |
| 2000 | Yoyes · as Hombre Del Mechero |
| 2000 | To Die (or Not) · as Víctima |
| 1999 | The City of Prodigies · as Cast |
| 1999 | El Comisario · as Subinspector Telmo Chacón |
| 1998 | El pianista · as Quintana |
| 1998 | Subjúdice · as Martí |
| 1996 | A tiro limpio · as Fito |
| 1996 | La Moños · as Ricardo |
| 1995 | Land and Freedom · as Casado |
| 1995 | What's It All About · as Egotist |
| 1994 | Estació d'enllaç · as Arnau Manovens |
| 1991 | Dark Justice · as Brandon |
| 1990 | La teranyina · as Obrer |
| 1990 | Boom Boom · as Ramón |
| 1990 | Warsaw Bridge · as Professor's Colleague |
| 1989 | Delusions of Love · as Cast |
| 1983 | Planeta Imaginario · as Limpialunas |
| 1983 | |
| 1983 | |
| 1983 | |
| 1965 | Estudio 1 · as Lopajin |
| 2019 | No pot ser! · as Self |
| 2019 | La gran il·lusió · as Self - Narrator (voice) |
| 2018 | Tot es mou · as Self - Guest |
| 2017 | Al cotxe! · as Self - Interviewee |
| 2015 | Noms propis · as Self - Guest |
| 2004 | APM? · as Self |
| 2004 | Els matins a TV3 · as Self - Guest |