
Highest rated as cast or director
Francesc Orella's 5 titles from the 2010s have a median Balasaur Score of 73, led by Merlí (86) and The Invisible Guest (77), against 62 for those from the 2020s.
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.
Acted in 87
2020s
- 2026
- 2025
Emergency Exit
Movie
Terra alta
TV
- 2024
From Good to the Hood
Zamora
Where the pines lament
Ignacio
- 2023
Teoria dels cossos
Movie
Bye Bye Boy
Movie
- 2022
Toscana
Ramón
When You Least Expect It
Luis Fábregas · 18 episodes
- 2021
Chasing Wonders
Cosme
- 2020
Inés of My Soul
Pizarro · 8 episodes
2010s
- 2019
L'enigma Verdaguer
Pare Pinyol
I Know Nothing About You
Pare
7 Reasons to Run Away (from Society)
Família: El pare
Love Me Not
Movie
- 2018
- 2017
Killing God
Padre
Brava
Movie
- 2016
The Best Option
Antonio
- 2015
Carlos, rey emperador
Adriano VI · 7 episodes
- 2014
Prim: el asesinato de la calle del Turco
Prim
El rey
Carlos Arias Navarro · 3 episodes
Lasa & Zabala
Enrique Rodríguez Galindo
Interior. Familia
Movie
Barefoot on Red Soil
Dom Aloisio · 2 episodes
Falling Star
The Bishop
- 2013
Mario Conde: los días de gloria
Juan Abelló · 2 episodes
- 2012
Tocant el mar
Edu
The Wild Children
Àngel
Radiacions
Movie
- 2011
Terra baixa
Sebastià
Alakrana
Patrón · 2 episodes
Ermessenda
Ramon Borrell · 2 episodes
A Thousand Fools
Movie
- 2010
2000s
- 2009
Les veus del Pamano
Targa · 2 episodes
Tres dies amb la família
Toni
- 2008
- 2007
Caravaggio
Peterzano
- 2006
La silla
Artista
- 2005
The Good Boy
Mendiri
Mentiras
Mauricio
- 2004
El año del diluvio
Cabo Lastre
- 2003
Sleeping luck
Miguel Ángel
Utopia
Padre Ochoa
Nudos
Mario
- 2002
Smoking Room
Martínez
- 2001
Clara y Elena
Eddy
Mi dulce
Antonio
The Journey of Arián
Movie
- 2000
Yoyes
Hombre del mechero
To Die (Or Not)
Víctima
1990s
- 1999
- 1998
The Pianist
Quintana
Subjúdice
Martí
- 1997
La moños
Ricardo
- 1995
Land and Freedom
Casado
- 1994
Estació d'enllaç
Arnau Manovens · 140 episodes
- 1990
La teranyina
Obrer
Boom boom
Ramón
Warsaw Bridge
Professor's colleague
1980s
- 1988
Crònica negra
Ulleres fosques · 1 episode
- 1984
Victòria! 3: El seny i la rauxa
Movie
- 1983
Victòria! 2: La disbauxa del 17
Movie
Victòria! La gran aventura d'un poble
Movie
Assault at Central Bank
Movie
Appearances4
2020s
- 2022
El llop
Self - Guest · 1 episode
2010s
- 2019
La gran il·lusió, relat intermitent del cinema català
Self - Narrator (voice) · 13 episodes
- 2017
- 2016
Còmics Show
Self · 1 episode





