Josef Sommer
Acting
Born: 1934-06-26 in 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.
Known For
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Patrick Rumsey
Law & Order
Defense Attorney Patrick Rumsey
Law & Order
Judge Lawrence Hellman
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Spencer Durning
The West Wing
Steve Gaines
Without a Trace
Peter Ducek
Great Performances
Nikolai
Great Performances
Polonius
American Playhouse
Doc
American Playhouse
Waldo Winchester
Screen Two
James Angleton
Early Edition
John Dobbs
The Equalizer
Ernest Rasher
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
Providence
Thomas Wheelock
Ally McBeal
Henry Thompson
The Other Guys
District Attorney Radford (uncredited)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Larry Butler
The Invasion
Dr. Henryk Belicec
The Sum of All Fears
Senator Jessup
Dirty Harry
Rothko
The Family Man
Peter Lassiter
The Adams Chronicles
Charles Lee
Patch Adams
Dr. Eaton
Strange Days
Palmer Strickland
Witness
Schaeffer
Shaft
Curt Flemming
Malice
Atty. Lester Adams
The Mighty Ducks
Mr. Ducksworth
The Andros Targets
Benson Fisher
Stop-Loss
Senator Orton Worrell
D.A.R.Y.L.
Dr. Jeffrey Stewart
Sophie's Choice
Narrator (voice)
Chances Are
Judge Fenwick
Bulworth
Doctor (uncredited)
The Chamber
Phelps Bowen
Shadows and Fog
Priest
Nobody's Fool
Clive Peoples Jr.
Absence of Malice
McAdam
Iceman
Whitman