About
Josef Sommer
Overview
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
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| 2008 | Stop-Loss | Actor | Senator Orton Worrell | 59 Average |
| 2007 | The Invasion | Actor | Dr. Henryk Belicec | 59 Average |
| 2006 | X-Men: The Last Stand | Actor | The President | 63 Fair |
| 2006 | The Elephant King | Actor | Bill Hunt | 59 Average |
| 2002 | Searching for Paradise | Actor | Carl Greenslate | N/A N/A |
| 2002 | The Sum of All Fears | Actor | Senator Jessup | 62 Fair |
| 2000 | The Family Man | Actor | Peter Lassiter | 66 Fair |
| 2000 | The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change | Actor | Woodrow Wilson | 58 Average |
| 2000 | Shaft | Actor | Curt Flemming | 59 Average |
| 2000 | The Next Best Thing | Actor | Richard Whittaker | 57 Average |
| 1999 | The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer | Actor | 58 Average |
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| 1999 | The Hunt For The Unicorn Killer | Actor | 69 Fair |
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| 1998 | Patch Adams | Actor | Dr. Eaton | 71 Good |
| 1998 | Bulworth | Actor | Doctor (uncredited) | 60 Fair |
| 1996 | Hidden in America | Actor | Edward Millerton | 59 Average |
| 1996 | Mistrial | Actor | Nick Mirsky | 58 Average |
| 1996 | The Chamber | Actor | Phelps Bowen | 59 Average |
| 1995 | Strange Days | Actor | Palmer Strickland | 66 Fair |
| 1995 | Moonlight and Valentino | Actor | Thomas Trager | 58 Average |
| 1995 | Letter to My Killer | Actor | 59 Average |
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| 1995 | Kansas | Actor | Joseph 'Joe' Farley | 59 Average |
| 1994 | Nobody's Fool | Actor | Clive Peoples Jr. | 62 Fair |
| 1994 | Don't Drink the Water | Actor | Ambassador Magee | 58 Average |
| 1994 | The Enemy Within | Actor | Defence Secretary Charles Potter | 58 Average |
| 1994 | Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker | Actor | Col. Morrow | 59 Average |
| 1993 | Malice | Actor | Atty. Lester Adams | 60 Fair |
| 1992 | An American Story | Actor | Henry Meade | 59 Average |
| 1992 | The Mighty Ducks | Actor | Mr. Ducksworth | 63 Fair |
| 1992 | Hostages | Actor | Tom Sutherland | 59 Average |
| 1992 | Citizen Cohn | Actor | Albert Cohn | 59 Average |
| 1991 | Shadows and Fog | Actor | Priest | 62 Fair |
| 1991 | A Woman Named Jackie | Actor | Joseph Kennedy Sr. | 71 Good |
| 1991 | Under Cover | Actor | Stewart Merriman | N/A N/A |
| 1990 | When Will I Be Loved? | Actor | Martin Ransil | N/A N/A |
| 1990 | William Shakespeare's Hamlet | Actor | Polonius | N/A N/A |
| 1990 | Hamlet | Actor | Polonius | 63 Fair |
| 1990 | The Kennedys of Massachusetts | Actor | Franklin D. Roosevelt | 69 Fair |
| 1989 | Money, Power, Murder. | Actor | Jack Finley | 58 Average |
| 1989 | Bloodhounds of Broadway | Actor | Waldo Winchester | 58 Average |
| 1989 | Forced March | Actor | Richard Kline | 59 Average |
| 1989 | Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman | Actor | Charles Estiman | 59 Average |
| 1989 | Bridge to Silence | Actor | Al Duffield | 59 Average |
| 1989 | Chances Are | Actor | Judge Fenwick | 61 Fair |
| 1988 | Dracula's Widow | Actor | Lannon | 58 Average |
| 1988 | Hothouse | Actor | Dr. Sam Garrison | 69 Fair |
| 1987 | The Rosary Murders | Actor | Lieutenant Koznicki | 58 Average |
| 1987 | A Special Friendship | Actor | General Winder | N/A N/A |
| 1987 | The Betty Ford Story | Actor | President Gerald Ford | N/A N/A |
| 1986 | Double Image | Actor | James Angleton | 58 Average |
| 1985 | The Execution of Raymond Graham | Actor | Jim Neal | 59 Average |
| 1985 | Target | Actor | Barney Taber | 59 Average |
| 1985 | D.A.R.Y.L. | Actor | Dr. Jeffrey Stewart | 60 Fair |
| 1985 | Brotherly Love | Actor | Mr. Rafferty | 59 Average |
| 1985 | Witness | Actor | Chief Paul Schaeffer | 68 Fair |
| 1984 | Iceman | Actor | Whitman | 59 Average |
| 1983 | Silkwood | Actor | Max Richter | 63 Fair |
| 1983 | Saigon: Year Of The Cat | Actor | Jack Ockham | 58 Average |
| 1983 | Sparkling Cyanide | Actor | George Barton | 58 Average |
| 1983 | Independence Day | Actor | Sam Taylor | 58 Average |
| 1982 | Sophie's Choice | Actor | Narrator (voice) | 67 Fair |
| 1982 | Still of the Night | Actor | George Bynum | 58 Average |
| 1982 | Hanky Panky | Actor | Adrian Pruitt | 58 Average |
| 1981 | Reds | Actor | State Department Official | 62 Fair |
| 1981 | Absence of Malice | Actor | McAdam | 61 Fair |
| 1981 | Rollover | Actor | Roy Lefcourt | 58 Average |
| 1980 | The Henderson Monster | Actor | Dr. Martin Grossman | N/A N/A |
| 1980 | Hide in Plain Sight | Actor | Jason R. Reid | 58 Average |
| 1980 | Doctor Franken | Actor | Mr. Parker | 59 Average |
| 1979 | Too Far to Go | Actor | Henry Mills | 58 Average |
| 1979 | The Scarlet Letter | Actor | Nathaniel Hawthorne | 67 Fair |
| 1978 | Oliver's Story | Actor | Dr. Dienhart | 58 Average |
| 1978 | Mourning Becomes Electra | Actor | Ezra Mannon | N/A N/A |
| 1977 | Close Encounters of the Third Kind | Actor | Larry Butler | 72 Good |
| 1976 | The Front | Actor | Committee Chairman | 61 Fair |
| 1976 | Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys | Actor | Pomeroy | 59 Average |
| 1975 | Valley Forge | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 1975 | The Stepford Wives | Actor | Ted Van Sant | 62 Fair |
| 1974 | Man on a Swing | Actor | Pete Russell | 59 Average |
| 1974 | Enemies | Actor | Nikolai | N/A N/A |
| 1972 | The Witches of Salem: The Horror and the Hope | Actor | Proctor | N/A N/A |
| 1971 | Dirty Harry | Actor | Rothko | 71 Good |