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Josef Sommer

Acting

June 26, 1934 (92)

Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

77 movies

6.1 avg

3

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.

Best Performances

Highest rated appearances

Dirty Harry

Dirty Harry

as Rothko

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

as Larry Butler

Patch Adams

Patch Adams

as Dr. Eaton

Filmography

2010s

1 film

The Other Guys

The Other Guys

as District Attorney Radford (uncredited)

2000s

10 films

Stop-Loss

Stop-Loss

as Senator Orton Worrell

The Invasion

The Invasion

as Dr. Henryk Belicec

X-Men: The Last Stand

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Sophie's Choice

Sophie's Choice

as Narrator (voice)

Witness

Witness

as Schaeffer

X-Men: The Last Stand

as The President

2006

6.4

The Elephant King

The Elephant King

as Bill Hunt

Searching for Paradise

Searching for Paradise

as Carl Greenslate

The Sum of All Fears

The Sum of All Fears

as Senator Jessup

The Family Man

The Family Man

as Peter Lassiter

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change

as Woodrow Wilson

Shaft

Shaft

as Curt Flemming

The Next Best Thing

The Next Best Thing

as Richard Whittaker

1990s

25 films

The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer

The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer

Patch Adams

Patch Adams

as Dr. Eaton

Bulworth

Bulworth

as Doctor (uncredited)

The Proposition

The Proposition

as Dryer

Hidden in America

Hidden in America

as Edward Millerton

Mistrial

Mistrial

as Nick Mirsky

The Chamber

The Chamber

as Phelps Bowen

Strange Days

Strange Days

as Palmer Strickland

Moonlight and Valentino

Moonlight and Valentino

as Thomas Trager

Letter to My Killer

Letter to My Killer

Kansas

Kansas

as Joseph 'Joe' Farley

Nobody's Fool

Nobody's Fool

as Clive Peoples Jr.

Don't Drink the Water

Don't Drink the Water

as Ambassador Magee

The Enemy Within

The Enemy Within

as Defence Secretary Charles Potter

Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker

Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker

as Col. Morrow

Malice

Malice

as Atty. Lester Adams

An American Story

An American Story

as Henry Meade

The Mighty Ducks

The Mighty Ducks

as Mr. Ducksworth

Hostages

Hostages

as Tom Sutherland

Citizen Cohn

Citizen Cohn

as Albert Cohn

Shadows and Fog

Shadows and Fog

as Priest

Before the Storm

Before the Storm

as Stewart Merriman

Under Cover

Under Cover

as Stewart Merriman

When Will I Be Loved?

When Will I Be Loved?

as Martin Ransil

William Shakespeare's Hamlet

William Shakespeare's Hamlet

as Polonius

1980s

30 films

Money, Power, Murder.

Money, Power, Murder.

as Jack Finley

Bloodhounds of Broadway

Bloodhounds of Broadway

as Waldo Winchester

Forced March

Forced March

as Richard Kline

Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman

Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman

as Charles Estiman

Bridge to Silence

Bridge to Silence

as Al Duffield

Chances Are

Chances Are

as Judge Fenwick

Dracula's Widow

Dracula's Widow

as Lannon

The Rosary Murders

The Rosary Murders

as Lieutenant Koznicki

A Special Friendship

A Special Friendship

as General Winder

The Betty Ford Story

The Betty Ford Story

as President Gerald Ford

Double Image

Double Image

as James Angleton

The Execution of Raymond Graham

The Execution of Raymond Graham

as Jim Neal

Target

Target

as Barney Taber

D.A.R.Y.L.

D.A.R.Y.L.

as Dr. Jeffrey Stewart

Brotherly Love

Brotherly Love

as Mr. Rafferty

Witness

Witness

as Schaeffer

Iceman

Iceman

as Whitman

Silkwood

Silkwood

as Max Richter

Saigon: Year of the Cat

Saigon: Year of the Cat

as Jack Ockham

Sparkling Cyanide

Sparkling Cyanide

as George Barton

Independence Day

Independence Day

as Sam Taylor

Sophie's Choice

Sophie's Choice

as Narrator (voice)

Still of the Night

Still of the Night

as George Bynum

Hanky Panky

Hanky Panky

as Adrian Pruitt

Reds

Reds

as State Department Official

Absence of Malice

Absence of Malice

as McAdam

Rollover

Rollover

as Roy Lefcourt

The Henderson Monster

The Henderson Monster

as Dr. Martin Grossman

Hide in Plain Sight

Hide in Plain Sight

as Jason R. Reid

Doctor Franken

Doctor Franken

as Mr. Parker

1970s

11 films

Too Far to Go

Too Far to Go

as Henry Mills

Oliver's Story

Oliver's Story

as Dr. Dienhart

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

as Larry Butler

The Front

The Front

as Committee Chairman

Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys

Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys

as Pomeroy

Valley Forge

Valley Forge

as Brig. Gen. Varnum

The Stepford Wives

The Stepford Wives

as Ted Van Sant

Man on a Swing

Man on a Swing

as Pete Russell

Enemies

Enemies

as Nikolai

The Witches of Salem: The Horror and the Hope

The Witches of Salem: The Horror and the Hope

as Proctor

Dirty Harry

Dirty Harry

as Rothko