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.
Acted in
Stop-Loss
2008
as Senator Orton Worrell
The Invasion
2007
as Dr. Henryk Belicec
X-Men: The Last Stand
2006
as The President
The Elephant King
2006
as Bill Hunt
Without a Trace
2002
as Peter Ducek
Searching for Paradise
2002
as Carl Greenslate
The Sum of All Fears
2002
as Senator Jessup
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones
2002
as Woodrow Wilson
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Spencer Durning
The Family Man
2000
as Peter Lassiter
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change
2000
as Woodrow Wilson
Shaft
2000
as Curt Flemming
The Next Best Thing
2000
as Richard Whittaker
The West Wing
1999
as Steve Gaines
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Patrick Rumsey
The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer
1999
The Hunt For The Unicorn Killer
1999
Providence
1999
as Thomas Wheelock
Patch Adams
1998
as Dr. Eaton
Bulworth
1998
as Doctor (uncredited)
Ally McBeal
1997
Hidden in America
1996
as Edward Millerton
Mistrial
1996
as Nick Mirsky
The Chamber
1996
as Phelps Bowen
Early Edition
1996
Strange Days
1995
as Palmer Strickland
Moonlight and Valentino
1995
as Thomas Trager
Letter to My Killer
1995
Kansas
1995
as Joseph 'Joe' Farley
Nobody's Fool
1994
as Clive Peoples Jr.
Don't Drink the Water
1994
as Ambassador Magee
The Enemy Within
1994
as Defence Secretary Charles Potter
Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker
1994
as Col. Morrow
Malice
1993
as Atty. Lester Adams
An American Story
1992
as Henry Meade
The Mighty Ducks
1992
as Mr. Ducksworth
Hostages
1992
as Tom Sutherland
Citizen Cohn
1992
as Albert Cohn
Shadows and Fog
1991
as Priest
A Woman Named Jackie
1991
as Joseph Kennedy Sr.
Before the Storm
1991
as Stewart Merriman
Under Cover
1991
as Stewart Merriman
Under Cover
1991
as Stewart Merriman
When Will I Be Loved?
1990
as Martin Ransil
William Shakespeare's Hamlet
1990
as Polonius
Law & Order
1990
as Defense Attorney Patrick Rumsey
Law & Order
1990
as Judge Lawrence Hellman
The Kennedys of Massachusetts
1990
as Franklin D. Roosevelt
Money, Power, Murder.
1989
as Jack Finley
Bloodhounds of Broadway
1989
as Waldo Winchester
Forced March
1989
as Richard Kline
Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman
1989
as Charles Estiman
Bridge to Silence
1989
as Al Duffield
Chances Are
1989
as Judge Fenwick
Dracula's Widow
1988
as Lannon
Hothouse
1988
as Dr. Sam Garrison
The Rosary Murders
1987
as Lieutenant Koznicki
A Special Friendship
1987
as General Winder
The Betty Ford Story
1987
as President Gerald Ford
Double Image
1986
as James Angleton
The Execution of Raymond Graham
1985
as Jim Neal
Target
1985
as Barney Taber
The Equalizer
1985
as Ernest Rasher
D.A.R.Y.L.
1985
as Dr. Jeffrey Stewart
Brotherly Love
1985
as Mr. Rafferty
Witness
1985
as Chief Paul Schaeffer
Iceman
1984
as Whitman
Silkwood
1983
as Max Richter
Saigon: Year Of The Cat
1983
as Jack Ockham
Sparkling Cyanide
1983
as George Barton
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983
Independence Day
1983
as Sam Taylor
Sophie's Choice
1982
as Narrator (voice)
Still of the Night
1982
as George Bynum
Hanky Panky
1982
as Adrian Pruitt
Reds
1981
as State Department Official
Absence of Malice
1981
as McAdam
Rollover
1981
as Roy Lefcourt
The Henderson Monster
1980
as Dr. Martin Grossman
Hide in Plain Sight
1980
as Jason R. Reid
Doctor Franken
1980
as Mr. Parker
Too Far to Go
1979
as Henry Mills
The Scarlet Letter
1979
as Nathaniel Hawthorne
Oliver's Story
1978
as Dr. Dienhart
Mourning Becomes Electra
1978
as Ezra Mannon
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1977
as Larry Butler
The Andros Targets
1977
as Benson Fisher
The Front
1976
as Committee Chairman
Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys
1976
as Pomeroy
Valley Forge
1975
The Stepford Wives
1975
as Ted Van Sant
Man on a Swing
1974
as Pete Russell
Enemies
1974
as Nikolai
The Witches of Salem: The Horror and the Hope
1972
Dirty Harry
1971
as Rothko
Great Performances
1971
as Nikolai
Great Performances
1971
as Polonius
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Brig. Gen. Varnum