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Francesc Orella
Barcelona, Spain
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 trainin…
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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.
Filmography
Movies and shows, newest first
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2026
Ravalear: Not for Sale
TV show Lluís
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2025
Emergency Exit
Movie
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2025
Terra alta
TV show
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2025
Shared Custody
TV show Alberto
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2024
From Good to the Hood
Movie Zamora
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2024
Where the pines lament
Movie Ignacio
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2024
The Asunta Case
TV show Juanjo
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2024
Checkmates
Movie Emilio
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2023
Teoria dels cossos
Movie
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2023
Bye Bye Boy
Movie
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2022
Santa Evita
TV show Dr. Pedro Ara
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2022
Toscana
Movie Ramón
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2022
When You Least Expect It
TV show Luis Fábregas
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2022
El llop
TV show Self - Guest
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2021
The Good Boss
Movie Alejandro
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2021
Chasing Wonders
Movie Cosme
More credits
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2020
The Barcelona Vampiress
Movie Salvat
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2020
Inés of My Soul
TV show Pizarro
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2020
Offering to the Storm
Movie Fermín Montes
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2020
La unidad
TV show Jesús Jiménez
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2019
Merlí. Sapere Aude
TV show Merlí Bergeron Calduch
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2019
The Legacy of the Bones
Movie Fermín Montés
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2019
L'enigma Verdaguer
Movie Pare Pinyol
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2019
I Know Nothing About You
Movie Pare
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2019
Elisa & Marcela
Movie Padre Marcela
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2019
7 Reasons to Run Away (from Society)
Movie Família: El pare
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2019
Love Me Not
Movie
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2019
La gran il·lusió, relat intermitent del cinema català
TV show Self - Narrator (voice)
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2018
Mirage
Movie Dr. Fell
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2017
Al cotxe!
TV show Self - Interviewee
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2017
Killing God
Movie Padre
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2017
Brava
Movie
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2017
The Invisible Guardian
Movie Fermín Montés
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2017
The Invisible Guest
Movie Félix Leiva
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2016
The Best Option
Movie Antonio
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2016
Còmics Show
TV show Self
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2015
Truman
Movie Restaurant Actor
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2015
Merlí
TV show Merlí Bergeron Calduch
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2015
Carlos, rey emperador
TV show Adriano VI
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2015
The Ministry of Time
TV show Alberto Díaz Bueno
