[1] A singer for many years, Lancel has also performed his own one-man show and has sung at the Sands in Blackpool and the Royal Albert Hall in London.

Lancel again played Brian Epstein in the Bill Kenwright production of Cilla The Musical, touring the UK for fifteen months to critical acclaim.

[6] Following his role in Cardiac Arrest Lancel appeared in TV series including Liverpool 1, The Vice, Urban Gothic and Merseybeat and portrayed oles in the shows City Central and Queer As Folk and in the BBC medical drama Casualty.

In 2002, he joined the cast of Bad Girls as Barry Pearce and his character was involved in a domestic abuse story line with on-screen wife Di Barker.

On 23 November 2010, Lancel was cast in the long running ITV soap opera Coronation Street as Frank Foster, a business associate of Carla Connor.

'[10][11] In 2014, Lancel was cast as Adam Snow alongside Diane Keen and Robert Duncan in the world premiere of The Small Hand based on the book by Susan Hill and adapted by Clive Francis.

The play, directed by Roy Marsden and produced by Bill Kenwright, premiered at the Theatre Royal Windsor before touring the UK.

[12] Lancel joined the cast of Twelve Angry Men in 2015, following its West End run, and received rave reviews for his turn as juror number three,[13][14] starring alongside Tom Conti and Denis Lill.

[15] In November 2015, it was announced that Lancel would be taking on the role of Brian Clough in a new stage adaptation of The Damned United based on the novel by David Peace.