Josef Sommer

Josef Sommer

Born 1934-06-26 (age 91) Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
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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.

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Known For

Close Encounters of the Third Kind
The Sum of All Fears
The Sum of All Fears

2002

as Senator Jessup

The Other Guys
The Other Guys

2010

as District Attorney Radford (uncredited)

Dirty Harry
Dirty Harry

1971

as Rothko

The Family Man
The Family Man

2000

as Peter Lassiter

The Invasion
The Invasion

2007

as Dr. Henryk Belicec

Patch Adams
Patch Adams

1998

as Dr. Eaton

Strange Days
Strange Days

1995

as Palmer Strickland

Shaft
Shaft

2000

as Curt Flemming

Stop-Loss
Stop-Loss

2008

as Senator Orton Worrell

Witness
Witness

1985

as Schaeffer

Chances Are
Chances Are

1989

as Judge Fenwick

Sophie's Choice
Sophie's Choice

1982

as Narrator (voice)

D.A.R.Y.L.
D.A.R.Y.L.

1985

as Dr. Jeffrey Stewart

Iceman
Iceman

1984

as Whitman

The Mighty Ducks
The Mighty Ducks

1992

as Mr. Ducksworth

Malice
Malice

1993

as Atty. Lester Adams

The Stepford Wives
The Stepford Wives

1975

as Ted Van Sant

Silkwood
Silkwood

1983

as Max Richter

Reds
Reds

1981

as State Department Official