In 2011, Lambert had the villainous role of the head monk Methodius in the Ghost Rider (2007 Film) sequel Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, starring Nicolas Cage, in 2011.
He underwent sword training for three months and shaved his head.
Other co-stars included Ciarán Hinds, Violante Placido, Johnny Whitworth and Idris Elba.
The film made $132.6 million worldwide.

In 2012, he played a role in the Bulgarian film The Foreigner, and the Italian film L'una e l'altra.
In France, he also played a lead role in the film called Ma bonne étoile opposite Claude Brasseur, and Fleur Lise Heuet, and one episode of the TV show Very Bad Blagues.

Shortly afterwards, he got the role of Marcel Janvier (alias "The Chameleon"), a recurring villain in award-winning hit police crime TV drama NCIS: Los Angeles.
His character was in 6 episodes from 2012 to 2013 – the two highest-rated seasons of the show.

In 2013, he was one of the cast members in the horror film Blood Shot.
He also acted in the French TV series La source.

In 2014, he played in the film Electric Slide, starring Jim Sturgess, an American biographical crime drama about the Los Angeles-based bank robber Eddie Dodson.
His co-stars included Isabel Lucas, Patricia Arquette and Chloe Sevigny.

In 2015 he co-starred in Claude Lelouch's Un plus une, a French romantic comedy film starring Jean Dujardin, Elsa Zylberstein and Alice Pol.
He also co-starred in the film 10 Days in a Madhouse, a 2015 American biographical film about the experiences of undercover journalist Nellie Bly.

In 2016 he co-starred in Hail, Caesar!,
a comedy film written, produced, edited, and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen.
The film had an ensemble cast consisting of Josh Brolin, George Clooney, Alden Ehrenreich, Ralph Fiennes, Jonah Hill, Scarlett Johansson, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton, and Channing Tatum.
It is a fictional story that follows the real-life "fixer" Eddie Mannix (Brolin) working in the Hollywood film industry in the 1950s, trying to discover what happened to a cast member who vanished during the filming of a biblical epic.

That year he had a cameo as a French Army Captain in La folle histoire de Max et Léon, a French World War II comedy film.
He also had a recurring role in the Russian-Portuguese biographical television show Mata Hari.

In 2017 he re-collaborated with Claude Lelouch in the star studded comedy Chacun sa vie et son intime conviction.
He also acted in the thriller The Broken Key with Rutger Hauer, Michael Madsen, Geraldine Chaplin, Franco Nero and William Baldwin.
He also played himself in one episode of the French TV show Call My Agent!.

That year, he also played the lead villain in the martial arts film Kickboxer: Retaliation.
A sequel to Kickboxer: Vengeance, the film stars Alain Moussi and Jean-Claude Van Damme and co-stars Ronaldinho, Mike Tyson and Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson.

Lambert plays the role of SS officer Karl Frenzel in the Russian film Sobibor by director Konstantin Khabensky, which was released in 2018.
The film is a World War II drama about the only successful uprising in a Nazi death camp.
It was selected as the Russian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards.
Lambert received high praise for "an outstanding and nuanced performance; he is unrecognisable as Frenzel, a demonic, fractured character.

Lambert was part of the ensemble cast of Bel Canto from director Paul Weitz, an adaptation of the 2002 novel of the same name, by Ann Patchett.
Lambert played the role of a French ambassador who was part of the Japanese embassy hostage crisis (also called the Lima Crisis) of 1996–1997 in Lima, Peru.
Lambert received praise, along with the rest of the cast, for "performances [that] are uniformly excellent" "
In 2011, Lambert had the villainous role of the head monk Methodius in the Ghost Rider (2007 Film) sequel Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, starring Nicolas Cage, in 2011. He underwent sword training for three months and shaved his head. Other co-stars included Ciarán Hinds, Violante Placido, Johnny Whitworth and Idris Elba. The film made $132.6 million worldwide.
In 2012, he played a role in the Bulgarian film The Foreigner, and the Italian film L'una e l'altra. In France, he also played a lead role in the film called Ma bonne étoile opposite Claude Brasseur, and Fleur Lise Heuet, and one episode of the TV show Very Bad Blagues.
Shortly afterwards, he got the role of Marcel Janvier (alias "The Chameleon"), a recurring villain in award-winning hit police crime TV drama NCIS: Los Angeles. His character was in 6 episodes from 2012 to 2013 – the two highest-rated seasons of the show.
In 2013, he was one of the cast members in the horror film Blood Shot. He also acted in the French TV series La source.
In 2014, he played in the film Electric Slide, starring Jim Sturgess, an American biographical crime drama about the Los Angeles-based bank robber Eddie Dodson. His co-stars included Isabel Lucas, Patricia Arquette and Chloe Sevigny.
In 2015 he co-starred in Claude Lelouch's Un plus une, a French romantic comedy film starring Jean Dujardin, Elsa Zylberstein and Alice Pol. He also co-starred in the film 10 Days in a Madhouse, a 2015 American biographical film about the experiences of undercover journalist Nellie Bly.
In 2016 he co-starred in Hail, Caesar!, a comedy film written, produced, edited, and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. The film had an ensemble cast consisting of Josh Brolin, George Clooney, Alden Ehrenreich, Ralph Fiennes, Jonah Hill, Scarlett Johansson, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton, and Channing Tatum. It is a fictional story that follows the real-life "fixer" Eddie Mannix (Brolin) working in the Hollywood film industry in the 1950s, trying to discover what happened to a cast member who vanished during the filming of a biblical epic.
That year he had a cameo as a French Army Captain in La folle histoire de Max et Léon, a French World War II comedy film. He also had a recurring role in the Russian-Portuguese biographical television show Mata Hari.
In 2017 he re-collaborated with Claude Lelouch in the star studded comedy Chacun sa vie et son intime conviction. He also acted in the thriller The Broken Key with Rutger Hauer, Michael Madsen, Geraldine Chaplin, Franco Nero and William Baldwin. He also played himself in one episode of the French TV show Call My Agent!.
That year, he also played the lead villain in the martial arts film Kickboxer: Retaliation. A sequel to Kickboxer: Vengeance, the film stars Alain Moussi and Jean-Claude Van Damme and co-stars Ronaldinho, Mike Tyson and Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson.
Lambert plays the role of SS officer Karl Frenzel in the Russian film Sobibor by director Konstantin Khabensky, which was released in 2018. The film is a World War II drama about the only successful uprising in a Nazi death camp. It was selected as the Russian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards. Lambert received high praise for "an outstanding and nuanced performance; he is unrecognisable as Frenzel, a demonic, fractured character.
Lambert was part of the ensemble cast of Bel Canto from director Paul Weitz, an adaptation of the 2002 novel of the same name, by Ann Patchett. Lambert played the role of a French ambassador who was part of the Japanese embassy hostage crisis (also called the Lima Crisis) of 1996–1997 in Lima, Peru. Lambert received praise, along with the rest of the cast, for "performances [that] are uniformly excellent" "
Christopher Lambert