Lambert Hamel

Lambert Hamel (born 7 June 1940 in Ludwigshafen) is a German television and film actor.

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Training and first engagements

After graduating from high school, Hamel initially took German studies, philosophy, and theatre studies from 1960 to 1962, at the universities of Heidelberg and Cologne . He then completed acting training at the Westphalian Drama School Bochum. While he was still training, director Oscar Fritz Schuh brought him to the Deutsche Schauspielhaus Hamburg, where he made his debut in 1963 in Molière's The Imaginary Invalid.^[1]

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Theater and film

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Hamel has worked on numerous German stages throughout his career. In 1964, he was at the Schauspielhaus Bochum, then moved to the Bühnen der Stadt Köln for the following four years, and from 1968, he worked for the Bavarian State Theater. From 1973 to 2001, he was a permanent ensemble member at the Münchner Kammerspiele, before returning to the Bavarian State Theater for the 2001/02 season. In addition, Hamel took part in guest engagements at the Salzburg Festival and at the Vienna Burgtheater. Hamel has also acted in numerous film and television productions, as well as reading audio books and dubbing.

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Selected filmography

Film

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List of film appearances, with year, title, and role shown
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1983	Wagner	Betz
1985	Forget Mozart	Voice of Franz Demel	uncredited
1987	Der Unsichtbare	Dorfmann
The Aggression	Wendt
2007	My Führer – The Really Truest Truth about Adolf Hitler	Obergruppenführer Rattenhuber

Television

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
1970–72	Der Kommissar	Various roles	4 episodes
1975–88	Derrick	Various roles	7 episodes
1980	Auf Achse	Commissioner Huber	1 episode
1983	Das Traumschiff	Mr. Gerold	1 episode
1988/1998	Liebling Kreuzberg	Giovanni Lara	2 episodes
1995–2011	Tatort	Dr. Herbert / Jochen Rakuscha	2 episodes
1995–2015	The Old Fox	Various roles	4 episodes
1998–2002	Vater wider Willen	Artistic Director Vogt	21 episodes
2001	Stubbe – Von Fall zu Fall	Gisbert Gotzkowsky	1 episode
2001	Dr. Stefan Frank – Der Arzt, dem die Frauen vertrauen	Paul Krüger	1 episode
2002	Edel & Starck	Dr. Schiller	2 episodes
2004	Heiter bis tödlich: München 7	KO Dieter	1 episode
2005	Kanzleramt	Malte Unger	2 episodes
2009/2014	Pfarrer Braun	Abbot Emmeram Stelzenbach / Oskar Wendel	2 episodes

Training and first engagements

Theater and film

Selected filmography

Film

Television

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