Josef Sommer
Acting
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.
TV Shows(20)
Without a Trace
Peter Ducek
2002
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Spencer Durning
2001
The West Wing
Steve Gaines
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Patrick Rumsey
1999
The Hunt For The Unicorn Killer
1999
Providence
Thomas Wheelock
1999
Ally McBeal
Henry Thompson
1997
Early Edition
John Dobbs
1996
A Woman Named Jackie
Joseph Kennedy Sr.
1991
Under Cover
Stewart Merriman
1991
Law & Order
Defense Attorney Patrick Rumsey
1990
The Kennedys of Massachusetts
Franklin D. Roosevelt
1990
Hothouse
Dr. Sam Garrison
1988
The Equalizer
Ernest Rasher
1985
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983
The Scarlet Letter
Nathaniel Hawthorne
1979
Mourning Becomes Electra
Ezra Mannon
1978
The Andros Targets
Benson Fisher
1977
Great Performances
Nikolai
1971
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Brig. Gen. Varnum
1951
Movies(77)
The Other Guys
District Attorney Radford (uncredited)
2010
Stop-Loss
Senator Orton Worrell
2008
The Invasion
Dr. Henryk Belicec
2007
X-Men: The Last Stand
The President
2006
The Elephant King
Bill Hunt
2006
Searching for Paradise
Carl Greenslate
2002
The Sum of All Fears
Senator Jessup
2002
The Family Man
Peter Lassiter
2000
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change
Woodrow Wilson
2000
Shaft
Curt Flemming
2000
The Next Best Thing
Richard Whittaker
2000
The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer
1999
Patch Adams
Dr. Eaton
1998
Bulworth
Doctor (uncredited)
1998
The Proposition
Dryer
1998
Hidden in America
Edward Millerton
1996
Mistrial
Nick Mirsky
1996
The Chamber
Phelps Bowen
1996
Strange Days
Palmer Strickland
1995
Moonlight and Valentino
Thomas Trager
1995
Letter to My Killer
1995
Kansas
Joseph 'Joe' Farley
1995
Nobody's Fool
Clive Peoples Jr.
1994
Don't Drink the Water
Ambassador Magee
1994
The Enemy Within
Defence Secretary Charles Potter
1994
Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker
Col. Morrow
1994
Malice
Atty. Lester Adams
1993
An American Story
Henry Meade
1992
The Mighty Ducks
Mr. Ducksworth
1992
Hostages
Tom Sutherland
1992
Citizen Cohn
Albert Cohn
1992
Shadows and Fog
Priest
1991
Before the Storm
Stewart Merriman
1991
Under Cover
Stewart Merriman
1991
When Will I Be Loved?
Martin Ransil
1990
William Shakespeare's Hamlet
Polonius
1990
Money, Power, Murder.
Jack Finley
1989
Bloodhounds of Broadway
Waldo Winchester
1989
Forced March
Richard Kline
1989
Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman
Charles Estiman
1989
Bridge to Silence
Al Duffield
1989
Chances Are
Judge Fenwick
1989
Dracula's Widow
Lannon
1988
The Rosary Murders
Lieutenant Koznicki
1987
A Special Friendship
General Winder
1987
The Betty Ford Story
President Gerald Ford
1987
Double Image
James Angleton
1986
The Execution of Raymond Graham
Jim Neal
1985
Target
Barney Taber
1985
D.A.R.Y.L.
Dr. Jeffrey Stewart
1985
Brotherly Love
Mr. Rafferty
1985
Witness
Schaeffer
1985
Iceman
Whitman
1984
Silkwood
Max Richter
1983
Saigon: Year of the Cat
Jack Ockham
1983
Sparkling Cyanide
George Barton
1983
Independence Day
Sam Taylor
1983
Sophie's Choice
Narrator (voice)
1982
Still of the Night
George Bynum
1982
Hanky Panky
Adrian Pruitt
1982
Reds
State Department Official
1981
Absence of Malice
McAdam
1981
Rollover
Roy Lefcourt
1981
The Henderson Monster
Dr. Martin Grossman
1980
Hide in Plain Sight
Jason R. Reid
1980
Doctor Franken
Mr. Parker
1980
Too Far to Go
Henry Mills
1979
Oliver's Story
Dr. Dienhart
1978
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Larry Butler
1977
The Front
Committee Chairman
1976
Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys
Pomeroy
1976
Valley Forge
1975
The Stepford Wives
Ted Van Sant
1975
Man on a Swing
Pete Russell
1974
Enemies
Nikolai
1974
The Witches of Salem: The Horror and the Hope
Proctor
1972
Dirty Harry
Rothko
1971