Josef Sommer


    Starbirth:
    June 26, 1934
Birthplace:
Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
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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.


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