Josef Sommer
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 26, 1934 (age 92)
- Birthplace
- Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
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
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Filmography
The Other Guys
Movie · as District Attorney Radford (uncredited)
Stop-Loss
Movie · as Senator Orton Worrell
The Invasion
Movie · as Dr. Henryk Belicec
The Elephant King
Movie · as Bill Hunt
X-Men: The Last Stand
Movie · as The President
Searching for Paradise
Movie · as Carl Greenslate
The Sum of All Fears
Movie · as Senator Jessup
Without a Trace
TV · as Peter Ducek · 1 ep
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
TV · as Spencer Durning · 1 ep
The Next Best Thing
Movie · as Richard Whittaker
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change
Movie · as Woodrow Wilson
Shaft
Movie · as Curt Flemming
The Family Man
Movie · as Peter Lassiter
The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer
Movie
Providence
TV · as Thomas Wheelock · 1 ep
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV · as Patrick Rumsey · 1 ep
The West Wing
TV · as Steve Gaines · 1 ep
The Hunt For The Unicorn Killer
TV · 2 eps
Patch Adams
Movie · as Dr. Eaton
Bulworth
Movie · as Doctor (uncredited)
The Proposition
Movie · as Dryer
Ally McBeal
TV · as Henry Thompson · 1 ep
The Chamber
Movie · as Phelps Bowen
Mistrial
Movie · as Nick Mirsky
Hidden in America
Movie · as Edward Millerton
Early Edition
TV · as John Dobbs · 2 eps
Strange Days
Movie · as Palmer Strickland
Kansas
Movie · as Joseph 'Joe' Farley
Letter to My Killer
Movie
Moonlight and Valentino
Movie · as Thomas Trager
Don't Drink the Water
Movie · as Ambassador Magee
Nobody's Fool
Movie · as Clive Peoples Jr.
The Enemy Within
Movie · as Defence Secretary Charles Potter
Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker
Movie · as Col. Morrow
Malice
Movie · as Atty. Lester Adams
The Mighty Ducks
Movie · as Mr. Ducksworth
An American Story
Movie · as Henry Meade
Hostages
Movie · as Tom Sutherland
Citizen Cohn
Movie · as Albert Cohn
Shadows and Fog
Movie · as Priest
Under Cover
Movie · as Stewart Merriman
Before the Storm
Movie · as Stewart Merriman
Under Cover
TV · as Stewart Merriman · 14 eps
A Woman Named Jackie
TV · as Joseph Kennedy Sr. · 3 eps
When Will I Be Loved?
Movie · as Martin Ransil
William Shakespeare's Hamlet
Movie · as Polonius
The Kennedys of Massachusetts
TV · as Franklin D. Roosevelt · 3 eps
Law & Order
TV · as Defense Attorney Patrick Rumsey, Judge Lawrence Hellman · 1 ep
Chances Are
Movie · as Judge Fenwick
Bloodhounds of Broadway
Movie · as Waldo Winchester
Bridge to Silence
Movie · as Al Duffield
Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman
Movie · as Charles Estiman
Money, Power, Murder.
Movie · as Jack Finley
Forced March
Movie · as Richard Kline
Dracula's Widow
Movie · as Lannon
Hothouse
TV · as Dr. Sam Garrison · 7 eps
The Betty Ford Story
Movie · as President Gerald Ford
A Special Friendship
Movie · as General Winder
The Rosary Murders
Movie · as Lieutenant Koznicki
Double Image
Movie · as James Angleton
Witness
Movie · as Schaeffer
D.A.R.Y.L.
Movie · as Dr. Jeffrey Stewart
The Execution of Raymond Graham
Movie · as Jim Neal
Brotherly Love
Movie · as Mr. Rafferty
Target
Movie · as Barney Taber
The Equalizer
TV · as Ernest Rasher · 1 ep
Screen Two
TV · as James Angleton · 1 ep
Iceman
Movie · as Whitman
Sparkling Cyanide
Movie · as George Barton
Silkwood
Movie · as Max Richter
Independence Day
Movie · as Sam Taylor
Saigon: Year of the Cat
Movie · as Jack Ockham
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
TV · 1 ep
Still of the Night
Movie · as George Bynum
Hanky Panky
Movie · as Adrian Pruitt
Sophie's Choice
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
American Playhouse
TV · as Doc, Waldo Winchester · 1 ep
Rollover
Movie · as Roy Lefcourt
Absence of Malice
Movie · as McAdam
Reds
Movie · as State Department Official
Hide in Plain Sight
Movie · as Jason R. Reid
The Henderson Monster
Movie · as Dr. Martin Grossman
Doctor Franken
Movie · as Mr. Parker
Too Far to Go
Movie · as Henry Mills
The Scarlet Letter
TV · as Nathaniel Hawthorne · 4 eps
Oliver's Story
Movie · as Dr. Dienhart
Mourning Becomes Electra
TV · as Ezra Mannon · 5 eps
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Movie · as Larry Butler
The Andros Targets
TV · as Benson Fisher · 1 ep
The Front
Movie · as Committee Chairman
Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys
Movie · as Pomeroy
The Adams Chronicles
TV · as Charles Lee · 1 ep
Valley Forge
Movie · as Brig. Gen. Varnum
The Stepford Wives
Movie · as Ted Van Sant
Man on a Swing
Movie · as Pete Russell
Enemies
Movie · as Nikolai
The Witches of Salem: The Horror and the Hope
Movie · as Proctor
Dirty Harry
Movie · as Rothko
Great Performances
TV · as Nikolai, Polonius · 1 ep
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · as Brig. Gen. Varnum · 1 ep