Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
June 26, 1934
Place of Birth:
Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
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Josef Sommer
Biography
Maximilian Josef Sommer (born June 26, 1934) is a German-American retired stage, television, and film actor. His best known roles are as The President in X-Men: The Last Stand, Senator Jessup in The Sum of All Fears, Peter Lassiter in The Family Man, Curtis Flemming in Shaft, Dr. Eaton in Patch Adams, Phelps Bowen in The Chamber, Clive Peoples Jr. in Nobody's Fool, Mr. Duckworth in The Mighty Ducks, Chief Paul Schaefer in Witness, Max Richter in Silkwood, Sam Taylor in Independence Day, Rothko in Dirty Harry, and narrator for the film Sophie's Choice.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | The Other Guys | District Attorney Radford (uncredited) |
| 2008 | Stop-Loss | Senator Orton Worrell |
| 2007 | The Invasion | Dr. Henryk Belicec |
| 2006 | The Elephant King | Bill Hunt |
| 2006 | X-Men: The Last Stand | The President |
| 2002 | Searching for Paradise | Carl Greenslate |
| 2002 | The Sum of All Fears | Senator Jessup |
| 2000 | The Next Best Thing | Richard Whittaker |
| 2000 | The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change | Woodrow Wilson |
| 2000 | Shaft | Curt Flemming |
| 2000 | The Family Man | Peter Lassiter |
| 1999 | The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer | |
| 1998 | Patch Adams | Dr. Eaton |
| 1998 | Bulworth | Doctor (uncredited) |
| 1996 | The Chamber | Phelps Bowen |
| 1996 | Mistrial | Nick Mirsky |
| 1996 | Hidden in America | Edward Millerton |
| 1995 | Strange Days | Palmer Strickland |
| 1995 | Kansas | Joseph 'Joe' Farley |
| 1995 | Letter to My Killer | |
| 1995 | Moonlight and Valentino | Thomas Trager |
| 1994 | Don't Drink the Water | Ambassador Magee |
| 1994 | Nobody's Fool | Clive Peoples Jr. |
| 1994 | The Enemy Within | Defence Secretary Charles Potter |
| 1994 | Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker | Col. Morrow |
| 1993 | Malice | Atty. Lester Adams |
| 1992 | The Mighty Ducks | Mr. Ducksworth |
| 1992 | An American Story | Henry Meade |
| 1992 | Hostages | Tom Sutherland |
| 1992 | Citizen Cohn | Albert Cohn |
| 1991 | Shadows and Fog | Priest |
| 1991 | Under Cover | Stewart Merriman |
| 1991 | Before the Storm | Stewart Merriman |
| 1990 | When Will I Be Loved? | Martin Ransil |
| 1990 | William Shakespeare's Hamlet | Polonius |
| 1989 | Chances Are | Judge Fenwick |
| 1989 | Bloodhounds of Broadway | Waldo Winchester |
| 1989 | Bridge to Silence | Al Duffield |
| 1989 | Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman | Charles Estiman |
| 1989 | Money, Power, Murder. | Jack Finley |
| 1989 | Forced March | Richard Kline |
| 1988 | Dracula's Widow | Lannon |
| 1987 | The Betty Ford Story | President Gerald Ford |
| 1987 | A Special Friendship | General Winder |
| 1987 | The Rosary Murders | Lieutenant Koznicki |
| 1986 | Double Image | James Angleton |
| 1985 | Witness | Chief Paul Schaeffer |
| 1985 | D.A.R.Y.L. | Dr. Jeffrey Stewart |
| 1985 | The Execution of Raymond Graham | Jim Neal |
| 1985 | Brotherly Love | Mr. Rafferty |
| 1985 | Target | Barney Taber |
| 1984 | Iceman | Whitman |
| 1983 | Sparkling Cyanide | George Barton |
| 1983 | Silkwood | Max Richter |
| 1983 | Independence Day | Sam Taylor |
| 1983 | Saigon: Year Of The Cat | Jack Ockham |
| 1982 | Still of the Night | George Bynum |
| 1982 | Hanky Panky | Adrian Pruitt |
| 1982 | Sophie's Choice | Narrator (voice) |
| 1981 | Rollover | Roy Lefcourt |
| 1981 | Absence of Malice | McAdam |
| 1981 | Reds | State Department Official |
| 1980 | Hide in Plain Sight | Jason R. Reid |
| 1980 | The Henderson Monster | Dr. Martin Grossman |
| 1980 | Doctor Franken | Mr. Parker |
| 1979 | Too Far to Go | Henry Mills |
| 1978 | Oliver's Story | Dr. Dienhart |
| 1977 | Close Encounters of the Third Kind | Larry Butler |
| 1976 | The Front | Committee Chairman |
| 1976 | Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys | Pomeroy |
| 1975 | Valley Forge | |
| 1975 | The Stepford Wives | Ted Van Sant |
| 1974 | Man on a Swing | Pete Russell |
| 1974 | Enemies | Nikolai |
| 1972 | The Witches of Salem: The Horror and the Hope | Proctor |
| 1971 | Dirty Harry | Rothko |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Without a Trace | Peter Ducek |
| 2001 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Spencer Durning |
| 1999 | Providence | Thomas Wheelock |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Patrick Rumsey |
| 1999 | The West Wing | Steve Gaines |
| 1999 | The Hunt For The Unicorn Killer | |
| 1997 | Ally McBeal | Henry Thompson |
| 1996 | Early Edition | John Dobbs |
| 1991 | Under Cover | Stewart Merriman |
| 1991 | A Woman Named Jackie | Joseph Kennedy Sr. |
| 1990 | The Kennedys of Massachusetts | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Defense Attorney Patrick Rumsey |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Judge Lawrence Hellman |
| 1988 | Hothouse | Dr. Sam Garrison |
| 1985 | The Equalizer | Ernest Rasher |
| 1983 | Scarecrow and Mrs. King | |
| 1979 | The Scarlet Letter | Nathaniel Hawthorne |
| 1978 | Mourning Becomes Electra | Ezra Mannon |
| 1977 | The Andros Targets | Benson Fisher |
| 1971 | Great Performances | Nikolai |
| 1971 | Great Performances | Polonius |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Brig. Gen. Varnum |