Josef Sommer

Actor

Born: June 26, 1934 (91 years old)

Place of birth: Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

Biography

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.

Filmography (71)

• Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951, ★ 8.6)
• A Woman Named Jackie (1991, ★ 9.2)
• Dirty Harry (1971, ★ 7.4)
• The West Wing (1999, ★ 8.2)
• Chances Are (1989, ★ 6.6)
• Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977, ★ 7.4)
• Patch Adams (1998, ★ 7.3)
• Malice (1993, ★ 6.3)
• The Mighty Ducks (1992, ★ 6.6)
• Nobody's Fool (1994, ★ 6.9)
• Witness (1985, ★ 7.1)
• Stop-Loss (2008, ★ 6.1)
• Silkwood (1983, ★ 6.9)
• X-Men: The Last Stand (2006, ★ 6.4)
• D.A.R.Y.L. (1985, ★ 6.4)
• Bulworth (1998, ★ 6.3)
• Absence of Malice (1981, ★ 6.6)
• Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman (1989, ★ 6.5)
• The Execution of Raymond Graham (1985, ★ 6.4)
• The Front (1976, ★ 7)
• Strange Days (1995, ★ 7)
• Sophie's Choice (1982, ★ 7.3)
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999, ★ 7.9)
• Reds (1981, ★ 6.9)
• The Family Man (2000, ★ 6.8)
• Early Edition (1996, ★ 7.3)
• Without a Trace (2002, ★ 7.2)
• The Equalizer (1985, ★ 7.1)
• Law & Order (1990, ★ 7.3)
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001, ★ 7.6)