Josef Sommer
Acting Born Jun 26, 1934 Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany 24 credits
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.
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Full filmography
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) as Patrick Rumsey
- Law & Order (1990) as Defense Attorney Patrick Rumsey
- Law & Order (1990) as Judge Lawrence Hellman
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001) as Spencer Durning
- The West Wing (1999) as Steve Gaines
- Without a Trace (2002) as Peter Ducek
- Great Performances (1971) as Nikolai
- Great Performances (1971) as Polonius
- The Equalizer (1985) as Ernest Rasher
- Early Edition (1996) as John Dobbs
- Screen Two (1985) as James Angleton
- Providence (1999) as Thomas Wheelock
- Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1983)
- Ally McBeal (1997) as Henry Thompson
- Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) as Larry Butler
- The Sum of All Fears (2002) as Senator Jessup
- The Other Guys (2010) as District Attorney Radford (uncredited)
- Dirty Harry (1971) as Rothko
- The Family Man (2000) as Peter Lassiter
- The Invasion (2007) as Dr. Henryk Belicec
- Shaft (2000) as Curt Flemming
- Patch Adams (1998) as Dr. Eaton
- Strange Days (1995) as Palmer Strickland
- Witness (1985) as Schaeffer