Josef Sommer
Acting
June 26, 1934
Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
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.
Movies
Oliver's Story
1978
An American Story
1992
The Family Man
2000
Witness
1985
The Other Guys
2010
The Invasion
2007
Shaft
2000
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1977
The Sum of All Fears
2002
Silkwood
1983
Dirty Harry
1971
Patch Adams
1998
Strange Days
1995
Money, Power, Murder.
1989
Nobody's Fool
1994
The Mighty Ducks
1992
D.A.R.Y.L.
1985
Target
1985
Iceman
1984
Bulworth
1998
TV Shows
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Law & Order
1990
Law & Order
1990
The West Wing
1999
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
Without a Trace
2002
Great Performances
1971
Great Performances
1971
The Equalizer
1985
Early Edition
1996
Ally McBeal
1997
Providence
1999
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983
The Andros Targets
1977
A Woman Named Jackie
1991
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
The Kennedys of Massachusetts
1990
Hothouse
1988
The Scarlet Letter
1979
Mourning Becomes Electra
1978