Josef Sommer
June 26, 1934 (90 years old) in Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
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
Credits
- 2008 · Stop-Loss as Senator Orton Worrell
- 2007 · The Invasion as Dr. Henryk Belicec
- 2006 · X-Men: The Last Stand as The President
- 2006 · The Elephant King as Bill Hunt
- 2002 · Without a Trace as Peter Ducek
- 2002 · Searching for Paradise as Carl Greenslate
- 2002 · The Sum of All Fears as Senator Jessup
- 2002 · The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones as Woodrow Wilson
- 2001 · Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Spencer Durning
- 2000 · The Family Man as Peter Lassiter
- 2000 · The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change as Woodrow Wilson
- 2000 · Shaft as Curt Flemming
- 2000 · The Next Best Thing as Richard Whittaker
- 1999 · The West Wing as Steve Gaines
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Patrick Rumsey
- 1999 · The Hunt For The Unicorn Killer as
- 1999 · The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer as
- 1999 · Providence as Thomas Wheelock
- 1998 · Patch Adams as Dr. Eaton
- 1998 · Bulworth as Doctor (uncredited)
- 1997 · Ally McBeal as
- 1996 · Hidden in America as Edward Millerton
- 1996 · Mistrial as Nick Mirsky
- 1996 · The Chamber as Phelps Bowen
- 1996 · Early Edition as
- 1995 · Strange Days as Palmer Strickland
- 1995 · Moonlight and Valentino as Thomas Trager
- 1995 · Letter to My Killer as
- 1995 · Kansas as Joseph 'Joe' Farley
- 1994 · Nobody's Fool as Clive Peoples Jr.
- 1994 · Don't Drink the Water as Ambassador Magee
- 1994 · The Enemy Within as Defence Secretary Charles Potter
- 1994 · Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker as Col. Morrow
- 1993 · Malice as Atty. Lester Adams
- 1992 · An American Story as Henry Meade
- 1992 · The Mighty Ducks as Mr. Ducksworth
- 1992 · Hostages as Tom Sutherland
- 1992 · Citizen Cohn as Albert Cohn
- 1991 · Shadows and Fog as Priest
- 1991 · A Woman Named Jackie as Joseph Kennedy Sr.
- 1991 · Before the Storm as Stewart Merriman
- 1991 · Under Cover as Stewart Merriman
- 1991 · Under Cover as Stewart Merriman
- 1990 · When Will I Be Loved? as Martin Ransil
- 1990 · William Shakespeare's Hamlet as Polonius
- 1990 · Law & Order as Defense Attorney Patrick Rumsey
- 1990 · Law & Order as Judge Lawrence Hellman
- 1990 · The Kennedys of Massachusetts as Franklin D. Roosevelt
- 1989 · Money, Power, Murder. as Jack Finley
- 1989 · Bloodhounds of Broadway as Waldo Winchester
- 1989 · Forced March as Richard Kline
- 1989 · Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman as Charles Estiman
- 1989 · Bridge to Silence as Al Duffield
- 1989 · Chances Are as Judge Fenwick
- 1988 · Dracula's Widow as Lannon
- 1988 · Hothouse as Dr. Sam Garrison
- 1987 · The Rosary Murders as Lieutenant Koznicki
- 1987 · A Special Friendship as General Winder
- 1987 · The Betty Ford Story as President Gerald Ford
- 1986 · Double Image as James Angleton
- 1985 · The Execution of Raymond Graham as Jim Neal
- 1985 · Target as Barney Taber
- 1985 · The Equalizer as Ernest Rasher
- 1985 · D.A.R.Y.L. as Dr. Jeffrey Stewart
- 1985 · Brotherly Love as Mr. Rafferty
- 1985 · Witness as Chief Paul Schaeffer
- 1984 · Iceman as Whitman
- 1983 · Silkwood as Max Richter
- 1983 · Saigon: Year Of The Cat as Jack Ockham
- 1983 · Sparkling Cyanide as George Barton
- 1983 · Scarecrow and Mrs. King as
- 1983 · Independence Day as Sam Taylor
- 1982 · Sophie's Choice as Narrator (voice)
- 1982 · Still of the Night as George Bynum
- 1982 · Hanky Panky as Adrian Pruitt
- 1981 · Reds as State Department Official
- 1981 · Absence of Malice as McAdam
- 1981 · Rollover as Roy Lefcourt
- 1980 · The Henderson Monster as Dr. Martin Grossman
- 1980 · Hide in Plain Sight as Jason R. Reid
- 1980 · Doctor Franken as Mr. Parker
- 1979 · Too Far to Go as Henry Mills
- 1979 · The Scarlet Letter as Nathaniel Hawthorne
- 1978 · Oliver's Story as Dr. Dienhart
- 1978 · Mourning Becomes Electra as Ezra Mannon
- 1977 · Close Encounters of the Third Kind as Larry Butler
- 1977 · The Andros Targets as Benson Fisher
- 1976 · The Front as Committee Chairman
- 1976 · Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys as Pomeroy
- 1975 · Valley Forge as
- 1975 · The Stepford Wives as Ted Van Sant
- 1974 · Man on a Swing as Pete Russell
- 1974 · Enemies as Nikolai
- 1972 · The Witches of Salem: The Horror and the Hope as Proctor
- 1971 · Dirty Harry as Rothko
- 1971 · Great Performances as Nikolai
- 1971 · Great Performances as Polonius
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Brig. Gen. Varnum