--- name: "Francesc Orella i Pinell" canonical: "https://film.one/person/francesc-orella" roles: [] born: "11 June 1957" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_fi1m_score: 75 average_over: 2 updated: "2026-09-18T08:49:11.089547+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Francesc Orella i Pinell Actor. Born 11 June 1957 in Barcelona, Spain. ## Details - **Born:** 11 June 1957, Barcelona, Spain - **Active:** 1995–present - **Also known as:** Francesc Orella - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 83 (1), 2020s 67 (1) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesc_Orella, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11681919, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0649649/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/28509 ## Streaming the US now - **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Good Boss*](https://film.one/film/the-good-boss.md) (67) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Francesc Orella i Pinell is a Spanish actor born on 11 June 1957 in Barcelona. He trained at the Institut del Teatre in Barcelona and at the Herbert Berghof Studio in New York. He has worked in film, television, theatre and dubbing since the 1980s. Orella is known for his title role as philosophy teacher Merlí Bergeron in the series *Merlí* (2015) and its spin-off *Merlí. Sapere Aude* (2019). His film credits include *Julia's Eyes* (2010), *The Invisible Guest* (2017), *Mirage* (2018) and *The Good Boss* (2021). He received the Max Award for Best Actor in 2008 for *An Enemy of the People* and a National Theatre award in 2009. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (2) - *The Good Boss* (2021), Fi1m 67, as Alejandro — [page](https://film.one/film/the-good-boss.md) - *Land and Freedom* (1995), Fi1m 83, as Casado — [page](https://film.one/film/land-and-freedom.md) ## Complete filmography (91) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Ravalear: Not for Sale* (2026), series, as Lluís - *Emergency Exit* (2025), Acting - *Terra alta* (2025), series, Acting - *Shared Custody* (2025), series, as Alberto - *From Good to the Hood* (2024), as Zamora - *Where the pines lament* (2024), as Ignacio - *The Asunta Case* (2024), series, as Juanjo - *Checkmates* (2024), as Emilio - *Teoria dels cossos* (2023), Acting - *Bye Bye Boy* (2023), Acting - *Santa Evita* (2022), series, as Dr. Pedro Ara - *Toscana* (2022), as Ramón - *When You Least Expect It* (2022), series, as Luis Fábregas - *The Good Boss* (2021), as Alejandro — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/film/the-good-boss.md) - *Chasing Wonders* (2021), as Cosme - *The Barcelona Vampiress* (2020), as Salvat - *Inés of My Soul* (2020), series, as Pizarro - *Offering to the Storm* (2020), as Fermín Montes - *La unidad* (2020), series, as Jesús Jiménez - *Merlí. Sapere Aude* (2019), series, as Merlí Bergeron Calduch - *The Legacy of the Bones* (2019), as Fermín Montés - *L'enigma Verdaguer* (2019), as Pare Pinyol - *I Know Nothing About You* (2019), as Pare - *Elisa & Marcela* (2019), as Padre Marcela - *7 Reasons to Run Away (from Society)* (2019), as Família: El pare - *Love Me Not* (2019), Acting - *Mirage* (2018), as Dr. Fell - *Killing God* (2017), as Padre - *Brava* (2017), Acting - *The Invisible Guardian* (2017), as Fermín Montés - *The Invisible Guest* (2017), as Félix Leiva - *The Best Option* (2016), as Antonio - *Truman* (2015), as Restaurant Actor - *Merlí* (2015), series, as Merlí Bergeron Calduch - *Carlos, rey emperador* (2015), series, as Adriano VI - *The Ministry of Time* (2015), series, as Alberto Díaz Bueno - *Prim: el asesinato de la calle del Turco* (2014), as Prim - *El rey* (2014), series, as Carlos Arias Navarro - *Lasa & Zabala* (2014), as Enrique Rodríguez Galindo - *Interior. Familia* (2014), Acting - *Barefoot on Red Soil* (2014), series, as Dom Aloisio - *Falling Star* (2014), as The Bishop - *Mario Conde: los días de gloria* (2013), series, as Juan Abelló - *Tocant el mar* (2012), as Edu - *The Wild Children* (2012), as Àngel - *Radiacions* (2012), Acting - *Frozen Silence* (2012), as Reyes Zarauza - *Terra baixa* (2011), as Sebastià - *Alakrana* (2011), series, as Patrón - *Ermessenda* (2011), series, as Ramon Borrell - *A Thousand Fools* (2011), Acting - *Tres días de abril* (2010), series, Acting - *Julia's Eyes* (2010), as Inspector Dimas - *Les veus del Pamano* (2009), series, as Targa - *Tres dies amb la família* (2009), as Toni - *The Pianist's Hands* (2008), Acting - *Shiver* (2008), as Dimas - *Caravaggio* (2007), as Peterzano - *La silla* (2006), as Artista - *The Good Boy* (2005), as Mendiri - *Mentiras* (2005), as Mauricio - *El año del diluvio* (2004), as Cabo Lastre - *Sleeping luck* (2003), as Miguel Ángel - *Utopia* (2003), as Padre Ochoa - *Nudos* (2003), as Mario - *Smoking Room* (2002), as Martínez - *Clara y Elena* (2001), as Eddy - *Jet Lag* (2001), series, Acting - *Cuéntame cómo pasó* (2001), series, as Helio - *The Journey of Arián* (2001), Acting - *Mi dulce* (2001), as Antonio - *Yoyes* (2000), as Hombre del mechero - *To Die (Or Not)* (2000), as Víctima - *El comisario* (1999), series, as Subinspector Telmo Chacón - *The Pianist* (1998), as Quintana - *Subjúdice* (1998), as Martí - *La moños* (1997), as Ricardo - *Laia, el regal d’aniversari* (1995), as Joan - *Land and Freedom* (1995), as Casado — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/land-and-freedom.md) - *What's It All About* (1995), as Egotist - *Estació d'enllaç* (1994), series, as Arnau Manovens - *La teranyina* (1990), as Obrer - *Boom boom* (1990), as Ramón - *Warsaw Bridge* (1990), as Professor's colleague - *Crònica negra* (1988), series, as Ulleres fosques - *Victòria! 3: El seny i la rauxa* (1984), Acting - *Victòria! 2: La disbauxa del 17* (1983), Acting - *Victòria! La gran aventura d'un poble* (1983), Acting - *Assault at Central Bank* (1983), Acting - *En el círculo del asesino*, series, Acting - *Todo arde*, as Ponzano ## Gallery - ![Francesc Orella i Pinell](https://film.one/media/person/328575/gallery-d31527bb9b2c.jpg) Francesc Orella i Pinell — GuillemMedina, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Francesc_Orella%2C_XIII_Premis_Gaud%C3%AD_%282021%29.jpg/1280px-Francesc_Orella%2C_XIII_Premis_Gaud%C3%AD_%282021%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Gala dels Premis Sonor 2025](https://film.one/media/person/328575/gallery-b68ef23bfcff.jpg) Gala dels Premis Sonor 2025 — Jordi Borràs Abelló, Joan Mateu Parra i Maitane Gutiérrez i Massa (CC-BY-SA 3.0), CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Gala_dels_Premis_Sonor_2025_61.jpg/1280px-Gala_dels_Premis_Sonor_2025_61.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Gala dels Premis Sonor 2025](https://film.one/media/person/328575/gallery-6b77f1652f40.jpg) Gala dels Premis Sonor 2025 — Jordi Borràs Abelló, Joan Mateu Parra i Maitane Gutiérrez i Massa (CC-BY-SA 3.0), CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Gala_dels_Premis_Sonor_2025_70.jpg/1280px-Gala_dels_Premis_Sonor_2025_70.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Gala dels Premis Sonor 2025](https://film.one/media/person/328575/gallery-c9f09ec830fe.jpg) Gala dels Premis Sonor 2025 — Jordi Borràs Abelló, Joan Mateu Parra i Maitane Gutiérrez i Massa (CC-BY-SA 3.0), CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Gala_dels_Premis_Sonor_2025_73.jpg/1280px-Gala_dels_Premis_Sonor_2025_73.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) ## Awards ### Other awards — 2 won - Premi Nacional de Teatre 2009: Premi Nacional de Teatre (won) - Max Awards 2008: Max Awards (won), for *An Enemy of the People* *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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