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