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