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.
TV credits
Rated 8.9 out of 10
Ravalear: Not for Sale
2026
Rated 6.2 out of 10
Terra Alta
2025
Rated 5.8 out of 10
Shared Custody
2025
Rated 7.3 out of 10
The Asunta Case
2024
Rated 7.8 out of 10
Santa Evita
2022
Rated 8.3 out of 10
When You Least Expect It
2022
Rated 0.0 out of 10
El llop
2022
Rated 6.1 out of 10
Inés of My Soul
2020
Rated 7.1 out of 10
La unidad
2020
Rated 8.2 out of 10
Merlí. Sapere Aude
2019
Rated 0.0 out of 10
La gran il·lusió, relat intermitent del cinema català
2019
Rated 0.0 out of 10
Al cotxe!
2017
Rated 0.0 out of 10
Còmics Show
2016
Rated 8.6 out of 10
Merlí
2015
Rated 6.9 out of 10
Carlos, rey emperador
2015
Rated 7.6 out of 10
The Ministry of Time
2015
Rated 5.0 out of 10
El rey
2014
Rated 0.0 out of 10
Barefoot on Red Soil
2014
Rated 2.0 out of 10
Mario Conde: los días de gloria
2013
Rated 2.0 out of 10
Alakrana
2011
Rated 4.2 out of 10
Ermessenda
2011
Rated 0.0 out of 10
Tres días de abril
2010
Rated 0.0 out of 10
Les veus del Pamano
2009
Rated 2.0 out of 10
Jet Lag
2001