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Josef Sommer
Josef Sommer

Josef Sommer

ActingBorn June 26, 1934 (age 91)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.

Filmography

2010
The Other Guys

as District Attorney Radford (uncredited)

Movie
2008
Stop-Loss

as Senator Orton Worrell

Movie
2007
The Invasion

as Dr. Henryk Belicec

Movie
2006
X-Men: The Last Stand

as The President

Movie
2006
The Elephant King

as Bill Hunt

Movie
2002
Without a Trace

as Peter Ducek

TV
2002
Searching for Paradise

as Carl Greenslate

Movie
2002
The Sum of All Fears

as Senator Jessup

Movie
2001TV
2000
The Family Man

as Peter Lassiter

Movie
2000
Shaft

as Curt Flemming

Movie
2000
The Next Best Thing

as Richard Whittaker

Movie
1999
The West Wing

as Steve Gaines

TV
1999TV
1999
Providence

as Thomas Wheelock

TV
1998
Patch Adams

as Dr. Eaton

Movie
1998
Bulworth

as Doctor (uncredited)

Movie
1998Movie
1997
Ally McBeal

as Henry Thompson

TV
1996
Hidden in America

as Edward Millerton

Movie
1996
Mistrial

as Nick Mirsky

Movie
1996
The Chamber

as Phelps Bowen

Movie
1996
Early Edition

as John Dobbs

TV
1995
Strange Days

as Palmer Strickland

Movie
1995
Moonlight and Valentino

as Thomas Trager

Movie
1995
Kansas

as Joseph 'Joe' Farley

Movie
1994
Nobody's Fool

as Clive Peoples Jr.

Movie
1994
Don't Drink the Water

as Ambassador Magee

Movie
1994
The Enemy Within

as Defence Secretary Charles Potter

Movie
1993
Malice

as Atty. Lester Adams

Movie
1992
An American Story

as Henry Meade

Movie
1992
The Mighty Ducks

as Mr. Ducksworth

Movie
1992
Hostages

as Tom Sutherland

Movie
1992
Citizen Cohn

as Albert Cohn

Movie
1991Movie
1991
A Woman Named Jackie

as Joseph Kennedy Sr.

TV
1991
Before the Storm

as Stewart Merriman

Movie
1991
Under Cover

as Stewart Merriman

TV
1991
Under Cover

as Stewart Merriman

Movie
1990
When Will I Be Loved?

as Martin Ransil

Movie
1990Movie
1990
Law & Order

as Defense Attorney Patrick Rumsey

TV
1990
Law & Order

as Judge Lawrence Hellman

TV
1990
The Kennedys of Massachusetts

as Franklin D. Roosevelt

TV
1989
Money, Power, Murder.

as Jack Finley

Movie
1989
Bloodhounds of Broadway

as Waldo Winchester

Movie
1989
Forced March

as Richard Kline

Movie
1989
Bridge to Silence

as Al Duffield

Movie
1989
Chances Are

as Judge Fenwick

Movie
1988Movie
1988
Hothouse

as Dr. Sam Garrison

TV
1987
The Rosary Murders

as Lieutenant Koznicki

Movie
1987
A Special Friendship

as General Winder

Movie
1987
The Betty Ford Story

as President Gerald Ford

Movie
1986
Double Image

as James Angleton

Movie
1985
Target

as Barney Taber

Movie
1985
The Equalizer

as Ernest Rasher

TV
1985
D.A.R.Y.L.

as Dr. Jeffrey Stewart

Movie
1985
Brotherly Love

as Mr. Rafferty

Movie
1985
Witness

as Schaeffer

Movie
1985
Screen Two

as James Angleton

TV
1984
Iceman

as Whitman

Movie
1983
Silkwood

as Max Richter

Movie
1983Movie
1983
Sparkling Cyanide

as George Barton

Movie
1983
Independence Day

as Sam Taylor

Movie
1982
Sophie's Choice

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
1982
Still of the Night

as George Bynum

Movie
1982
Hanky Panky

as Adrian Pruitt

Movie
1981
Reds

as State Department Official

Movie
1981Movie
1981
Rollover

as Roy Lefcourt

Movie
1980
The Henderson Monster

as Dr. Martin Grossman

Movie
1980
Hide in Plain Sight

as Jason R. Reid

Movie
1980
Doctor Franken

as Mr. Parker

Movie
1979
Too Far to Go

as Henry Mills

Movie
1979
The Scarlet Letter

as Nathaniel Hawthorne

TV
1978
Oliver's Story

as Dr. Dienhart

Movie
1978TV
1977Movie
1977
The Andros Targets

as Benson Fisher

TV
1976
The Front

as Committee Chairman

Movie
1976
The Adams Chronicles

as Charles Lee

TV
1975
Valley Forge

as Brig. Gen. Varnum

Movie
1975
The Stepford Wives

as Ted Van Sant

Movie
1974
Man on a Swing

as Pete Russell

Movie
1974
Enemies

as Nikolai

Movie
1971
Dirty Harry

as Rothko

Movie
1971TV
1971TV
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Brig. Gen. Varnum

TV

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayJune 26, 1934
Place of BirthGreifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
Popularity1.6