Josef Sommer
Known for Acting · 99 credits
- Born
- 1934-06-26 (age 91)
- Place of birth
- Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
- Also known as
- M. Josef Sommer · Josef Somer · جوزف سومر
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.
Known For
TV Shows (22)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Patrick Rumsey
Law & Order
1990
as Defense Attorney Patrick Rumsey / Judge Lawrence Hellman
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Spencer Durning
The West Wing
1999
as Steve Gaines
Without a Trace
2002
as Peter Ducek
Great Performances
1971
as Nikolai / Polonius
The Equalizer
1985
as Ernest Rasher
Early Edition
1996
as John Dobbs
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983
Providence
1999
as Thomas Wheelock
Screen Two
1985
as James Angleton
Ally McBeal
1997
as Henry Thompson
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Brig. Gen. Varnum
A Woman Named Jackie
1991
as Joseph Kennedy Sr.
The Andros Targets
1977
as Benson Fisher
Hothouse
1988
as Dr. Sam Garrison
The Adams Chronicles
1976
as Charles Lee
The Hunt For The Unicorn Killer
1999
Under Cover
1991
as Stewart Merriman
The Kennedys of Massachusetts
1990
as Franklin D. Roosevelt
The Scarlet Letter
1979
as Nathaniel Hawthorne
Mourning Becomes Electra
1978
as Ezra Mannon
Movies (77)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1977
as Larry Butler
Dirty Harry
1971
as Rothko
Chances Are
1989
as Judge Fenwick
The Sum of All Fears
2002
as Senator Jessup
The Other Guys
2010
as District Attorney Radford (uncredited)
Shaft
2000
as Curt Flemming
The Family Man
2000
as Peter Lassiter
The Invasion
2007
as Dr. Henryk Belicec
Witness
1985
as Schaeffer
Patch Adams
1998
as Dr. Eaton
Strange Days
1995
as Palmer Strickland
Malice
1993
as Atty. Lester Adams
The Mighty Ducks
1992
as Mr. Ducksworth
The Front
1976
as Committee Chairman
Bulworth
1998
as Doctor (uncredited)
Iceman
1984
as Whitman
The Stepford Wives
1975
as Ted Van Sant
Stop-Loss
2008
as Senator Orton Worrell
Sophie's Choice
1982
as Narrator (voice)
Reds
1981
as State Department Official
Silkwood
1983
as Max Richter
The Chamber
1996
as Phelps Bowen
The Next Best Thing
2000
as Richard Whittaker
Nobody's Fool
1994
as Clive Peoples Jr.
Absence of Malice
1981
as McAdam
Moonlight and Valentino
1995
as Thomas Trager
Brotherly Love
1985
as Mr. Rafferty
Target
1985
as Barney Taber
D.A.R.Y.L.
1985
as Dr. Jeffrey Stewart
Hanky Panky
1982
as Adrian Pruitt
Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker
1994
as Col. Morrow
Mistrial
1996
as Nick Mirsky
Shadows and Fog
1991
as Priest
Sparkling Cyanide
1983
as George Barton
Still of the Night
1982
as George Bynum
Citizen Cohn
1992
as Albert Cohn
Kansas
1995
as Joseph 'Joe' Farley
Man on a Swing
1974
as Pete Russell
The Enemy Within
1994
as Defence Secretary Charles Potter
Don't Drink the Water
1994
as Ambassador Magee
The Proposition
1998
as Dryer
Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman
1989
as Charles Estiman
Too Far to Go
1979
as Henry Mills
Hidden in America
1996
as Edward Millerton
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change
2000
as Woodrow Wilson
Independence Day
1983
as Sam Taylor
Bloodhounds of Broadway
1989
as Waldo Winchester
Double Image
1986
as James Angleton
Valley Forge
1975
as Brig. Gen. Varnum
The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer
1999
The Elephant King
2006
as Bill Hunt
Forced March
1989
as Richard Kline
Rollover
1981
as Roy Lefcourt
Enemies
1974
as Nikolai
Under Cover
1991
as Stewart Merriman
An American Story
1992
as Henry Meade
Hide in Plain Sight
1980
as Jason R. Reid
When Will I Be Loved?
1990
as Martin Ransil
X-Men: The Last Stand
2006
as The President
Money, Power, Murder.
1989
as Jack Finley
Hostages
1992
as Tom Sutherland
Oliver's Story
1978
as Dr. Dienhart
Saigon: Year of the Cat
1983
as Jack Ockham
The Witches of Salem: The Horror and the Hope
1972
as Proctor
The Rosary Murders
1987
as Lieutenant Koznicki
The Execution of Raymond Graham
1985
as Jim Neal
Letter to My Killer
1995
A Special Friendship
1987
as General Winder
Doctor Franken
1980
as Mr. Parker
William Shakespeare's Hamlet
1990
as Polonius
Before the Storm
1991
as Stewart Merriman
The Betty Ford Story
1987
as President Gerald Ford
The Henderson Monster
1980
as Dr. Martin Grossman
Searching for Paradise
2002
as Carl Greenslate
Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys
1976
as Pomeroy
Dracula's Widow
1988
as Lannon
Bridge to Silence
1989
as Al Duffield
About Josef Sommer
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… With 99 credits spanning from 1951 to 2010, Josef Sommer has appeared in 77 films and 22 TV shows.
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Most Popular Josef Sommer Movies
- Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) — as Larry Butler
- Dirty Harry (1971) — as Rothko
- Chances Are (1989) — as Judge Fenwick
- The Sum of All Fears (2002) — as Senator Jessup
- The Other Guys (2010) — as District Attorney Radford (uncredited)
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