Josef Sommer
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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.
Known for
Credits
The Sum of All Fears (2002)
as Senator Jessup
The Other Guys (2010)
as District Attorney Radford (uncredited)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
as Larry Butler
Dirty Harry (1971)
as Rothko
The Invasion (2007)
as Dr. Henryk Belicec
The Family Man (2000)
as Peter Lassiter
Witness (1985)
as Schaeffer
Patch Adams (1998)
as Dr. Eaton
Strange Days (1995)
as Palmer Strickland
Shaft (2000)
as Curt Flemming
The Mighty Ducks (1992)
as Mr. Ducksworth
Sophie's Choice (1982)
as Narrator (voice)
Chances Are (1989)
as Judge Fenwick
Malice (1993)
as Atty. Lester Adams
Stop-Loss (2008)
as Senator Orton Worrell
Bulworth (1998)
as Doctor (uncredited)
Shadows and Fog (1991)
as Priest
Nobody's Fool (1994)
as Clive Peoples Jr.
D.A.R.Y.L. (1985)
as Dr. Jeffrey Stewart
The Chamber (1996)
as Phelps Bowen
Iceman (1984)
as Whitman
The Stepford Wives (1975)
as Ted Van Sant
Reds (1981)
as State Department Official
Absence of Malice (1981)
as McAdam
Still of the Night (1982)
as George Bynum
The Next Best Thing (2000)
as Richard Whittaker
Silkwood (1983)
as Max Richter
Bloodhounds of Broadway (1989)
as Waldo Winchester
The Proposition (1998)
as Dryer
Target (1985)
as Barney Taber
Mistrial (1996)
as Nick Mirsky
The Front (1976)
as Committee Chairman
Moonlight and Valentino (1995)
as Thomas Trager
The Enemy Within (1994)
as Defence Secretary Charles Potter
Hanky Panky (1982)
as Adrian Pruitt
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change (2000)
as Woodrow Wilson
Don't Drink the Water (1994)
as Ambassador Magee
The Rosary Murders (1987)
as Lieutenant Koznicki
Sparkling Cyanide (1983)
as George Barton
Rollover (1981)
as Roy Lefcourt
Double Image (1986)
as James Angleton
Man on a Swing (1974)
as Pete Russell
Dracula's Widow (1988)
as Lannon
Citizen Cohn (1992)
as Albert Cohn
An American Story (1992)
as Henry Meade
Valley Forge (1975)
as Brig. Gen. Varnum
Oliver's Story (1978)
as Dr. Dienhart
Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman (1989)
as Charles Estiman
Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker (1994)
as Col. Morrow
The Execution of Raymond Graham (1985)
as Jim Neal
Hidden in America (1996)
as Edward Millerton
Brotherly Love (1985)
as Mr. Rafferty
The Elephant King (2006)
as Bill Hunt
Hide in Plain Sight (1980)
as Jason R. Reid
Doctor Franken (1980)
as Mr. Parker
Independence Day (1983)
as Sam Taylor
Before the Storm (1991)
as Stewart Merriman
Too Far to Go (1979)
as Henry Mills
Saigon: Year of the Cat (1983)
as Jack Ockham
Letter to My Killer (1995)
Actor
Under Cover (1991)
as Stewart Merriman
Bridge to Silence (1989)
as Al Duffield
William Shakespeare's Hamlet (1990)
as Polonius
The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer (1999)
Actor
Forced March (1989)
as Richard Kline
Money, Power, Murder. (1989)
as Jack Finley
The Betty Ford Story (1987)
as President Gerald Ford
The Henderson Monster (1980)
as Dr. Martin Grossman
X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)
as The President
The Witches of Salem: The Horror and the Hope (1972)
as Proctor
Hostages (1992)
as Tom Sutherland
Kansas (1995)
as Joseph 'Joe' Farley
Enemies (1974)
as Nikolai
Searching for Paradise (2002)
as Carl Greenslate
When Will I Be Loved? (1990)
as Martin Ransil
Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys (1976)
as Pomeroy
A Special Friendship (1987)
as General Winder