Josef Sommer: movies and TV shows
Josef Sommer has 103 credits in the archive: 77 films and 26 TV series, from 1951 to 2010. Highest rated: A Woman Named Jackie (8.8/10).
Career timeline
1951 – 2010 · busiest year: 1985 (7 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | The Other Guys | District Attorney Radford (uncredited) | Film | 6.3 | 76 |
| 2008 | Stop-Loss | Senator Orton Worrell | Film | 6.1 | 74 |
| 2007 | The Invasion | Dr. Henryk Belicec | Film | 6.0 | 73 |
| 2006 | The Elephant King | Bill Hunt | Film | 5.9 | 72 |
| 2006 | X-Men: The Last Stand | The President | Film | 6.4 | 72 |
| 2002 | Without a Trace | Peter Ducek | TV | 7.2 | 68 |
| 2002 | The Sum of All Fears | Senator Jessup | Film | 6.4 | 68 |
| 2002 | Searching for Paradise | Carl Greenslate | Film | 6.0 | 68 |
| 2001 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Spencer Durning | TV | 7.6 | 67 |
| 2000 | The Family Man | Peter Lassiter | Film | 6.8 | 66 |
| 2000 | Shaft | Curt Flemming | Film | 6.0 | 66 |
| 2000 | The Next Best Thing | Richard Whittaker | Film | 5.3 | 66 |
| 2000 | The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change | Woodrow Wilson | Film | 5.8 | 66 |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Patrick Rumsey | TV | 8.0 | 65 |
| 1999 | The West Wing | Steve Gaines | TV | 8.3 | 65 |
| 1999 | Providence | Thomas Wheelock | TV | 6.7 | 65 |
| 1999 | The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer | Film | 4.7 | 65 | |
| 1999 | The Hunt For The Unicorn Killer | TV | 4.7 | 65 | |
| 1998 | Patch Adams | Dr. Eaton | Film | 7.3 | 64 |
| 1998 | Bulworth | Doctor (uncredited) | Film | 6.3 | 64 |
| 1998 | The Proposition | Dryer | Film | 6.1 | 64 |
| 1997 | Ally McBeal | Henry Thompson | TV | 6.5 | 63 |
| 1996 | Early Edition | John Dobbs | TV | 7.3 | 62 |
| 1996 | Mistrial | Nick Mirsky | Film | 5.3 | 62 |
| 1996 | Hidden in America | Edward Millerton | Film | 5.1 | 62 |
| 1996 | The Chamber | Phelps Bowen | Film | 6.0 | 62 |
| 1995 | Strange Days | Palmer Strickland | Film | 7.0 | 61 |
| 1995 | Moonlight and Valentino | Thomas Trager | Film | 5.6 | 61 |
| 1995 | Kansas | Joseph 'Joe' Farley | Film | 5.5 | 61 |
| 1995 | Letter to My Killer | Film | 6.5 | 61 | |
| 1994 | Nobody's Fool | Clive Peoples Jr. | Film | 6.9 | 60 |
| 1994 | The Enemy Within | Defence Secretary Charles Potter | Film | 5.8 | 60 |
| 1994 | Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker | Col. Morrow | Film | 6.3 | 60 |
| 1994 | Don't Drink the Water | Ambassador Magee | Film | 5.6 | 60 |
| 1993 | Malice | Atty. Lester Adams | Film | 6.3 | 59 |
| 1992 | The Mighty Ducks | Mr. Ducksworth | Film | 6.6 | 58 |
| 1992 | Citizen Cohn | Albert Cohn | Film | 6.3 | 58 |
| 1992 | An American Story | Henry Meade | Film | 6.4 | 58 |
| 1992 | Hostages | Tom Sutherland | Film | 6.1 | 58 |
| 1991 | A Woman Named Jackie | Joseph Kennedy Sr. | TV | 8.8 | 57 |
| 1991 | Shadows and Fog | Priest | Film | 6.7 | 57 |
| 1991 | Before the Storm | Stewart Merriman | Film | 9.0 | 57 |
| 1991 | Under Cover | Stewart Merriman | TV | 7.5 | 57 |
| 1991 | Under Cover | Stewart Merriman | Film | 8.0 | 57 |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Defense Attorney Patrick Rumsey | TV | 7.3 | 56 |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Judge Lawrence Hellman | TV | 7.3 | 56 |
| 1990 | The Kennedys of Massachusetts | Franklin D. Roosevelt | TV | 7.8 | 56 |
| 1990 | When Will I Be Loved? | Martin Ransil | Film | 9.0 | 56 |
| 1990 | William Shakespeare's Hamlet | Polonius | Film | — | 56 |
| 1989 | Bloodhounds of Broadway | Waldo Winchester | Film | 5.7 | 55 |
| 1989 | Chances Are | Judge Fenwick | Film | 6.6 | 55 |
| 1989 | Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman | Charles Estiman | Film | 6.6 | 55 |
| 1989 | Bridge to Silence | Al Duffield | Film | 7.7 | 55 |
| 1989 | Money, Power, Murder. | Jack Finley | Film | 5.4 | 55 |
| 1989 | Forced March | Richard Kline | Film | 6.6 | 55 |
| 1988 | Hothouse | Dr. Sam Garrison | TV | 7.5 | 54 |
| 1988 | Dracula's Widow | Lannon | Film | 4.6 | 54 |
| 1987 | The Rosary Murders | Lieutenant Koznicki | Film | 5.6 | 53 |
| 1987 | The Betty Ford Story | President Gerald Ford | Film | — | 53 |
| 1987 | A Special Friendship | General Winder | Film | 9.0 | 53 |
| 1986 | Double Image | James Angleton | Film | 5.4 | 52 |
| 1985 | Screen Two | James Angleton | TV | 7.1 | 51 |
| 1985 | The Equalizer | Ernest Rasher | TV | 7.1 | 51 |
| 1985 | Witness | Schaeffer | Film | 7.1 | 51 |
| 1985 | D.A.R.Y.L. | Dr. Jeffrey Stewart | Film | 6.4 | 51 |
| 1985 | Brotherly Love | Mr. Rafferty | Film | 7.3 | 51 |
| 1985 | The Execution of Raymond Graham | Jim Neal | Film | 6.6 | 51 |
| 1985 | Target | Barney Taber | Film | 5.9 | 51 |
| 1984 | Iceman | Whitman | Film | 6.2 | 50 |
| 1983 | Scarecrow and Mrs. King | TV | 6.6 | 49 | |
| 1983 | Saigon: Year of the Cat | Jack Ockham | Film | 5.3 | 49 |
| 1983 | Silkwood | Max Richter | Film | 6.9 | 49 |
| 1983 | Sparkling Cyanide | George Barton | Film | 6.0 | 49 |
| 1983 | Independence Day | Sam Taylor | Film | 5.9 | 49 |
| 1982 | American Playhouse | Doc | TV | 6.6 | 48 |
| 1982 | American Playhouse | Waldo Winchester | TV | 6.6 | 48 |
| 1982 | Sophie's Choice | Narrator (voice) | Film | 7.3 | 48 |
| 1982 | Hanky Panky | Adrian Pruitt | Film | 5.3 | 48 |
| 1982 | Still of the Night | George Bynum | Film | 5.7 | 48 |
| 1981 | Absence of Malice | McAdam | Film | 6.6 | 47 |
| 1981 | Reds | State Department Official | Film | 6.9 | 47 |
| 1981 | Rollover | Roy Lefcourt | Film | 5.2 | 47 |
| 1980 | The Henderson Monster | Dr. Martin Grossman | Film | 6.0 | 46 |
| 1980 | Hide in Plain Sight | Jason R. Reid | Film | 5.7 | 46 |
| 1980 | Doctor Franken | Mr. Parker | Film | 6.0 | 46 |
| 1979 | The Scarlet Letter | Nathaniel Hawthorne | TV | 4.5 | 45 |
| 1979 | Too Far to Go | Henry Mills | Film | 3.5 | 45 |
| 1978 | Oliver's Story | Dr. Dienhart | Film | 4.8 | 44 |
| 1978 | Mourning Becomes Electra | Ezra Mannon | TV | 5.0 | 44 |
| 1977 | Close Encounters of the Third Kind | Larry Butler | Film | 7.4 | 43 |
| 1977 | The Andros Targets | Benson Fisher | TV | 7.0 | 43 |
| 1976 | The Adams Chronicles | Charles Lee | TV | 7.4 | 42 |
| 1976 | The Front | Committee Chairman | Film | 7.0 | 42 |
| 1976 | Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys | Pomeroy | Film | 7.5 | 42 |
| 1975 | Valley Forge | Brig. Gen. Varnum | Film | 7.0 | 41 |
| 1975 | The Stepford Wives | Ted Van Sant | Film | 6.7 | 41 |
| 1974 | Man on a Swing | Pete Russell | Film | 5.9 | 40 |
| 1974 | Enemies | Nikolai | Film | — | 40 |
| 1972 | The Witches of Salem: The Horror and the Hope | Proctor | Film | 10.0 | 38 |
| 1971 | Great Performances | Nikolai | TV | 6.1 | 37 |
| 1971 | Great Performances | Polonius | TV | 6.1 | 37 |
| 1971 | Dirty Harry | Rothko | Film | 7.5 | 37 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Brig. Gen. Varnum | TV | 8.8 | 17 |