Lambert Hamel

Lambert Hamel (7 June 1940 – 13 February 2026) was a German actor best known for roles on stage but also active in film, television, musicals, and as a dubbing actor. Trained at the Schauspielschule Bochum, he was often cast in roles of villains and buffoons. Hamel played both Martin Luther and Helmut Kohl in television films, and he appeared in many popular television crime series. He performed at the Munich theatres Residenztheater and Münchner Kammerspiele from 1968, in roles such as Shakespeare's Bottom and Titus Andronicus, Arthur Miller's Willy Loman, and Thomas Bernhard's Theatre maker.