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Francesc Orella

Actor

Francesc Orella

Born June 11, 1957 in Barcelona, Spain68 films

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.

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The Invisible Guest posterFirst watchThe Invisible Guest20178.1as Félix LeivaBarcelona, Spain. Adrián Doria, a young and successful businessman accused of murder, meets one night with Virginia Goodman, an expert interrogation lawyer, in order to devise a defense…View film

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Filmography

68 films as actor
  1. TBATodo ardePonzano
  2. TBALo vent
  3. 2025Emergency Exit
  4. 2024From Good to the HoodZamora
  5. 2024Where the pines lamentIgnacio
  6. 2024CheckmatesEmilio
  7. 2023Teoria dels cossos
  8. 2023Bye Bye Boy
  9. 2022ToscanaRamón
  10. 2021The Good BossAlejandro
  11. 2021Chasing WondersCosme
  12. 2020The Barcelona VampiressSalvat
  13. 2020Offering to the StormFermín Montes
  14. 2019The Legacy of the BonesFermín Montés
  15. 2019L'enigma VerdaguerPare Pinyol
  16. 2019I Know Nothing About YouPare
  17. 2019Elisa & MarcelaPadre Marcela
  18. 20197 Reasons to Run Away (from Society)Família: El pare
  19. 2019Love Me Not
  20. 2018MirageDr. Fell
  21. 2017Killing GodPadre
  22. 2017Brava
  23. 2017The Invisible GuardianFermín Montés
  24. 2017The Invisible GuestFélix Leiva
  25. 2016The Best OptionAntonio
  26. 2015TrumanRestaurant Actor
  27. 2014Prim: el asesinato de la calle del TurcoPrim
  28. 2014Lasa & ZabalaEnrique Rodríguez Galindo
  29. 2014Interior. Familia
  30. 2014Falling StarThe Bishop
  31. 2012Tocant el marEdu
  32. 2012The Wild ChildrenÀngel
  33. 2012Radiacions
  34. 2012Frozen SilenceReyes Zarauza
  35. 2011Terra baixaSebastià
  36. 2011A Thousand Fools
  37. 2010Julia's EyesInspector Dimas
  38. 2009Tres dies amb la famíliaToni
  39. 2008The Pianist's Hands
  40. 2008ShiverDimas
  41. 2007CaravaggioPeterzano
  42. 2006Captain Alatriste: The Spanish Musketeer
  43. 2006La sillaArtista
  44. 2005The Good BoyMendiri
  45. 2005MentirasMauricio
  46. 2004El año del diluvioCabo Lastre
  47. 2003Sleeping luckMiguel Ángel
  48. 2003UtopiaPadre Ochoa
  49. 2003NudosMario
  50. 2002Smoking RoomMartínez
  51. 2001Clara y ElenaEddy
  52. 2001Mi dulceAntonio
  53. 2001The Journey of Arián
  54. 2000YoyesHombre del mechero
  55. 2000To Die (Or Not)Víctima
  56. 1998The PianistQuintana
  57. 1998SubjúdiceMartí
  58. 1997La moñosRicardo
  59. 1995Laia, el regal d’aniversariJoan
  60. 1995Land and FreedomCasado
  61. 1995What's It All AboutEgotist
  62. 1990La teranyinaObrer
  63. 1990Boom boomRamón
  64. 1990Warsaw BridgeProfessor's colleague
  65. 1984Victòria! 3: El seny i la rauxa
  66. 1983Victòria! 2: La disbauxa del 17
  67. 1983Victòria! La gran aventura d'un poble
  68. 1983Assault at Central Bank