Josef Sommer

Known for: Acting

Born: 1934-06-26 (age 92)

From: 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.

Filmography (100)

MOVIE★ 6.3
The Other Guys
2010
as District Attorney Radford (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.1
Stop-Loss
2008
as Senator Orton Worrell
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Invasion
2007
as Dr. Henryk Belicec
MOVIE★ 6.4
X-Men: The Last Stand
2006
as The President
MOVIE★ 5.9
The Elephant King
2006
as Bill Hunt
TV★ 7.2
Without a Trace
2002
as Peter Ducek
MOVIE★ 6.0
Searching for Paradise
2002
as Carl Greenslate
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Sum of All Fears
2002
as Senator Jessup
TV★ 7.6
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Spencer Durning
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Family Man
2000
as Peter Lassiter
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change
2000
as Woodrow Wilson
MOVIE★ 6.0
Shaft
2000
as Curt Flemming
MOVIE★ 5.3
The Next Best Thing
2000
as Richard Whittaker
TV★ 8.3
The West Wing
1999
as Steve Gaines
TV★ 8.0
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Patrick Rumsey
MOVIE★ 4.7
The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer
1999
TV★ 4.7
The Hunt For The Unicorn Killer
1999
TV★ 6.7
Providence
1999
as Thomas Wheelock
MOVIE★ 7.3
Patch Adams
1998
as Dr. Eaton
MOVIE★ 6.3
Bulworth
1998
as Doctor (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.1
The Proposition
1998
as Dryer
TV★ 6.5
Ally McBeal
1997
as Henry Thompson
MOVIE★ 5.1
Hidden in America
1996
as Edward Millerton
MOVIE★ 5.3
Mistrial
1996
as Nick Mirsky
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Chamber
1996
as Phelps Bowen
TV★ 7.4
Early Edition
1996
as John Dobbs
MOVIE★ 7.0
Strange Days
1995
as Palmer Strickland
MOVIE★ 5.6
Moonlight and Valentino
1995
as Thomas Trager
MOVIE★ 6.5
Letter to My Killer
1995
MOVIE★ 5.5
Kansas
1995
as Joseph 'Joe' Farley
MOVIE★ 6.9
Nobody's Fool
1994
as Clive Peoples Jr.
MOVIE★ 5.6
Don't Drink the Water
1994
as Ambassador Magee
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Enemy Within
1994
as Defence Secretary Charles Potter
MOVIE★ 6.3
Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker
1994
as Col. Morrow
MOVIE★ 6.3
Malice
1993
as Atty. Lester Adams
MOVIE★ 6.4
An American Story
1992
as Henry Meade
MOVIE★ 6.6
The Mighty Ducks
1992
as Mr. Ducksworth
MOVIE★ 6.1
Hostages
1992
as Tom Sutherland
MOVIE★ 6.3
Citizen Cohn
1992
as Albert Cohn
MOVIE★ 6.7
Shadows and Fog
1991
as Priest
TV★ 8.8
A Woman Named Jackie
1991
as Joseph Kennedy Sr.
MOVIE★ 9.0
Before the Storm
1991
as Stewart Merriman
TV★ 7.5
Under Cover
1991
as Stewart Merriman
MOVIE★ 8.0
Under Cover
1991
as Stewart Merriman
MOVIE★ 9.0
When Will I Be Loved?
1990
as Martin Ransil
MOVIE
William Shakespeare's Hamlet
1990
as Polonius
TV★ 7.3
Law & Order
1990
as Defense Attorney Patrick Rumsey
TV★ 7.8
The Kennedys of Massachusetts
1990
as Franklin D. Roosevelt
MOVIE★ 5.4
Money, Power, Murder.
1989
as Jack Finley
MOVIE★ 5.7
Bloodhounds of Broadway
1989
as Waldo Winchester
MOVIE★ 6.6
Forced March
1989
as Richard Kline
MOVIE★ 6.6
Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman
1989
as Charles Estiman
MOVIE★ 7.7
Bridge to Silence
1989
as Al Duffield
MOVIE★ 6.6
Chances Are
1989
as Judge Fenwick
MOVIE★ 4.6
Dracula's Widow
1988
as Lannon
TV★ 7.5
Hothouse
1988
as Dr. Sam Garrison
MOVIE★ 5.6
The Rosary Murders
1987
as Lieutenant Koznicki
MOVIE★ 9.0
A Special Friendship
1987
as General Winder
MOVIE
The Betty Ford Story
1987
as President Gerald Ford
MOVIE★ 5.4
Double Image
1986
as James Angleton
MOVIE★ 6.6
The Execution of Raymond Graham
1985
as Jim Neal
MOVIE★ 5.9
Target
1985
as Barney Taber
TV★ 7.1
The Equalizer
1985
as Ernest Rasher
MOVIE★ 6.4
D.A.R.Y.L.
1985
as Dr. Jeffrey Stewart
MOVIE★ 7.3
Brotherly Love
1985
as Mr. Rafferty
MOVIE★ 7.1
Witness
1985
as Schaeffer
TV★ 7.1
Screen Two
1985
as James Angleton
MOVIE★ 6.2
Iceman
1984
as Whitman
MOVIE★ 6.9
Silkwood
1983
as Max Richter
MOVIE★ 5.3
Saigon: Year of the Cat
1983
as Jack Ockham
MOVIE★ 5.9
Sparkling Cyanide
1983
as George Barton
TV★ 6.6
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983
MOVIE★ 5.9
Independence Day
1983
as Sam Taylor
MOVIE★ 7.3
Sophie's Choice
1982
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 5.7
Still of the Night
1982
as George Bynum
MOVIE★ 5.3
Hanky Panky
1982
as Adrian Pruitt
TV★ 6.6
American Playhouse
1982
as Doc
MOVIE★ 6.9
Reds
1981
as State Department Official
MOVIE★ 6.6
Absence of Malice
1981
as McAdam
MOVIE★ 5.2
Rollover
1981
as Roy Lefcourt
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Henderson Monster
1980
as Dr. Martin Grossman
MOVIE★ 5.7
Hide in Plain Sight
1980
as Jason R. Reid
MOVIE★ 6.0
Doctor Franken
1980
as Mr. Parker
MOVIE★ 3.5
Too Far to Go
1979
as Henry Mills
TV★ 4.5
The Scarlet Letter
1979
as Nathaniel Hawthorne
MOVIE★ 4.8
Oliver's Story
1978
as Dr. Dienhart
TV★ 5.0
Mourning Becomes Electra
1978
as Ezra Mannon
MOVIE★ 7.4
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1977
as Larry Butler
TV★ 7.0
The Andros Targets
1977
as Benson Fisher
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Front
1976
as Committee Chairman
MOVIE★ 7.5
Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys
1976
as Pomeroy
TV★ 7.4
The Adams Chronicles
1976
as Charles Lee
MOVIE★ 7.0
Valley Forge
1975
as Brig. Gen. Varnum
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Stepford Wives
1975
as Ted Van Sant
MOVIE★ 5.9
Man on a Swing
1974
as Pete Russell
MOVIE
Enemies
1974
as Nikolai
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Witches of Salem: The Horror and the Hope
1972
as Proctor
MOVIE★ 7.5
Dirty Harry
1971
as Rothko
TV★ 6.1
Great Performances
1971
as Nikolai
TV★ 8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Brig. Gen. Varnum