Acting credits
92
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Francesc Orella
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 65Series: 27
TMDB ID: 28509
IMDb ID: nm0649649
Known for: Acting
Born: June 11, 1957
Age: 69
Place of birth: Barcelona, Spain
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1983 - 2026
Years active: 44
Average TMDB rating: 6.83
Wikidata: Q11681919
Also known as
Francesc Orella i Pinell
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Francesc Orella.
Emergency Exit
2025 Movie
From Good to the Hood
as Zamora
2024 Movie
Where the pines lament
as Ignacio
2024 Movie
Checkmates
as Emilio
2024 Movie
Teoria dels cossos
2023 Movie
Bye Bye Boy
2023 Movie
Toscana
as Ramón
2022 Movie
The Good Boss
as Alejandro
2021 Movie
Chasing Wonders
as Cosme
2021 Movie
The Barcelona Vampiress
as Salvat
2020 Movie
Offering to the Storm
as Fermín Montes
2020 Movie
The Legacy of the Bones
as Fermín Montés
2019 Movie
L'enigma Verdaguer
as Pare Pinyol
2019 Movie
I Know Nothing About You
as Pare
2019 Movie
Elisa & Marcela
as Padre Marcela
2019 Movie
7 Reasons to Run Away (from Society)
as Família: El pare
2019 Movie
Love Me Not
2019 Movie
Mirage
as Dr. Fell
2018 Movie
Killing God
as Padre
2017 Movie
Brava
2017 Movie
The Invisible Guardian
as Fermín Montés
2017 Movie
The Invisible Guest
as Félix Leiva
2017 Movie
The Best Option
as Antonio
2016 Movie
Truman
as Restaurant Actor
2015 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Francesc Orella.
Ravalear: Not for Sale
as Lluís • 6 eps
2026 Series
Terra alta
6 eps
2025 Series
Shared Custody
as Alberto • 8 eps
2025 Series
The Asunta Case
as Juanjo • 6 eps
2024 Series
Santa Evita
as Dr. Pedro Ara • 7 eps
2022 Series
When You Least Expect It
as Luis Fábregas • 18 eps
2022 Series
El llop
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2022 Series
Inés of My Soul
as Pizarro • 8 eps
2020 Series
La unidad
as Jesús Jiménez • 6 eps
2020 Series
Merlí. Sapere Aude
as Merlí Bergeron Calduch • 16 eps
2019 Series
La gran il·lusió, relat intermitent del cinema català
as Self - Narrator (voice) • 13 eps
2019 Series
Al cotxe!
as Self - Interviewee • 1 eps
2017 Series
Còmics Show
as Self • 1 eps
2016 Series
Merlí
as Merlí Bergeron Calduch • 40 eps
2015 Series
Carlos, rey emperador
as Adriano VI • 7 eps
2015 Series
The Ministry of Time
as Alberto Díaz Bueno • 3 eps
2015 Series
El rey
as Carlos Arias Navarro • 3 eps
2014 Series
Barefoot on Red Soil
as Dom Aloisio • 2 eps
2014 Series
Mario Conde: los días de gloria
as Juan Abelló • 2 eps
2013 Series
Alakrana
as Patrón • 2 eps
2011 Series
Ermessenda
as Ramon Borrell • 2 eps
2011 Series
Les veus del Pamano
as Targa • 2 eps
2009 Series
Jet Lag
1 eps
2001 Series
Cuéntame cómo pasó
as Helio • 7 eps
2001 Series