Josef Sommer
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1934-06-26 (91 years old)
Place of Birth
Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
Also known As
M. Josef Sommer
Josef Somer
جوزف سومر
Josef Sommer
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.
Acting
1971
as Rothko
1989
as Judge Fenwick
1993
as Atty. Lester Adams
1977
as Larry Butler
2000
as Richard Whittaker
1998
as Dr. Eaton
1992
as Mr. Ducksworth
1994
as Ambassador Magee
2007
as Dr. Henryk Belicec
1983
as George Barton
1994
as Clive Peoples Jr.
1996
as Phelps Bowen
2008
as Senator Orton Worrell
1985
as Chief Paul Schaeffer
2006
as Bill Hunt
1983
as Max Richter
2006
as The President
1985
as Dr. Jeffrey Stewart
1986
as James Angleton
1998
as Doctor (uncredited)
1981
as Roy Lefcourt
1980
as Jason R. Reid
1981
as McAdam
1989
as Waldo Winchester
1989
as Al Duffield
1989
as Charles Estiman
1992
as Henry Meade
1988
as Lannon
1979
as Henry Mills
1985
as Jim Neal
1976
as Committee Chairman
1989
as Jack Finley
1978
as Dr. Dienhart
1980
as Dr. Martin Grossman
1974
as Pete Russell
2002
as Carl Greenslate
1983
as Sam Taylor
1974
as Nikolai
1989
as Richard Kline
1987
as President Gerald Ford
1995
as Palmer Strickland
1991
as Priest
1990
as Martin Ransil
1982
as George Bynum
1996
as Nick Mirsky
1994
as Defence Secretary Charles Potter
1991
as Stewart Merriman
1991
as Stewart Merriman
1983
as Jack Ockham
2002
as Senator Jessup
1982
as Adrian Pruitt
1985
as Mr. Rafferty
1992
as Tom Sutherland
1984
as Whitman
1994
1995
as Joseph 'Joe' Farley
1972
1987
as General Winder
2000
as Woodrow Wilson
1975
2000
as Curt Flemming
1982
as Narrator (voice)
1981
as State Department Official
1992
as Albert Cohn
1980
as Mr. Parker
1995
as Thomas Trager
2000
as Peter Lassiter
1976
as Pomeroy
1975
as Ted Van Sant
1985
as Barney Taber
1987
as Lieutenant Koznicki
1990
as Polonius
1996
as Edward Millerton
2010
as District Attorney Radford (uncredited)
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