Josef Sommer

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 Choice.
Name Josef Sommer
Also Known As M. Josef Sommer, Josef Somer
Birthday 1934-06-26
Gender Male
IMDB Josef Sommer profile on IMDB
Place of Birth Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
As: Larry Butler
1977-12-14
Close Encounters of ...
As: Rothko
1971-12-23
Dirty Harry...
As: Richard Whittaker
2000-03-03
The Next Best Thing...
As: Atty. Lester Adams
1993-09-29
Malice...
As: Dr. Eaton
1998-12-25
Patch Adams...
As: Mr. Ducksworth
1992-10-02
The Mighty Ducks...
As: Ambassador Magee
1994-12-18
Don't Drink the Wate...
As: Judge Fenwick
1989-03-10
Chances Are...
As: Dr. Henryk Belicec
2007-08-17
The Invasion...
As: George Barton
1983-11-05
Sparkling Cyanide...
As: Phelps Bowen
1996-10-11
The Chamber...
As: Clive Peoples Jr.
1994-12-23
Nobody's Fool...
As: Senator Orton Worrel
2008-03-28
Stop-Loss...
As: Chief Paul Schaeffer
1985-02-08
Witness...
As: Max Richter
1983-12-14
Silkwood...
As: Bill Hunt
2006-04-26
The Elephant King...
As: The President
2006-05-24
X-Men: The Last Stan...
As: Dr. Jeffrey Stewart
1985-06-14
D.A.R.Y.L....
As: James Angleton
1986-04-06
Double Image...
As: Roy Lefcourt
1981-10-11
Rollover...
As: Jason R. Reid
1980-03-21
Hide in Plain Sight...
As: McAdam
1981-11-19
Absence of Malice...
As: Waldo Winchester
1989-11-03
Bloodhounds of Broad...
As: Al Duffield
1989-04-09
Bridge to Silence...
As: Charles Estiman
1989-04-30
Bionic Showdown: The...
As: Henry Meade
1992-11-29
An American Story...
As: Henry Mills
1979-03-12
Too Far to Go...
As: Jim Neal
1985-11-17
The Execution of Ray...
As: Dr. Dienhart
1978-12-15
Oliver's Story...
As: Dr. Martin Grossman
1980-05-27
The Henderson Monste...
As: Sam Taylor
1983-01-21
Independence Day...
As: Richard Kline
1989-11-03
Forced March...
As: President Gerald For
1987-03-02
The Betty Ford Story...
As: Palmer Strickland
1995-10-13
Strange Days...
As: Priest
1991-12-05
Shadows and Fog...
As: George Bynum
1982-11-19
Still of the Night...
As: Nick Mirsky
1996-11-02
Mistrial...
As: Defence Secretary Ch
1994-08-24
The Enemy Within...
As: Lannon
1988-07-02
Dracula's Widow...
As: Jack Ockham
1983-11-29
Saigon: Year Of The ...
As: Senator Jessup
2002-05-31
The Sum of All Fears...
As: Adrian Pruitt
1982-06-04
Hanky Panky...
As: Mr. Rafferty
1985-05-28
Brotherly Love...
As: Tom Sutherland
1992-09-23
Hostages...
As: Whitman
1984-04-13
Iceman...
As: Col. Morrow
1994-02-26
Assault at West Poin...
As: Joseph 'Joe' Farley
1995-07-27
Kansas...
As: Unknown
1972-01-01
The Witches of Salem...
As: General Winder
1987-03-31
A Special Friendship...
As: Woodrow Wilson
2000-09-20
The Adventures of Yo...
As: Unknown
1975-12-03
Valley Forge...
As: Unknown
1995-08-09
Letter to My Killer...
As: Curt Flemming
2000-06-15
Shaft...
As: Narrator (voice)
1982-12-08
Sophie's Choice...
As: State Department Off
1981-12-25
Reds...
As: Albert Cohn
1992-08-22
Citizen Cohn...
As: Mr. Parker
1980-01-13
Doctor Franken...
As: Thomas Trager
1995-09-29
Moonlight and Valent...
As: Peter Lassiter
2000-12-12
The Family Man...
As: Pomeroy
1976-04-22
Judge Horton and the...
As: Ted Van Sant
1975-02-12
The Stepford Wives...
As: Barney Taber
1985-11-08
Target...
As: Lieutenant Koznicki
1987-08-28
The Rosary Murders...
As: Polonius
1990-11-02
William Shakespeare'...
As: Edward Millerton
1996-12-01
Hidden in America...
As: Unknown
1999-05-09
The Hunt for the Uni...
As: Jack Finley
1989-12-10
Money, Power, Murder...
As: Committee Chairman
1976-09-17
The Front...
As: Pete Russell
1974-02-24
Man on a Swing...
As: Carl Greenslate
2002-06-24
Searching for Paradi...
As: Nikolai
1974-01-23
Enemies...
As: Martin Ransil
1990-12-03
When Will I Be Loved...
As: Doctor (uncredited)
1998-05-15
Bulworth...
As: Stewart Merriman
1991-01-05
Under Cover...
As: Stewart Merriman
1991-07-13
Before the Storm...
As: Patrick Rumsey
1999-09-20
Law & Order: Special...
As: Brig. Gen. Varnum
1951-12-24
Hallmark Hall of Fam...
As: Stewart Merriman
1991-01-07
Under Cover...
As: Unknown
1997-09-08
Ally McBeal...
As: Thomas Wheelock
1999-01-08
Providence...
As: Unknown
1996-09-28
Early Edition...
As: Peter Ducek
2002-09-26
Without a Trace...
As: Unknown
1983-10-03
Scarecrow and Mrs. K...
As: Unknown
1985-09-18
The Equalizer...
As: Joseph Kennedy Sr.
1991-10-13
A Woman Named Jackie...
As: Benson Fisher
1977-01-31
The Andros Targets...
As: Dr. Sam Garrison
1988-06-30
Hothouse...
As: Franklin D. Roosevel
1990-02-18
The Kennedys of Mass...
As: Defense Attorney Pat
1990-09-13
Law & Order...
As: Ezra Mannon
1978-12-06
Mourning Becomes Ele...
As: Nathaniel Hawthorne
1979-03-03
The Scarlet Letter...
As: Nikolai
1971-01-28
Great Performances...
As: Polonius
1971-01-28
Great Performances...
As: Steve Gaines
1999-09-22
The West Wing...
As: Judge Lawrence Hellm
1990-09-13
Law & Order...
As: Spencer Durning
2001-09-30
Law & Order: Crimina...
As: Unknown
1999-05-09
The Hunt For The Uni...
As: Woodrow Wilson
2002-01-13
The Adventures of Yo...