Josef Sommer

Acting

Personal Info

gender

Male

birthday

June 26, 1934 (91 yrs)

place of birth

Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

also known as

M. Josef Sommer · Josef Somer · جوزف سومر

total credits

50 movies

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.

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Known For

Filmography

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Close Encounters of the Third Kind
7.4

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

1977as Larry Butler
The Sum of All Fears
6.4

The Sum of All Fears

2002as Senator Jessup
Dirty Harry
7.5

Dirty Harry

1971as Rothko
The Other Guys
6.3

The Other Guys

2010as District Attorney Radford (uncredited)
The Invasion
6.0

The Invasion

2007as Dr. Henryk Belicec
The Family Man
6.8

The Family Man

2000as Peter Lassiter
Shaft
6.0

Shaft

2000as Curt Flemming
Strange Days
7.0

Strange Days

1995as Palmer Strickland
Patch Adams
7.3

Patch Adams

1998as Dr. Eaton
Witness
7.1

Witness

1985as Schaeffer
Stop-Loss
6.1

Stop-Loss

2008as Senator Orton Worrell
Chances Are
6.6

Chances Are

1989as Judge Fenwick
D.A.R.Y.L.
6.4

D.A.R.Y.L.

1985as Dr. Jeffrey Stewart
Sophie's Choice
7.3

Sophie's Choice

1982as Narrator (voice)
Reds
6.9

Reds

1981as State Department Official
Malice
6.3

Malice

1993as Atty. Lester Adams
The Mighty Ducks
6.6

The Mighty Ducks

1992as Mr. Ducksworth
Silkwood
6.9

Silkwood

1983as Max Richter
The Chamber
6.0

The Chamber

1996as Phelps Bowen
Iceman
6.2

Iceman

1984as Whitman
The Stepford Wives
6.7

The Stepford Wives

1975as Ted Van Sant
Nobody's Fool
6.9

Nobody's Fool

1994as Clive Peoples Jr.
Bulworth
6.3

Bulworth

1998as Doctor (uncredited)
Absence of Malice
6.6

Absence of Malice

1981as McAdam
The Front
7.0

The Front

1976as Committee Chairman
Shadows and Fog
6.7

Shadows and Fog

1991as Priest
Hanky Panky
5.3

Hanky Panky

1982as Adrian Pruitt
Target
5.9

Target

1985as Barney Taber
Moonlight and Valentino
5.6

Moonlight and Valentino

1995as Thomas Trager
The Enemy Within
5.8

The Enemy Within

1994as Defence Secretary Charles Potter
The Next Best Thing
5.2

The Next Best Thing

2000as Richard Whittaker
Still of the Night
5.7

Still of the Night

1982as George Bynum
The Proposition
6.0

The Proposition

1998as Dryer
Mistrial
5.3

Mistrial

1996as Nick Mirsky
Valley Forge
7.0

Valley Forge

1975as Brig. Gen. Varnum
Man on a Swing
5.9

Man on a Swing

1974as Pete Russell
Don't Drink the Water
5.6

Don't Drink the Water

1994as Ambassador Magee
Citizen Cohn
6.3

Citizen Cohn

1992as Albert Cohn
Too Far to Go
3.5

Too Far to Go

1979as Henry Mills
Independence Day
5.9

Independence Day

1983as Sam Taylor
Oliver's Story
4.8

Oliver's Story

1978as Dr. Dienhart
Sparkling Cyanide
5.9

Sparkling Cyanide

1983as George Barton
Bloodhounds of Broadway
5.7

Bloodhounds of Broadway

1989as Waldo Winchester
Rollover
5.2

Rollover

1981as Roy Lefcourt
Kansas
5.5

Kansas

1995as Joseph 'Joe' Farley
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change
5.8

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change

2000as Woodrow Wilson
Hidden in America
5.4

Hidden in America

1996as Edward Millerton
Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman
6.5

Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman

1989as Charles Estiman
Hostages
6.1

Hostages

1992as Tom Sutherland
Brotherly Love
7.3

Brotherly Love

1985as Mr. Rafferty