Portrait of Josef Sommer

Josef Sommer

Acting

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.

Born: June 26, 1934

Place of Birth: Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

Filmography

2010
The Other Guys

as District Attorney Radford (uncredited)

2008
Stop-Loss

as Senator Orton Worrell

2007
The Invasion

as Dr. Henryk Belicec

2006
X-Men: The Last Stand

as The President

2006
The Elephant King

as Bill Hunt

2002
Without a Trace

as Peter Ducek

2002
Searching for Paradise

as Carl Greenslate

2002
The Sum of All Fears

as Senator Jessup

2001
2000
The Family Man

as Peter Lassiter

2000
Shaft

as Curt Flemming

2000
The Next Best Thing

as Richard Whittaker

1999
The West Wing

as Steve Gaines

1999
Providence

as Thomas Wheelock

1998
Patch Adams

as Dr. Eaton

1998
Bulworth

as Doctor (uncredited)

1998
1997
Ally McBeal

as Henry Thompson

1996
Hidden in America

as Edward Millerton

1996
Mistrial

as Nick Mirsky

1996
The Chamber

as Phelps Bowen

1996
Early Edition

as John Dobbs

1995
Strange Days

as Palmer Strickland

1995
Moonlight and Valentino

as Thomas Trager

1995
Kansas

as Joseph 'Joe' Farley

1994
Nobody's Fool

as Clive Peoples Jr.

1994
Don't Drink the Water

as Ambassador Magee

1994
The Enemy Within

as Defence Secretary Charles Potter

1993
Malice

as Atty. Lester Adams

1992
An American Story

as Henry Meade

1992
The Mighty Ducks

as Mr. Ducksworth

1992
Hostages

as Tom Sutherland

1992
Citizen Cohn

as Albert Cohn

1991
1991
A Woman Named Jackie

as Joseph Kennedy Sr.

1991
Before the Storm

as Stewart Merriman

1991
Under Cover

as Stewart Merriman

1990
When Will I Be Loved?

as Martin Ransil

1990
Law & Order

as Defense Attorney Patrick Rumsey

1990
Law & Order

as Judge Lawrence Hellman

1990
The Kennedys of Massachusetts

as Franklin D. Roosevelt

1989
Money, Power, Murder.

as Jack Finley

1989
Forced March

as Richard Kline

1989
Bloodhounds of Broadway

as Waldo Winchester

1989
Bridge to Silence

as Al Duffield

1989
Chances Are

as Judge Fenwick

1988
1988
Hothouse

as Dr. Sam Garrison

1987
The Rosary Murders

as Lieutenant Koznicki

1987
A Special Friendship

as General Winder

1987
The Betty Ford Story

as President Gerald Ford

1986
Double Image

as James Angleton

1985
Target

as Barney Taber

1985
The Equalizer

as Ernest Rasher

1985
D.A.R.Y.L.

as Dr. Jeffrey Stewart

1985
Brotherly Love

as Mr. Rafferty

1985
Witness

as Chief Paul Schaeffer

1984
Iceman

as Whitman

1983
Silkwood

as Max Richter

1983
1983
Sparkling Cyanide

as George Barton

1983
Independence Day

as Sam Taylor

1982
Sophie's Choice

as Narrator (voice)

1982
Still of the Night

as George Bynum

1982
Hanky Panky

as Adrian Pruitt

1981
Reds

as State Department Official

1981
1981
Rollover

as Roy Lefcourt

1980
The Henderson Monster

as Dr. Martin Grossman

1980
Hide in Plain Sight

as Jason R. Reid

1980
Doctor Franken

as Mr. Parker

1979
Too Far to Go

as Henry Mills

1979
The Scarlet Letter

as Nathaniel Hawthorne

1978
Oliver's Story

as Dr. Dienhart

1978
1977
The Andros Targets

as Benson Fisher

1976
The Front

as Committee Chairman

1975
The Stepford Wives

as Ted Van Sant

1974
Man on a Swing

as Pete Russell

1974
Enemies

as Nikolai

1971
Dirty Harry

as Rothko

1971
1971
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Brig. Gen. Varnum