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.
65 movies · 28 shows
Emergency Exit
2025·4.0
From Good to the Hood
2024·6.1
Where the pines lament
2024·7.0
Checkmates
2024·7.0
Teoria dels cossos
2023·0.0
Bye Bye Boy
2023·0.0
Toscana
2022·5.7
The Good Boss
2021·6.9
Chasing Wonders
2021·4.7
The Barcelona Vampiress
2020·5.9
Offering to the Storm
2020·6.5
The Legacy of the Bones
2019·6.6
L'enigma Verdaguer
2019·0.0
I Know Nothing About You
2019·4.0
Elisa & Marcela
2019·7.3
7 Reasons to Run Away (from Society)
2019·5.9
Love Me Not
2019·4.3
Mirage
2018·7.5
Killing God
2017·6.0
Brava
2017·5.3
The Invisible Guardian
2017·6.5
The Invisible Guest
2017·8.1
The Best Option
2016·0.0
Truman
2015·7.0
Prim: el asesinato de la calle del Turco
2014·4.9
Lasa & Zabala
2014·6.0
Interior. Familia
2014·6.0
Falling Star
2014·5.9
Tocant el mar
2012·0.0
The Wild Children
2012·6.1
Radiacions
2012·7.0
Frozen Silence
2012·5.1
Terra baixa
2011·0.0
A Thousand Fools
2011·4.2
Julia's Eyes
2010·6.7
Tres dies amb la família
2009·6.4
The Pianist's Hands
2008·0.0
Shiver
2008·6.1
Caravaggio
2007·5.6
La silla
2006·10.0
The Good Boy
2005·5.0
Mentiras
2005·3.3
El año del diluvio
2004·6.0
Sleeping luck
2003·7.2
Utopia
2003·5.7
Nudos
2003·10.0
Smoking Room
2002·5.8
Clara y Elena
2001·5.3
Mi dulce
2001·4.3
The Journey of Arián
2001·5.4
Yoyes
2000·5.6
To Die (Or Not)
2000·6.3
The Pianist
1998·7.8
Subjúdice
1998·7.5
La moños
1997·7.5
Laia, el regal d’aniversari
1995·7.5
Land and Freedom
1995·7.3
What's It All About
1995·5.2
La teranyina
1990·7.8
Boom boom
1990·5.6
Warsaw Bridge
1990·4.9
Victòria! 3: El seny i la rauxa
1984·10.0
Victòria! 2: La disbauxa del 17
1983·4.0
Victòria! La gran aventura d'un poble
1983·9.0
Assault at Central Bank
1983·6.5