Josef Sommer
Acting1934Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
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.
Known For
Acting History
2010
The Other Guys
as District Attorney Radford (uncredited)
2008
Stop-Loss
as Senator Orton Worrell
2007
The Invasion
as Dr. Henryk Belicec
2006
The Elephant King
as Bill Hunt
X-Men: The Last Stand
as The President
2004
The West Wing
TVas Steve Gaines• 1 eps
Without a Trace
TVas Peter Ducek• 1 eps
2003
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
TVas Spencer Durning• 1 eps
2002
Searching for Paradise
as Carl Greenslate
The Sum of All Fears
as Senator Jessup
2001
Providence
TVas Thomas Wheelock• 1 eps
Ally McBeal
TVas Henry Thompson• 1 eps
2000
Shaft
as Curt Flemming
The Next Best Thing
as Richard Whittaker
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change
as Woodrow Wilson
The Family Man
as Peter Lassiter
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TVas Patrick Rumsey• 1 eps
1998
1997
Early Edition
TVas John Dobbs• 2 eps
1996
The Chamber
as Phelps Bowen
Hidden in America
as Edward Millerton
Mistrial
as Nick Mirsky
Law & Order
TVas Judge Lawrence Hellman / Defense Attorney Patrick Rumsey• 1 eps
1995
1994
Don't Drink the Water
as Ambassador Magee
Nobody's Fool
as Clive Peoples Jr.
The Enemy Within
as Defence Secretary Charles Potter
1993
Malice
as Atty. Lester Adams
1992
An American Story
as Henry Meade
Hostages
as Tom Sutherland
Citizen Cohn
as Albert Cohn
The Mighty Ducks
as Mr. Ducksworth
1991
Under Cover
as Stewart Merriman
Before the Storm
as Stewart Merriman
Shadows and Fog
as Priest
Under Cover
TVas Stewart Merriman
A Woman Named Jackie
TVas Joseph Kennedy Sr.
1990
William Shakespeare's Hamlet
as Polonius
When Will I Be Loved?
as Martin Ransil
Great Performances
TVas Nikolai / Polonius• 1 eps
The Kennedys of Massachusetts
TVas Franklin D. Roosevelt• 3 eps
1989
Chances Are
as Judge Fenwick
Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman
as Charles Estiman
Bloodhounds of Broadway
as Waldo Winchester
Bridge to Silence
as Al Duffield
Forced March
as Richard Kline
Money, Power, Murder.
as Jack Finley
The Equalizer
TVas Ernest Rasher• 1 eps
1988
Dracula's Widow
as Lannon
Hothouse
TVas Dr. Sam Garrison• 7 eps
1987
The Rosary Murders
as Lieutenant Koznicki
The Betty Ford Story
as President Gerald Ford
A Special Friendship
as General Winder
1986
Double Image
as James Angleton
1985
Target
as Barney Taber
D.A.R.Y.L.
as Dr. Jeffrey Stewart
Brotherly Love
as Mr. Rafferty
The Execution of Raymond Graham
as Jim Neal
Witness
as Schaeffer
1984
Iceman
as Whitman
1983
Saigon: Year of the Cat
as Jack Ockham
Sparkling Cyanide
as George Barton
Silkwood
as Max Richter
Independence Day
as Sam Taylor
1982
1981
1980
The Henderson Monster
as Dr. Martin Grossman
Hide in Plain Sight
as Jason R. Reid
Doctor Franken
as Mr. Parker
1979
Too Far to Go
as Henry Mills
The Scarlet Letter
TVas Nathaniel Hawthorne
1978
Oliver's Story
as Dr. Dienhart
Mourning Becomes Electra
TVas Ezra Mannon• 5 eps
1977
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
as Larry Butler
The Andros Targets
TVas Benson Fisher
1976
The Front
as Committee Chairman
Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys
as Pomeroy
1975
The Stepford Wives
as Ted Van Sant
1974
Man on a Swing
as Pete Russell
Enemies
as Nikolai
1972
1971
Dirty Harry
as Rothko
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TVas Brig. Gen. Varnum