Josef Sommer

Jun 26, 1934 (90 years old) in 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.

Known For

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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Patrick Rumsey

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Law & Order

Defense Attorney Patrick Rumsey

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Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Spencer Durning

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Without a Trace

Peter Ducek

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The West Wing

Steve Gaines

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Great Performances

Nikolai

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The Equalizer

Ernest Rasher

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Scarecrow and Mrs. King

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Providence

Thomas Wheelock

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Early Edition

Credits

The Other Guys 2010

District Attorney Radford (uncredited)

★ 6.3
Stop-Loss 2008

Senator Orton Worrell

★ 6.1
The Invasion 2007

Dr. Henryk Belicec

★ 6
X-Men: The Last Stand 2006

The President

★ 6.4
The Elephant King 2006

Bill Hunt

★ 5.9
Without a Trace 2002

Peter Ducek

★ 7.3
Searching for Paradise 2002

Carl Greenslate

★ 4
The Sum of All Fears 2002

Senator Jessup

★ 6.4
Law & Order: Criminal Intent 2001

Spencer Durning

★ 7.6
The Family Man 2000

Peter Lassiter

★ 6.8
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change 2000

Woodrow Wilson

★ 5.7
Shaft 2000

Curt Flemming

★ 6
The Next Best Thing 2000

Richard Whittaker

★ 5.3
The West Wing 1999

Steve Gaines

★ 8.3
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 1999

Patrick Rumsey

★ 7.9
The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer 1999

★ 5.3
The Hunt For The Unicorn Killer 1999

★ 4.7
Providence 1999

Thomas Wheelock

★ 6.5
Patch Adams 1998

Dr. Eaton

★ 7.3
Bulworth 1998

Doctor (uncredited)

★ 6.3
Ally McBeal 1997

Henry Thompson

★ 6.6
Hidden in America 1996

Edward Millerton

★ 5.5
Mistrial 1996

Nick Mirsky

★ 5
The Chamber 1996

Phelps Bowen

★ 6
Early Edition 1996

★ 7.3
Strange Days 1995

Palmer Strickland

★ 7
Moonlight and Valentino 1995

Thomas Trager

★ 5.6
Letter to My Killer 1995

★ 6
Kansas 1995

Joseph 'Joe' Farley

★ 5
Nobody's Fool 1994

Clive Peoples Jr.

★ 6.9
Don't Drink the Water 1994

Ambassador Magee

★ 5.6
The Enemy Within 1994

Defence Secretary Charles Potter

★ 5.7
Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker 1994

Col. Morrow

★ 6.2
Malice 1993

Atty. Lester Adams

★ 6.3
An American Story 1992

Henry Meade

★ 5.8
The Mighty Ducks 1992

Mr. Ducksworth

★ 6.5
Hostages 1992

Tom Sutherland

★ 6.5
Citizen Cohn 1992

Albert Cohn

★ 6.3
Shadows and Fog 1991

Priest

★ 6.7
A Woman Named Jackie 1991

Joseph Kennedy Sr.

★ 9.2
Before the Storm 1991

Stewart Merriman

★ NR
Under Cover 1991

Stewart Merriman

★ NR
When Will I Be Loved? 1990

Martin Ransil

★ NR
William Shakespeare's Hamlet 1990

Polonius

★ NR
Law & Order 1990

Defense Attorney Patrick Rumsey

★ 7.4
The Kennedys of Massachusetts 1990

Franklin D. Roosevelt

★ 7.2
Money, Power, Murder. 1989

Jack Finley

★ 5.2
Bloodhounds of Broadway 1989

Waldo Winchester

★ 5.7
Forced March 1989

Richard Kline

★ 6.5
Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman 1989

Charles Estiman

★ 6.6
Bridge to Silence 1989

Al Duffield

★ 6.5
Chances Are 1989

Judge Fenwick

★ 6.6
Dracula's Widow 1988

Lannon

★ 4.6
Hothouse 1988

Dr. Sam Garrison

★ 5
The Rosary Murders 1987

Lieutenant Koznicki

★ 5.5
A Special Friendship 1987

General Winder

★ NR
The Betty Ford Story 1987

President Gerald Ford

★ NR
Double Image 1986

James Angleton

★ 5.7
The Execution of Raymond Graham 1985

Jim Neal

★ 6.6
Target 1985

Barney Taber

★ 5.9
The Equalizer 1985

Ernest Rasher

★ 7.2
D.A.R.Y.L. 1985

Dr. Jeffrey Stewart

★ 6.4
Brotherly Love 1985

Mr. Rafferty

★ 7
Witness 1985

Chief Paul Schaeffer

★ 7.1
Iceman 1984

Whitman

★ 6.1
Silkwood 1983

Max Richter

★ 6.9
Saigon: Year Of The Cat 1983

Jack Ockham

★ 4.6
Sparkling Cyanide 1983

George Barton

★ 6.1
Scarecrow and Mrs. King 1983

★ 6.3
Independence Day 1983

Sam Taylor

★ 5.5
Sophie's Choice 1982

Narrator (voice)

★ 7.3
Still of the Night 1982

George Bynum

★ 5.8
Hanky Panky 1982

Adrian Pruitt

★ 5.3
Reds 1981

State Department Official

★ 6.9
Absence of Malice 1981

McAdam

★ 6.6
Rollover 1981

Roy Lefcourt

★ 5.1
The Henderson Monster 1980

Dr. Martin Grossman

★ 4
Hide in Plain Sight 1980

Jason R. Reid

★ 5.3
Doctor Franken 1980

Mr. Parker

★ 2
Too Far to Go 1979

Henry Mills

★ 1
The Scarlet Letter 1979

Nathaniel Hawthorne

★ 4.7
Oliver's Story 1978

Dr. Dienhart

★ 4.8
Mourning Becomes Electra 1978

Ezra Mannon

★ 4.5
Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1977

Larry Butler

★ 7.3
The Andros Targets 1977

Benson Fisher

★ 5
The Front 1976

Committee Chairman

★ 7
Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys 1976

Pomeroy

★ 6
Valley Forge 1975

★ NR
The Stepford Wives 1975

Ted Van Sant

★ 6.7
Man on a Swing 1974

Pete Russell

★ 5.8
Enemies 1974

Nikolai

★ NR
The Witches of Salem: The Horror and the Hope 1972

Proctor

★ NR
Dirty Harry 1971

Rothko

★ 7.4
Great Performances 1971

Nikolai

★ 5.6
Hallmark Hall of Fame 1951

Brig. Gen. Varnum

★ 8.6

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