Josef Sommer
ActingAlso Known As
M. Josef Sommer, Josef Somer, جوزف سومر
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.
Movies
(77 total)
X-Men: The Last Stand
as The President
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
as Larry Butler
The Other Guys
as District Attorney Radford (uncredited)
Patch Adams
as Dr. Eaton
Dirty Harry
as Rothko
The Family Man
as Peter Lassiter
The Sum of All Fears
as Senator Jessup
Witness
as Schaeffer
The Invasion
as Dr. Henryk Belicec
Strange Days
as Palmer Strickland
Shaft
as Curt Flemming
The Mighty Ducks
as Mr. Ducksworth
Sophie's Choice
as Narrator (voice)
Malice
as Atty. Lester Adams
Shadows and Fog
as Priest
Reds
as State Department Official
D.A.R.Y.L.
as Dr. Jeffrey Stewart
The Stepford Wives
as Ted Van Sant
Silkwood
as Max Richter
Nobody's Fool
as Clive Peoples Jr.
TV Shows
(22 total)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Patrick Rumsey
Law & Order
as Defense Attorney Patrick Rumsey
Law & Order
as Judge Lawrence Hellman
The West Wing
as Steve Gaines
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Spencer Durning
Ally McBeal
as Henry Thompson
Without a Trace
as Peter Ducek
Early Edition
as John Dobbs
The Equalizer
as Ernest Rasher
Providence
as Thomas Wheelock
Great Performances
as Nikolai
Great Performances
as Polonius
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Brig. Gen. Varnum
The Scarlet Letter
as Nathaniel Hawthorne
A Woman Named Jackie
as Joseph Kennedy Sr.
The Kennedys of Massachusetts
as Franklin D. Roosevelt
Mourning Becomes Electra
as Ezra Mannon
The Andros Targets
as Benson Fisher