Josef Sommer
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 26, 1934
- Birthplace
- Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
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.
Filmography
The Other Guys 2010
as District Attorney Radford (uncredited)
Stop-Loss 2008
as Senator Orton Worrell
The Invasion 2007
as Dr. Henryk Belicec
X-Men: The Last Stand 2006
as The President
The Elephant King 2006
as Bill Hunt
Searching for Paradise 2002
as Carl Greenslate
The Sum of All Fears 2002
as Senator Jessup
The Family Man 2000
as Peter Lassiter
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change 2000
as Woodrow Wilson
Shaft 2000
as Curt Flemming
The Next Best Thing 2000
as Richard Whittaker
The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer 1999
Actor
Patch Adams 1998
as Dr. Eaton
Bulworth 1998
as Doctor (uncredited)
The Proposition 1998
as Dryer
Hidden in America 1996
as Edward Millerton
Mistrial 1996
as Nick Mirsky
The Chamber 1996
as Phelps Bowen
Strange Days 1995
as Palmer Strickland
Moonlight and Valentino 1995
as Thomas Trager
Letter to My Killer 1995
Actor
Kansas 1995
as Joseph 'Joe' Farley
Nobody's Fool 1994
as Clive Peoples Jr.
Don't Drink the Water 1994
as Ambassador Magee
The Enemy Within 1994
as Defence Secretary Charles Potter
Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker 1994
as Col. Morrow
Malice 1993
as Atty. Lester Adams
An American Story 1992
as Henry Meade
The Mighty Ducks 1992
as Mr. Ducksworth
Hostages 1992
as Tom Sutherland
Citizen Cohn 1992
as Albert Cohn
Shadows and Fog 1991
as Priest
Before the Storm 1991
as Stewart Merriman
Under Cover 1991
as Stewart Merriman
When Will I Be Loved? 1990
as Martin Ransil
William Shakespeare's Hamlet 1990
as Polonius
Money, Power, Murder. 1989
as Jack Finley
Forced March 1989
as Richard Kline
Bloodhounds of Broadway 1989
as Waldo Winchester
Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman 1989
as Charles Estiman
Bridge to Silence 1989
as Al Duffield
Chances Are 1989
as Judge Fenwick
Dracula's Widow 1988
as Lannon
The Rosary Murders 1987
as Lieutenant Koznicki
A Special Friendship 1987
as General Winder
The Betty Ford Story 1987
as President Gerald Ford
Double Image 1986
as James Angleton
The Execution of Raymond Graham 1985
as Jim Neal
Target 1985
as Barney Taber
D.A.R.Y.L. 1985
as Dr. Jeffrey Stewart
Brotherly Love 1985
as Mr. Rafferty
Witness 1985
as Schaeffer
Iceman 1984
as Whitman
Silkwood 1983
as Max Richter
Saigon: Year of the Cat 1983
as Jack Ockham
Sparkling Cyanide 1983
as George Barton
Independence Day 1983
as Sam Taylor
Sophie's Choice 1982
as Narrator (voice)
Still of the Night 1982
as George Bynum
Hanky Panky 1982
as Adrian Pruitt
Reds 1981
as State Department Official
Absence of Malice 1981
as McAdam
Rollover 1981
as Roy Lefcourt
The Henderson Monster 1980
as Dr. Martin Grossman
Hide in Plain Sight 1980
as Jason R. Reid
Doctor Franken 1980
as Mr. Parker
Too Far to Go 1979
as Henry Mills
Oliver's Story 1978
as Dr. Dienhart
Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1977
as Larry Butler
The Front 1976
as Committee Chairman
Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys 1976
as Pomeroy
Valley Forge 1975
as Brig. Gen. Varnum
The Stepford Wives 1975
as Ted Van Sant
Man on a Swing 1974
as Pete Russell
Enemies 1974
as Nikolai
The Witches of Salem: The Horror and the Hope 1972
as Proctor
Dirty Harry 1971
as Rothko
Credits from TMDB.