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Josef Sommer
ActorBorn June 26, 1934 (90 years)
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
| 2010 | The Other Guys · as District Attorney Radford (uncredited) |
| 2008 | Stop-Loss · as Senator Orton Worrell |
| 2007 | The Invasion · as Dr. Henryk Belicec |
| 2006 | X-Men: The Last Stand · as The President |
| 2006 | The Elephant King · as Bill Hunt |
| 2002 | Benjamin Franklin (TV Series) · as Cotton Mather |
| 2002 | Without a Trace (TV Series) · as Peter Ducek |
| 2002 | Searching for Paradise · as Carl Greenslate |
| 2002 | The Sum of All Fears · as Senator Jessup |
| 2001 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent (TV Series) · as Spencer Durning |
| 2001 | The Impressionists (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 2000 | The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change · as Woodrow Wilson |
| 2000 | The Family Man · as Peter Lassiter |
| 2000 | Shaft · as Curt Flemming |
| 2000 | The Next Best Thing · as Richard Whittaker |
| 1999 | The West Wing (TV Series) · as Steve Gaines |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series) · as Patrick Rumsey |
| 1999 | |
| 1999 | Providence (TV Series) · as Thomas Wheelock |
| 1998 | Patch Adams · as Dr. Eaton |
| 1998 | Lulu on the Bridge · as Peter Shine (dvd Deleted Scene) |
| 1998 | Bulworth · as Doctor (uncredited) |
| 1998 | The Proposition · as Dryer |
| 1997 | Ally McBeal (TV Series) · as Henry Thompson |
| 1996 | Hidden in America · as Edward Millerton |
| 1996 | Mistrial · as Nick Mirsky |
| 1996 | The Chamber · as Phelps Bowen |
| 1996 | Early Edition (TV Series) |
| 1995 | Strange Days · as Palmer Strickland |
| 1995 | Moonlight and Valentino · as Thomas Trager |
| 1995 | |
| 1994 | Nobody's Fool · as Clive Peoples Jr. |
| 1994 | Don't Drink the Water · as Ambassador Magee |
| 1994 | The Enemy Within · as Defence Secretary Charles Potter |
| 1994 | Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker · as Col. Morrow |
| 1993 | Malice · as Atty. Lester Adams |
| 1992 | After the Glory · as Henry Meade |
| 1992 | The Mighty Ducks · as Mr. Ducksworth |
| 1992 | Hostages · as Tom Sutherland |
| 1992 | Citizen Cohn · as Albert Cohn |
| 1992 | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (TV Series) · as Woodrow Wilson |
| 1991 | Shadows and Fog · as Priest |
| 1991 | A Woman Named Jackie (TV Series) · as Joseph Kennedy Sr. |
| 1991 | Before the Storm · as Stewart Merriman |
| 1991 | Under Cover · as Stewart Merriman |
| 1990 | When Will I Be Loved? · as Martin Ransil |
| 1990 | Law & Order (TV Series) · as Defense Attorney Patrick Rumsey |
| 1990 | The Kennedys of Massachusetts (TV Series) · as Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| 1989 | Money, Power, Murder. · as Jack Finley |
| 1989 | Bloodhounds of Broadway · as Waldo Winchester |
| 1989 | Forced March · as Richard Kline |
| 1989 | Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman · as Charles Estiman |
| 1989 | Bridge to Silence · as Al Duffield |
| 1989 | Chances Are · as Judge Fenwick |
| 1988 | Dracula's Widow · as Lannon |
| 1987 | The Rosary Murders · as Lieutenant Koznicki |
| 1987 | Biography (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1987 | The Betty Ford Story · as President Gerald Ford |
| 1987 | The Infinite Voyage (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 1986 | Double Image · as James Angleton |
| 1985 | The Execution of Raymond Graham · as Jim Neal |
| 1985 | Target · as Barney Taber |
| 1985 | The Equalizer (TV Series) · as Ernest Rasher |
| 1985 | D.A.R.Y.L. · as Dr. Jeffrey Stewart |
| 1985 | Brotherly Love · as Mr. Rafferty |
| 1985 | Witness · as Chief Paul Schaeffer |
| 1984 | Screen Two (TV Series) · as James Angleton |
| 1984 | Iceman · as Whitman |
| 1983 | Silkwood · as Max Richter |
| 1983 | Saigon: Year of the Cat · as Jack Ockham |
| 1983 | Sparkling Cyanide · as George Barton |
| 1983 | Scarecrow and Mrs. King (TV Series) |
| 1983 | Independence Day · as Sam Taylor |
| 1982 | Sophie's Choice · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1982 | Still of the Night · as George Bynum |
| 1982 | Hanky Panky · as Adrian Pruitt |
| 1981 | Reds · as State Department Official |
| 1981 | Absence of Malice · as Mcadam |
| 1981 | Rollover · as Roy Lefcourt |
| 1980 | American Playhouse (TV Series) · as Doc |
| 1980 | The Henderson Monster · as Dr. Martin Grossman |
| 1980 | Hide in Plain Sight · as Jason R. Reid |
| 1980 | Doctor Franken · as Mr. Parker |
| 1979 | The Scarlet Letter (TV Series) · as Nathaniel Hawthorne |
| 1979 | Too Far to Go · as Henry Mills |
| 1978 | Oliver's Story · as Dr. Dienhart |
| 1978 | Mourning Becomes Electra (TV Series) · as Ezra Mannon |
| 1977 | Close Encounters of the Third Kind · as Larry Butler |
| 1977 | The Andros Targets (TV Series) · as Benson Fisher |
| 1976 | The Front · as Committee Chairman |
| 1976 | Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys · as Pomeroy |
| 1976 | The Adams Chronicles (TV Series) · as Charles Lee |
| 1975 | |
| 1975 | The Stepford Wives · as Ted Van Sant |
| 1974 | Man on a Swing · as Pete Russell |
| 1974 | George Washington and the Whiskey Rebellion · as Albert Sommer |
| 1972 | The Witches of Salem: The Horror and the Hope · as Proctor |
| 1971 | Dirty Harry · as Rothko |
| 1971 | Great Performances (TV Series) · as Nikolai |
| 1963 | The Doctors (TV Series) · as Dave Davis |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall Of Fame (TV Series) · as Brig. Gen. Varnum |
| 1951 | Search for Tomorrow (TV Series) · as Dr. Hastings |