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