6.4
Movie
Acting
Josef Sommer
- Born
- (age 92)
- Birthplace
- Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
- Credits
- 100 titles
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.
Signature work
Known For
6.4
Movie
7.4
Movie
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
8.0
TV
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
7.3
Movie
Patch Adams
7.4
Movie
Dirty Harry
6.8
Movie
The Family Man
6.4
Movie
The Sum of All Fears
7.1
Movie
Witness
6.1
Movie
The Invasion
7.0
Movie
Strange Days
6.0
Movie
Shaft
6.6
Movie
The Mighty Ducks
7.3
Movie
Sophie's Choice
7.3
TV
Law & Order
8.3
TV
The West Wing
6.3
Movie
Malice
6.7
Movie
Shadows and Fog
6.7
Movie
The Stepford Wives
Acting credits 100
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | The Other Guys Film | District Attorney Radford (uncredited) |
| 2008 | Stop-Loss Film | Senator Orton Worrell |
| 2007 | The Invasion Film | Dr. Henryk Belicec |
| 2006 | X-Men: The Last Stand Film | The President |
| 2006 | The Elephant King Film | Bill Hunt |
| 2002 | Without a Trace TV | Peter Ducek (1 ep) |
| 2002 | Searching for Paradise Film | Carl Greenslate |
| 2002 | The Sum of All Fears Film | Senator Jessup |
| 2001 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent TV | Spencer Durning (1 ep) |
| 2000 | The Family Man Film | Peter Lassiter |
| 2000 | The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change Film | Woodrow Wilson |
| 2000 | Shaft Film | Curt Flemming |
| 2000 | The Next Best Thing Film | Richard Whittaker |
| 1999 | The West Wing TV | Steve Gaines (1 ep) |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit TV | Patrick Rumsey (1 ep) |
| 1999 | The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer Film | |
| 1999 | The Hunt For The Unicorn Killer TV | (2 ep) |
| 1999 | Providence TV | Thomas Wheelock (1 ep) |
| 1998 | Patch Adams Film | Dr. Eaton |
| 1998 | Bulworth Film | Doctor (uncredited) |
| 1998 | The Proposition Film | Dryer |
| 1997 | Ally McBeal TV | Henry Thompson (1 ep) |
| 1996 | Hidden in America Film | Edward Millerton |
| 1996 | Mistrial Film | Nick Mirsky |
| 1996 | The Chamber Film | Phelps Bowen |
| 1996 | Early Edition TV | John Dobbs (2 ep) |
| 1995 | Strange Days Film | Palmer Strickland |
| 1995 | Moonlight and Valentino Film | Thomas Trager |
| 1995 | Letter to My Killer Film | |
| 1995 | Kansas Film | Joseph 'Joe' Farley |
| 1994 | Nobody's Fool Film | Clive Peoples Jr. |
| 1994 | Don't Drink the Water Film | Ambassador Magee |
| 1994 | The Enemy Within Film | Defence Secretary Charles Potter |
| 1994 | Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker Film | Col. Morrow |
| 1993 | Malice Film | Atty. Lester Adams |
| 1992 | An American Story Film | Henry Meade |
| 1992 | The Mighty Ducks Film | Mr. Ducksworth |
| 1992 | Hostages Film | Tom Sutherland |
| 1992 | Citizen Cohn Film | Albert Cohn |
| 1991 | Shadows and Fog Film | Priest |
| 1991 | A Woman Named Jackie TV | Joseph Kennedy Sr. (3 ep) |
| 1991 | Before the Storm Film | Stewart Merriman |
| 1991 | Under Cover TV | Stewart Merriman (14 ep) |
| 1991 | Under Cover Film | Stewart Merriman |
| 1990 | When Will I Be Loved? Film | Martin Ransil |
| 1990 | William Shakespeare's Hamlet Film | Polonius |
| 1990 | Law & Order TV | Defense Attorney Patrick Rumsey, Judge Lawrence Hellman (1 ep) |
| 1990 | The Kennedys of Massachusetts TV | Franklin D. Roosevelt (3 ep) |
| 1989 | Money, Power, Murder. Film | Jack Finley |
| 1989 | Bloodhounds of Broadway Film | Waldo Winchester |
| 1989 | Forced March Film | Richard Kline |
| 1989 | Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman Film | Charles Estiman |
| 1989 | Bridge to Silence Film | Al Duffield |
| 1989 | Chances Are Film | Judge Fenwick |
| 1988 | Dracula's Widow Film | Lannon |
| 1988 | Hothouse TV | Dr. Sam Garrison (7 ep) |
| 1987 | The Rosary Murders Film | Lieutenant Koznicki |
| 1987 | A Special Friendship Film | General Winder |
| 1987 | The Betty Ford Story Film | President Gerald Ford |
| 1986 | Double Image Film | James Angleton |