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Josef Sommer
Born · June 26, 1934 (90 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
Bio
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.
Stop-Loss
Senator Orton Worrell
6.1
2008
The Invasion
Dr. Henryk Belicec
6.0
2007
X-Men: The Last Stand
The President
6.4
2006
The Elephant King
Bill Hunt
5.9
2006
Without a Trace
Peter Ducek · (1 episode)
7.3
2002
Searching for Paradise
Carl Greenslate
4.0
2002
The Sum of All Fears
Senator Jessup
6.3
2002
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones
Woodrow Wilson · (1 episode)
7.0
2002
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Spencer Durning · (1 episode)
7.6
2001
The Family Man
Peter Lassiter
6.8
2000
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change
Woodrow Wilson
5.7
2000
Shaft
Curt Flemming
6.0
2000
The Next Best Thing
Richard Whittaker
5.3
2000
The West Wing
Steve Gaines · (1 episode)
8.3
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Patrick Rumsey · (1 episode)
7.9
1999
The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer
5.3
1999
The Hunt For The Unicorn Killer
(2 episodes)
4.7
1999
Providence
Thomas Wheelock · (1 episode)
6.5
1999
Patch Adams
Dr. Eaton
7.3
1998
Bulworth
Doctor (uncredited)
6.3
1998
Ally McBeal
(1 episode)
6.6
1997
Hidden in America
Edward Millerton
5.9
1996
Mistrial
Nick Mirsky
4.8
1996
The Chamber
Phelps Bowen
6.0
1996
Early Edition
(3 episodes)
7.3
1996
Strange Days
Palmer Strickland
7.0
1995
Moonlight and Valentino
Thomas Trager
5.6
1995
Letter to My Killer
6.0
1995
Kansas
Joseph 'Joe' Farley
5.0
1995
Nobody's Fool
Clive Peoples Jr.
6.9
1994
Don't Drink the Water
Ambassador Magee
5.6
1994
The Enemy Within
Defence Secretary Charles Potter
5.7
1994
Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker
Col. Morrow
6.3
1994
Malice
Atty. Lester Adams
6.3
1993
An American Story
Henry Meade
5.8
1992
The Mighty Ducks
Mr. Ducksworth
6.6
1992
Hostages
Tom Sutherland
6.5
1992
Citizen Cohn
Albert Cohn
6.3
1992
Shadows and Fog
Priest
6.7
1991
A Woman Named Jackie
Joseph Kennedy Sr. · (3 episodes)
9.2
1991
Before the Storm
Stewart Merriman
0.0
1991
Under Cover
Stewart Merriman · (14 episodes)
6.0
1991
Under Cover
Stewart Merriman
0.0
1991
When Will I Be Loved?
Martin Ransil
0.0
1990
William Shakespeare's Hamlet
Polonius
0.0
1990
Law & Order
Defense Attorney Patrick Rumsey · (1 episode)
7.4
1990
Law & Order
Judge Lawrence Hellman · (1 episode)
7.4
1990
The Kennedys of Massachusetts
Franklin D. Roosevelt · (3 episodes)
7.3
1990
Money, Power, Murder.
Jack Finley
5.2
1989
Bloodhounds of Broadway
Waldo Winchester
5.7
1989
Forced March
Richard Kline
6.0
1989
Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman
Charles Estiman
6.7
1989
Bridge to Silence
Al Duffield
6.0
1989
Chances Are
Judge Fenwick
6.6
1989
Dracula's Widow
Lannon
4.6
1988
Hothouse
Dr. Sam Garrison · (7 episodes)
5.0
1988
The Rosary Murders
Lieutenant Koznicki
5.5
1987
A Special Friendship
General Winder
0.0
1987
The Betty Ford Story
President Gerald Ford
0.0
1987
Double Image
James Angleton
5.7
1986
The Execution of Raymond Graham
Jim Neal
6.6
1985
Target
Barney Taber
5.9
1985
The Equalizer
Ernest Rasher · (1 episode)
7.1
1985
D.A.R.Y.L.
Dr. Jeffrey Stewart
6.4
1985
Brotherly Love
Mr. Rafferty
7.0
1985
Witness
Chief Paul Schaeffer
7.1
1985
Iceman
Whitman
6.1
1984
Silkwood
Max Richter
6.9
1983
Saigon: Year Of The Cat
Jack Ockham
4.6
1983
Sparkling Cyanide
George Barton
6.1
1983
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
(1 episode)
6.4
1983
Independence Day
Sam Taylor
5.5
1983
Sophie's Choice
Narrator (voice)
7.3
1982
Still of the Night
George Bynum
5.7
1982
Hanky Panky
Adrian Pruitt
5.3
1982
Reds
State Department Official
6.9
1981
Absence of Malice
McAdam
6.6
1981
Rollover
Roy Lefcourt
5.0
1981
The Henderson Monster
Dr. Martin Grossman
0.0
1980
Hide in Plain Sight
Jason R. Reid
5.3
1980
Doctor Franken
Mr. Parker
2.0
1980
Too Far to Go
Henry Mills
1.0
1979
The Scarlet Letter
Nathaniel Hawthorne · (4 episodes)
4.7
1979
Oliver's Story
Dr. Dienhart
4.8
1978
Mourning Becomes Electra
Ezra Mannon · (5 episodes)
1.0
1978
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Larry Butler
7.4
1977
The Andros Targets
Benson Fisher · (1 episode)
5.0
1977
The Front
Committee Chairman
7.0
1976
Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys
Pomeroy
6.0
1976
Valley Forge
0.0
1975
The Stepford Wives
Ted Van Sant
6.7
1975
Man on a Swing
Pete Russell
5.8
1974
Enemies
Nikolai
0.0
1974
The Witches of Salem: The Horror and the Hope
Proctor
0.0
1972
Dirty Harry
Rothko
7.5
1971
Great Performances
Nikolai · (1 episode)
5.2
1971
Great Performances
Polonius · (1 episode)
5.2
1971
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Brig. Gen. Varnum · (2 episodes)
8.7
1951