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Josef Sommer
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.
30
Films
6.7
Avg Score
Filmography (30)
The Other Guys
67
as District Attorney Radford (uncredited)
Stop-Loss
64
as Senator Orton Worrell
The Invasion
59
as Dr. Henryk Belicec
X-Men: The Last Stand
66
as The President
The Sum of All Fears
65
as Senator Jessup
Shaft
60
as Curt Flemming
The Family Man
68
as Peter Lassiter
The Next Best Thing
47
as Richard Whittaker
Bulworth
68
as Doctor (uncredited)
Patch Adams
68
as Dr. Eaton
The Chamber
60
as Phelps Bowen
Strange Days
72
as Palmer Strickland
Nobody's Fool
73
as Clive Peoples Jr.
The Enemy Within
57
as Defence Secretary Charles Potter
Don't Drink the Water
62
as Ambassador Magee
Malice
65
as Atty. Lester Adams
The Mighty Ducks
66
as Mr. Ducksworth
Shadows and Fog
67
as Priest
Chances Are
65
as Judge Fenwick
D.A.R.Y.L.
63
as Dr. Jeffrey Stewart
Witness
74
as Chief Paul Schaeffer
Silkwood
71
as Max Richter
Sophie's Choice
75
as Narrator (voice)
Still of the Night
60
as George Bynum
Reds
73
as State Department Official
Absence of Malice
69
as McAdam
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
76
as Larry Butler
The Front
73
as Committee Chairman
The Stepford Wives
69
as Ted Van Sant
Dirty Harry
77
as Rothko