Acting
Josef Sommer
EN cinema · 77 credits
Born
26 June 1934 (age 92)
Birthplace
Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
Also known as M. Josef Sommer · Josef Somer · جوزف سومر
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
Filmography
The Other Guys
as District Attorney Radford (uncredited)
Stop-Loss
as Senator Orton Worrell
The Invasion
as Dr. Henryk Belicec
The Elephant King
as Bill Hunt
X-Men: The Last Stand
as The President
Searching for Paradise
as Carl Greenslate
The Sum of All Fears
as Senator Jessup
The Next Best Thing
as Richard Whittaker
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change
as Woodrow Wilson
Shaft
as Curt Flemming
The Family Man
as Peter Lassiter
Patch Adams
as Dr. Eaton
Bulworth
as Doctor (uncredited)
The Proposition
as Dryer
The Chamber
as Phelps Bowen
Mistrial
as Nick Mirsky
Hidden in America
as Edward Millerton
Strange Days
as Palmer Strickland
Kansas
as Joseph 'Joe' Farley
Moonlight and Valentino
as Thomas Trager
Don't Drink the Water
as Ambassador Magee
Nobody's Fool
as Clive Peoples Jr.
The Enemy Within
as Defence Secretary Charles Potter
Malice
as Atty. Lester Adams
The Mighty Ducks
as Mr. Ducksworth
An American Story
as Henry Meade
Hostages
as Tom Sutherland
Citizen Cohn
as Albert Cohn
Shadows and Fog
as Priest
Under Cover
as Stewart Merriman
Before the Storm
as Stewart Merriman
When Will I Be Loved?
as Martin Ransil
Chances Are
as Judge Fenwick
Bloodhounds of Broadway
as Waldo Winchester
Bridge to Silence
as Al Duffield
Money, Power, Murder.
as Jack Finley
Forced March
as Richard Kline
Dracula's Widow
as Lannon
The Betty Ford Story
as President Gerald Ford
A Special Friendship
as General Winder
The Rosary Murders
as Lieutenant Koznicki
Double Image
as James Angleton
Witness
as Schaeffer
D.A.R.Y.L.
as Dr. Jeffrey Stewart
The Execution of Raymond Graham
as Jim Neal
Brotherly Love
as Mr. Rafferty
Target
as Barney Taber
Iceman
as Whitman
Sparkling Cyanide
as George Barton
Silkwood
as Max Richter
Independence Day
as Sam Taylor
Saigon: Year of the Cat
as Jack Ockham
Still of the Night
as George Bynum
Hanky Panky
as Adrian Pruitt
Sophie's Choice
as Narrator (voice)
Rollover
as Roy Lefcourt
Absence of Malice
as McAdam
Reds
as State Department Official
Hide in Plain Sight
as Jason R. Reid
The Henderson Monster
as Dr. Martin Grossman
Doctor Franken
as Mr. Parker
Too Far to Go
as Henry Mills
Oliver's Story
as Dr. Dienhart
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
as Larry Butler
The Front
as Committee Chairman
Valley Forge
as Brig. Gen. Varnum
The Stepford Wives
as Ted Van Sant
Man on a Swing
as Pete Russell
Enemies
as Nikolai
Dirty Harry
as Rothko