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.
Notable Appearances
Movies
TV Shows
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Great Performances
Without a Trace
American Playhouse
Screen Two
Early Edition
The Equalizer
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
Providence
The Adams Chronicles
Hothouse
The Andros Targets
The Scarlet Letter
A Woman Named Jackie
The Kennedys of Massachusetts
The Hunt For The Unicorn Killer
Mourning Becomes Electra
More Movies
D.A.R.Y.L.
Absence of Malice
Reds
The Chamber
Silkwood
Bulworth
Iceman
Mistrial
The Next Best Thing
Still of the Night
The Front
Hanky Panky
Shadows and Fog
The Proposition
The Enemy Within
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change
Man on a Swing
Target
Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker
Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman
Moonlight and Valentino
Sparkling Cyanide
Rollover
The Execution of Raymond Graham
The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer
Letter to My Killer
Bloodhounds of Broadway
Don't Drink the Water
Independence Day
Citizen Cohn
The Betty Ford Story
Double Image
The Henderson Monster
Hide in Plain Sight
The Rosary Murders
Dracula's Widow
Oliver's Story
Saigon: Year of the Cat
An American Story
Hidden in America
Valley Forge
Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys
Before the Storm
Too Far to Go
Kansas
Brotherly Love
When Will I Be Loved?
Hostages
X-Men: The Last Stand
The Elephant King
William Shakespeare's Hamlet
Enemies
Bridge to Silence
The Witches of Salem: The Horror and the Hope
Under Cover
Money, Power, Murder.
Forced March
Doctor Franken
A Special Friendship
