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.
- Known ForActing
- Born26 June 1934 (age 91)
- Place of BirthGreifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
Josef Sommer
- Known ForActing
- Born26 June 1934 (age 91)
- Place of BirthGreifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
KNOWN FOR
PHOTOS
CREDITS
The Other Guys
6.307
2010
Stop-Loss
6.1
2008
The Invasion
6.021
2007
The Elephant King
5.9
2006
X-Men: The Last Stand
6.407
2006
Searching for Paradise
4.0
2002
The Sum of All Fears
6.359
2002
The Next Best Thing
5.3
2000
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change
5.692
2000
Shaft
6.018
2000
The Family Man
6.796
2000
The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer
5.3
1999
Patch Adams
7.312
1998
Bulworth
6.3
1998
The Chamber
5.984
1996
Mistrial
5.0
1996
Hidden in America
5.5
1996
Strange Days
7.005
1995
Kansas
5.0
1995
Letter to My Killer
6.0
1995
Moonlight and Valentino
5.6
1995
Don't Drink the Water
5.556
1994
Nobody's Fool
6.866
1994
The Enemy Within
5.7
1994
Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker
6.2
1994
Malice
6.253
1993
The Mighty Ducks
6.5
1992
An American Story
5.8
1992
Hostages
6.5
1992
Citizen Cohn
6.3
1992
Shadows and Fog
6.746
1991
Under Cover
-
1991
Before the Storm
-
1991
When Will I Be Loved?
-
1990
William Shakespeare's Hamlet
-
1990
Chances Are
6.6
1989
Bloodhounds of Broadway
5.7
1989
Bridge to Silence
6.0
1989
Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman
6.609
1989
Money, Power, Murder.
5.2
1989
Forced March
6.5
1989
Dracula's Widow
4.6
1988
The Betty Ford Story
-
1987
A Special Friendship
-
1987
The Rosary Murders
5.5
1987
Double Image
5.7
1986
Witness
7.1
1985
D.A.R.Y.L.
6.401
1985
The Execution of Raymond Graham
6.6
1985
Brotherly Love
7.0
1985
Target
5.89
1985
Iceman
6.143
1984
Sparkling Cyanide
6.1
1983
Silkwood
6.9
1983
Independence Day
5.5
1983
Saigon: Year Of The Cat
4.6
1983
Still of the Night
5.8
1982
Hanky Panky
5.315
1982
Sophie's Choice
7.3
1982
Rollover
5.1
1981
Absence of Malice
6.6
1981
Reds
6.9
1981
Hide in Plain Sight
5.3
1980
The Henderson Monster
4.0
1980
Doctor Franken
2.0
1980
Too Far to Go
1.0
1979
Oliver's Story
4.8
1978
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
7.347
1977
The Front
6.982
1976
Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys
6.0
1976
Valley Forge
-
1975
The Stepford Wives
6.7
1975
Man on a Swing
5.8
1974
Enemies
-
1974
The Witches of Salem: The Horror and the Hope
-
1972
Dirty Harry
7.443