Josef Sommer
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Josef Sommer

Jun 26, 1934 - 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.

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Movie1971Dirty HarryRothko
Movie1989Chances AreJudge Fenwick
Movie1993MaliceAtty. Lester Adams
Movie1977Close Encounters of the Third KindLarry Butler
Movie2000The Next Best ThingRichard Whittaker
Movie1998Patch AdamsDr. Eaton
Movie1992The Mighty DucksMr. Ducksworth
Movie1994Don't Drink the WaterAmbassador Magee
Movie2007The InvasionDr. Henryk Belicec
Movie1983Sparkling CyanideGeorge Barton
Movie1994Nobody's FoolClive Peoples Jr.
Movie1996The ChamberPhelps Bowen
Movie2008Stop-LossSenator Orton Worrell
Movie1985WitnessChief Paul Schaeffer
Movie2006The Elephant KingBill Hunt
Movie1983SilkwoodMax Richter
Movie2006X-Men: The Last StandThe President
Movie1985D.A.R.Y.L.Dr. Jeffrey Stewart
Movie1986Double ImageJames Angleton
Movie1998BulworthDoctor (uncredited)
Movie1981RolloverRoy Lefcourt
Movie1980Hide in Plain SightJason R. Reid
Movie1981Absence of MaliceMcAdam
Movie1989Bloodhounds of BroadwayWaldo Winchester
Movie1989Bridge to SilenceAl Duffield
Movie1989Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic WomanCharles Estiman
Movie1992An American StoryHenry Meade
Movie1988Dracula's WidowLannon
Movie1979Too Far to GoHenry Mills
Movie1985The Execution of Raymond GrahamJim Neal
Movie1976The FrontCommittee Chairman
Movie1989Money, Power, Murder.Jack Finley
Movie1978Oliver's StoryDr. Dienhart
Movie1980The Henderson MonsterDr. Martin Grossman
Movie1974Man on a SwingPete Russell
Movie2002Searching for ParadiseCarl Greenslate
Movie1983Independence DaySam Taylor
Movie1974EnemiesNikolai
Movie1989Forced MarchRichard Kline
Movie1987The Betty Ford StoryPresident Gerald Ford
Movie1995Strange DaysPalmer Strickland
Movie1991Shadows and FogPriest
Movie1990When Will I Be Loved?Martin Ransil
Movie1982Still of the NightGeorge Bynum
Movie1996MistrialNick Mirsky
Movie1994The Enemy WithinDefence Secretary Charles Potter
Movie1991Under CoverStewart Merriman
Movie1991Before the StormStewart Merriman
Movie1983Saigon: Year of the CatJack Ockham
Movie2002The Sum of All FearsSenator Jessup
Movie1982Hanky PankyAdrian Pruitt
Movie1985Brotherly LoveMr. Rafferty
Movie1992HostagesTom Sutherland
Movie1984IcemanWhitman
Movie1994Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson WhittakerCol. Morrow
Movie1995KansasJoseph 'Joe' Farley
Movie1972The Witches of Salem: The Horror and the HopeProctor
Movie1987A Special FriendshipGeneral Winder
Movie2000The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of ChangeWoodrow Wilson
Movie1995Letter to My Killer
Movie1975Valley Forge
Movie2000ShaftCurt Flemming
Movie1982Sophie's ChoiceNarrator (voice)
Movie1981RedsState Department Official
Movie1992Citizen CohnAlbert Cohn
Movie1980Doctor FrankenMr. Parker
Movie1995Moonlight and ValentinoThomas Trager
Movie2000The Family ManPeter Lassiter
Movie1976Judge Horton and the Scottsboro BoysPomeroy
Movie1975The Stepford WivesTed Van Sant
Movie1985TargetBarney Taber
Movie1987The Rosary MurdersLieutenant Koznicki
Movie1990William Shakespeare's HamletPolonius
Movie1996Hidden in AmericaEdward Millerton
Movie1999The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer
Movie2010The Other GuysDistrict Attorney Radford (uncredited)
TV Show1997Ally McBealHenry Thompson1
TV Show1999ProvidenceThomas Wheelock1
TV Show1996Early EditionJohn Dobbs2
TV Show1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitPatrick Rumsey1
TV Show1983Scarecrow and Mrs. King1
TV Show2002Without a TracePeter Ducek1
TV Show1985The EqualizerErnest Rasher1
TV Show1951Hallmark Hall of FameBrig. Gen. Varnum1
TV Show1991Under CoverStewart Merriman14
TV Show1991A Woman Named JackieJoseph Kennedy Sr.3
TV Show1977The Andros TargetsBenson Fisher1
TV Show1988HothouseDr. Sam Garrison7
TV Show1990The Kennedys of MassachusettsFranklin D. Roosevelt3
TV Show1999The West WingSteve Gaines1
TV Show1990Law & OrderDefense Attorney Patrick Rumsey1
TV Show1979The Scarlet LetterNathaniel Hawthorne4
TV Show1978Mourning Becomes ElectraEzra Mannon5
TV Show1990Law & OrderJudge Lawrence Hellman1
TV Show2001Law & Order: Criminal IntentSpencer Durning1
TV Show1999The Hunt For The Unicorn Killer2
TV Show1971Great PerformancesNikolai1
TV Show1971Great PerformancesPolonius1

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