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