Josef Sommer
Born June 26, 1934 · Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
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
TV Shows
The West Wing
Great Performances
The Equalizer
American Playhouse
Early Edition
Screen Two
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
Providence
Ally McBeal
Hallmark Hall of Fame
The Adams Chronicles
The Andros Targets
The Kennedys of Massachusetts
The Hunt For The Unicorn Killer
A Woman Named Jackie
Hothouse
Mourning Becomes Electra
The Scarlet Letter
More Movies
Nobody's Fool
Stop-Loss
Silkwood
Shadows and Fog
The Stepford Wives
Hanky Panky
Absence of Malice
Iceman
The Next Best Thing
Still of the Night
The Front
Sparkling Cyanide
Mistrial
The Enemy Within
The Proposition
Bloodhounds of Broadway
Doctor Franken
Under Cover
Don't Drink the Water
Moonlight and Valentino
Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change
Valley Forge
Hide in Plain Sight
Oliver's Story
Double Image
Rollover
The Rosary Murders
William Shakespeare's Hamlet
Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman
Dracula's Widow
Man on a Swing
Target
The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer
The Betty Ford Story
The Execution of Raymond Graham
Money, Power, Murder.
Citizen Cohn
Too Far to Go
Saigon: Year of the Cat
Letter to My Killer
Independence Day
The Witches of Salem: The Horror and the Hope
An American Story
Kansas
When Will I Be Loved?
Hidden in America
Brotherly Love
The Elephant King
Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys
Before the Storm
Forced March
X-Men: The Last Stand
Hostages
The Henderson Monster
A Special Friendship
Bridge to Silence
Enemies
