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