Acting

Josef Sommer

1934-06-26 · Greifswald, 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.

Movies & TV shows

80 credits

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999 · Patrick Rumsey

Not in this catalog

Law & Order

1990 · Defense Attorney Patrick Rumsey

Not in this catalog

Law & Order

1990 · Judge Lawrence Hellman

Not in this catalog

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

2001 · Spencer Durning

Not in this catalog

The West Wing

1999 · Steve Gaines

Not in this catalog

American Playhouse

1982 · Doc

Not in this catalog

American Playhouse

1982 · Waldo Winchester

Not in this catalog

Without a Trace

2002 · Peter Ducek

Not in this catalog

Great Performances

1971 · Nikolai

Not in this catalog

Great Performances

1971 · Polonius

Not in this catalog

The Equalizer

1985 · Ernest Rasher

Not in this catalog

Screen Two

1985 · James Angleton

Not in this catalog

Early Edition

1996 · John Dobbs

Not in this catalog

Scarecrow and Mrs. King

1983

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Providence

1999 · Thomas Wheelock

Not in this catalog

Ally McBeal

1997 · Henry Thompson

Not in this catalog

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The Sum of All Fears

2002 · Senator Jessup

Not in this catalog

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The Other Guys

2010 · District Attorney Radford (uncredited)

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Close Encounters of the Third Kind

1977 · Larry Butler

Not in this catalog

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The Invasion

2007 · Dr. Henryk Belicec

Not in this catalog

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Dirty Harry

1971 · Rothko

Not in this catalog

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The Family Man

2000 · Peter Lassiter

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Patch Adams

1998 · Dr. Eaton

Not in this catalog

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Shaft

2000 · Curt Flemming

Not in this catalog

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Witness

1985 · Schaeffer

Not in this catalog

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Strange Days

1995 · Palmer Strickland

Not in this catalog

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The Mighty Ducks

1992 · Mr. Ducksworth

Not in this catalog

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Sophie's Choice

1982 · Narrator (voice)

Not in this catalog

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Nobody's Fool

1994 · Clive Peoples Jr.

Not in this catalog

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Malice

1993 · Atty. Lester Adams

Not in this catalog

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Stop-Loss

2008 · Senator Orton Worrell

Not in this catalog

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D.A.R.Y.L.

1985 · Dr. Jeffrey Stewart

Not in this catalog

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The Chamber

1996 · Phelps Bowen

Not in this catalog

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Bulworth

1998 · Doctor (uncredited)

Not in this catalog

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Absence of Malice

1981 · McAdam

Not in this catalog

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Shadows and Fog

1991 · Priest

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Iceman

1984 · Whitman

Not in this catalog

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Chances Are

1989 · Judge Fenwick

Not in this catalog

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The Stepford Wives

1975 · Ted Van Sant

Not in this catalog

The Adams Chronicles

1976 · Charles Lee

Not in this catalog

A Woman Named Jackie

1991 · Joseph Kennedy Sr.

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Reds

1981 · State Department Official

Not in this catalog

The Andros Targets

1977 · Benson Fisher

Not in this catalog

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Silkwood

1983 · Max Richter

Not in this catalog

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Bloodhounds of Broadway

1989 · Waldo Winchester

Not in this catalog

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Still of the Night

1982 · George Bynum

Not in this catalog

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951 · Brig. Gen. Varnum

Not in this catalog

Hothouse

1988 · Dr. Sam Garrison

Not in this catalog

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Target

1985 · Barney Taber

Not in this catalog

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The Next Best Thing

2000 · Richard Whittaker

The Hunt For The Unicorn Killer

1999

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Mistrial

1996 · Nick Mirsky

Not in this catalog

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The Front

1976 · Committee Chairman

Not in this catalog

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The Proposition

1998 · Dryer

Not in this catalog

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Hanky Panky

1982 · Adrian Pruitt

Not in this catalog

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Under Cover

1991 · Stewart Merriman

Not in this catalog

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The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change

2000 · Woodrow Wilson

Not in this catalog

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Moonlight and Valentino

1995 · Thomas Trager

Not in this catalog

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The Rosary Murders

1987 · Lieutenant Koznicki

Not in this catalog

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Don't Drink the Water

1994 · Ambassador Magee

Not in this catalog

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The Enemy Within

1994 · Defence Secretary Charles Potter

Not in this catalog

The Scarlet Letter

1979 · Nathaniel Hawthorne

Not in this catalog

The Kennedys of Massachusetts

1990 · Franklin D. Roosevelt

Not in this catalog

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Double Image

1986 · James Angleton

Not in this catalog

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Sparkling Cyanide

1983 · George Barton

Not in this catalog

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Valley Forge

1975 · Brig. Gen. Varnum

Not in this catalog

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Oliver's Story

1978 · Dr. Dienhart

Not in this catalog

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Man on a Swing

1974 · Pete Russell

Not in this catalog

Mourning Becomes Electra

1978 · Ezra Mannon

Not in this catalog

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Rollover

1981 · Roy Lefcourt

Not in this catalog

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Citizen Cohn

1992 · Albert Cohn

Not in this catalog

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Hidden in America

1996 · Edward Millerton

Not in this catalog

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An American Story

1992 · Henry Meade

Not in this catalog

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Hide in Plain Sight

1980 · Jason R. Reid

Not in this catalog

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Dracula's Widow

1988 · Lannon

Not in this catalog

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Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman

1989 · Charles Estiman

Not in this catalog

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Doctor Franken

1980 · Mr. Parker

Not in this catalog

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Brotherly Love

1985 · Mr. Rafferty

Not in this catalog

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Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker

1994 · Col. Morrow

Not in this catalog

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The Elephant King

2006 · Bill Hunt

Not in this catalog