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Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1957-06-11

Place of Birth

Barcelona, Spain

Francesc Orella

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.

Known for

Cuéntame cómo pasó

Cuéntame cómo pasó

Recounts the experiences of a middle-class family, the Alcántaras, during the last years of the rule of Francisco Franco and the beginning of the Spanish Transition to democracy.

El comisario

El comisario

The Ministry of Time

The Ministry of Time

A soldier from the 15th century, a university student from the 19th century and a nurse from the present join the secret 'Department of Time', a secret department within the Spanish government with the ability to travel through time. Their mission is prevent changes in history.

The Asunta Case

The Asunta Case

After two parents report that their 12-year-old daughter Asunta is missing, the investigation soon turns against them.

Al cotxe!

Al cotxe!

The Invisible Guest

The Invisible Guest

Barcelona, 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 strategy.

La unidad

La unidad

A secret unit of cops is assembled to stop a terrorist band from attacking Spain after their leader is arrested there.

Merlí

Merlí

He’s surly, unorthodox, unapologetically blunt, and he’s about to change your life. Meet the new philosophy teacher, Merlí, who will help his students view the world in a whole new light, both in and out of the classroom.

Merlí. Sapere Aude

Merlí. Sapere Aude

In this drama set at a university, a wayward philosophy student navigate life on campus while seeking guidance from an intriguing new professor.

Jet Lag

Jet Lag

Carlos, rey emperador

Carlos, rey emperador

As the life of Charles of Habsburg is told since his arrival to Spain, it can be seen how the heir to the crowns of Germany, Burgundy, the Netherlands, the Free County, Artois, Nevers and Rethel, of the territories of the Crown of Aragon and its related Italian territories, and of the territories of the Catholic Monarchs in Castile, North Africa and the Americas, matures as a statesman and gets stronger in face of menaces around him and good and bad advice from his counselors.

Estació d'enllaç

Estació d'enllaç

Santa Evita

Santa Evita

After Eva Perón’s death in 1952, her corpse is held for three years awaiting the construction of a mausoleum — a resting place that would never be built. In 1955, the military seized control of Argentina and hid Perón’s body from the public, fearing that it would unite the country against them. But they never imagined that in doing so she would become more dangerous in death than she was in life.

La gran il·lusió, relat intermitent del cinema català

La gran il·lusió, relat intermitent del cinema català

Mirage

Mirage

During a mysterious thunderstorm, Vera, a young mother, manages to save a life in danger, but her good deed causes a disturbing chain of unexpected consequences.