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