Josef Sommer
Acting
🎂 1934-06-26
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.
Cast credits(98)
Defense Attorney Patrick Rumsey
1990
Judge Lawrence Hellman
1990
Patrick Rumsey
1999
Spencer Durning
2001
Nikolai
1971
Polonius
1971
1983
Ernest Rasher
1985
Steve Gaines
1999
Peter Ducek
2002
Brig. Gen. Varnum
1951
Joseph Kennedy Sr.
1991
Thomas Wheelock
1999
1999
Henry Thompson
1997
John Dobbs
1996
Benson Fisher
1977
District Attorney Radford (uncredited)
2010
Franklin D. Roosevelt
1990
Senator Jessup
2002
Dr. Sam Garrison
1988
Larry Butler
1977
Curt Flemming
2000
Dr. Henryk Belicec
2007
Rothko
1971
Chief Paul Schaeffer
1985
Peter Lassiter
2000
Dr. Eaton
1998
Mr. Ducksworth
1992
Palmer Strickland
1995
Narrator (voice)
1982
Phelps Bowen
1996
Judge Fenwick
1989
State Department Official
1981
Dr. Jeffrey Stewart
1985
Senator Orton Worrell
2008
Atty. Lester Adams
1993
Clive Peoples Jr.
1994
Ezra Mannon
1978
Ted Van Sant
1975
Max Richter
1983
Stewart Merriman
1991
Defence Secretary Charles Potter
1994
Nathaniel Hawthorne
1979
McAdam
1981
Priest
1991
Doctor (uncredited)
1998
George Bynum
1982
James Angleton
1986
Whitman
1984
Committee Chairman
1976
Richard Whittaker
2000
Lieutenant Koznicki
1987
Adrian Pruitt
1982
Pete Russell
1974
Dr. Dienhart
1978
Thomas Trager
1995
Nick Mirsky
1996
Bill Hunt
2006
Barney Taber
1985
Charles Estiman
1989
Jason R. Reid
1980
Sam Taylor
1983
Roy Lefcourt
1981
Ambassador Magee
1994
George Barton
1983
Henry Meade
1992
Edward Millerton
1996
Waldo Winchester
1989
Dr. Martin Grossman
1980
Albert Cohn
1992
1995
Jack Finley
1989
The President
2006
Tom Sutherland
1992
Mr. Rafferty
1985
Richard Kline
1989
Proctor
1972
Jack Ockham
1983
Woodrow Wilson
2000
Mr. Parker
1980
Al Duffield
1989
Jim Neal
1985
Pomeroy
1976
Martin Ransil
1990
Carl Greenslate
2002
Lannon
1988
Nikolai
1974
Joseph 'Joe' Farley
1995
Col. Morrow
1994
President Gerald Ford
1987
General Winder
1987
Henry Mills
1979
1999
1975
Polonius
1990
Stewart Merriman
1991
Stewart Merriman
1991