Josef Sommer
Known for ActingBorn 1934-06-26Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
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
The Sum of All Fears
2002 · as Senator Jessup
The Other Guys
2010 · as District Attorney Radford (uncredited)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1977 · as Larry Butler
The Invasion
2007 · as Dr. Henryk Belicec
The Family Man
2000 · as Peter Lassiter
Dirty Harry
1971 · as Rothko
Patch Adams
1998 · as Dr. Eaton
Witness
1985 · as Schaeffer
Strange Days
1995 · as Palmer Strickland
Shaft
2000 · as Curt Flemming
Bulworth
1998 · as Doctor (uncredited)
Sophie's Choice
1982 · as Narrator (voice)
Nobody's Fool
1994 · as Clive Peoples Jr.
Iceman
1984 · as Whitman
The Mighty Ducks
1992 · as Mr. Ducksworth
Stop-Loss
2008 · as Senator Orton Worrell
Valley Forge
1975 · as Brig. Gen. Varnum
Silkwood
1983 · as Max Richter