Josef Sommer
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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Movie Appearances
Dirty Harry
as Rothko
1971
Chances Are
as Judge Fenwick
1989
Malice
as Atty. Lester Adams
1993
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
as Larry Butler
1977
The Next Best Thing
as Richard Whittaker
2000
Patch Adams
as Dr. Eaton
1998
The Mighty Ducks
as Mr. Ducksworth
1992
Don't Drink the Water
as Ambassador Magee
1994
The Invasion
as Dr. Henryk Belicec
2007
Sparkling Cyanide
as George Barton
1983
Nobody's Fool
as Clive Peoples Jr.
1994
The Chamber
as Phelps Bowen
1996
Stop-Loss
as Senator Orton Worrell
2008
Witness
as Schaeffer
1985
The Elephant King
as Bill Hunt
2006
Silkwood
as Max Richter
1983
X-Men: The Last Stand
as The President
2006
D.A.R.Y.L.
as Dr. Jeffrey Stewart
1985
Double Image
as James Angleton
1986
Bulworth
as Doctor (uncredited)
1998
TV Appearances
Ally McBeal
as Henry Thompson
1997
Providence
as Thomas Wheelock
1999
Early Edition
as John Dobbs
1996
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Patrick Rumsey
1999
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983
Without a Trace
as Peter Ducek
2002
The Equalizer
as Ernest Rasher
1985
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Brig. Gen. Varnum
1951
Under Cover
as Stewart Merriman
1991
A Woman Named Jackie
as Joseph Kennedy Sr.
1991
The Andros Targets
as Benson Fisher
1977
The Kennedys of Massachusetts
as Franklin D. Roosevelt
1990