Josef Sommer

actor

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 Adam...

Born: June 26, 1934 in Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany (age 91)

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Known For

7.7

X-Men: The Last Stand

Movies & TV Credits

97 total credits across film and television

Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year
The Other Guys Movie	6.5	Actor	District Attorney Radford (uncredited)	2010
Stop-Loss Movie	6.2	Actor	Senator Orton Worrell	2008
The Invasion Movie	5.7	Actor	Dr. Henryk Belicec	2007
X-Men: The Last Stand Movie	6.5	Actor	The President	2006
The Elephant King Movie	6.0	Actor	Bill Hunt	2006
The Sum of All Fears Movie	6.3	Actor	Senator Jessup	2002
Searching for Paradise Movie	5.2	Actor	Carl Greenslate	2002
Without a Trace TV Show	7.2	Actor	Peter Ducek(1 Episode)	2002
Law & Order: Criminal Intent TV Show	7.7	Actor	Spencer Durning(1 Episode)	2001
The Family Man Movie	6.9	Actor	Peter Lassiter	2000
Shaft Movie	5.8	Actor	Curt Flemming	2000
The Next Best Thing Movie	4.8	Actor	Richard Whittaker	2000
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change Movie	7.0	Actor	Woodrow Wilson	2000
Providence TV Show	6.5	Actor	Thomas Wheelock(1 Episode)	1999
The West Wing TV Show	8.7	Actor	Steve Gaines(1 Episode)	1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit TV Show	8.2	Actor	Patrick Rumsey(1 Episode)	1999
The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer Movie	6.0	Actor	—(2 Episodes)	1999
Patch Adams Movie	7.1	Actor	Dr. Eaton	1998
Bulworth Movie	6.6	Actor	Doctor (uncredited)	1998
Ally McBeal TV Show	7.0	Actor	Henry Thompson(1 Episode)	1997
The Chamber Movie	5.8	Actor	Phelps Bowen	1996
Early Edition TV Show	7.5	Actor	John Dobbs(2 Episodes)	1996
Mistrial Movie	5.4	Actor	Nick Mirsky	1996
Hidden in America Movie	6.5	Actor	Edward Millerton	1996
Moonlight and Valentino Movie	5.8	Actor	Thomas Trager	1995
Strange Days Movie	7.1	Actor	Palmer Strickland	1995
Kansas Movie	6.6	Actor	Joseph 'Joe' Farley	1995
Letter to My Killer Movie	5.1	Actor	—	1995
Nobody's Fool Movie	7.4	Actor	Clive Peoples Jr.	1994
The Enemy Within Movie	5.8	Actor	Defence Secretary Charles Potter	1994
Don't Drink the Water Movie	6.0	Actor	Ambassador Magee	1994
Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker Movie	6.0	Actor	Col. Morrow	1994
Malice Movie	6.3	Actor	Atty. Lester Adams	1993
The Mighty Ducks Movie	6.7	Actor	Mr. Ducksworth	1992
Hostages Movie	6.6	Actor	Tom Sutherland	1992
An American Story Movie	6.5	Actor	Henry Meade	1992
Citizen Cohn Movie	6.8	Actor	Albert Cohn	1992
Shadows and Fog Movie	6.5	Actor	Priest	1991
Under Cover TV Show	8.0	Actor	Stewart Merriman(14 Episodes)	1991
Before the Storm Movie	6.8	Actor	Stewart Merriman	1991
Under Cover Movie	5.6	Actor	Stewart Merriman	1991
A Woman Named Jackie Limited Series	6.3	Actor	Joseph Kennedy Sr.(3 Episodes)	1991
William Shakespeare's Hamlet Movie	7.3	Actor	Polonius	1990
Law & Order TV Show	7.7	Actor	Judge Lawrence Hellman(1 Episode)	1990
Law & Order TV Show	7.7	Actor	Defense Attorney Patrick Rumsey(1 Episode)	1990
When Will I Be Loved? Movie	5.9	Actor	Martin Ransil	1990
The Kennedys of Massachusetts Limited Series	7.0	Actor	Franklin D. Roosevelt(3 Episodes)	1990
Forced March Movie	6.7	Actor	Richard Kline	1989
Chances Are Movie	6.6	Actor	Judge Fenwick	1989
Bloodhounds of Broadway Movie	5.1	Actor	Waldo Winchester	1989
Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman Movie	6.1	Actor	Charles Estiman	1989
Money, Power, Murder. Movie	5.6	Actor	Jack Finley	1989
Bridge to Silence Movie	5.9	Actor	Al Duffield	1989
Dracula's Widow Movie	4.0	Actor	Lannon	1988
Hothouse TV Show	7.0	Actor	Dr. Sam Garrison(7 Episodes)	1988
The Rosary Murders Movie	5.7	Actor	Lieutenant Koznicki	1987
A Special Friendship Movie	6.8	Actor	General Winder	1987
The Betty Ford Story Movie	6.4	Actor	President Gerald Ford	1987
Double Image Movie	6.0	Actor	James Angleton	1986
D.A.R.Y.L. Movie	6.2	Actor	Dr. Jeffrey Stewart	1985
Witness Movie	7.4	Actor	Chief Paul Schaeffer	1985
Target Movie	6.1	Actor	Barney Taber	1985
The Equalizer TV Show	7.6	Actor	Ernest Rasher(1 Episode)	1985
Brotherly Love Movie	6.1	Actor	Mr. Rafferty	1985
The Execution of Raymond Graham Movie	5.4	Actor	Jim Neal	1985
Iceman Movie	6.1	Actor	Whitman	1984
Independence Day Movie	6.3	Actor	Sam Taylor	1983
Silkwood Movie	7.3	Actor	Max Richter	1983
Scarecrow and Mrs. King TV Show	6.9	Actor	—(1 Episode)	1983
Sparkling Cyanide Movie	5.7	Actor	George Barton	1983
Saigon: Year of the Cat Movie	5.5	Actor	Jack Ockham	1983
Still of the Night Movie	5.8	Actor	George Bynum	1982
Sophie's Choice Movie	7.6	Actor	Narrator (voice)	1982
Hanky Panky Movie	5.7	Actor	Adrian Pruitt	1982
Rollover Movie	5.2	Actor	Roy Lefcourt	1981
Absence of Malice Movie	6.7	Actor	McAdam	1981
Reds Movie	7.4	Actor	State Department Official	1981
Hide in Plain Sight Movie	6.2	Actor	Jason R. Reid	1980
The Henderson Monster Movie	5.2	Actor	Dr. Martin Grossman	1980
Doctor Franken Movie	5.4	Actor	Mr. Parker	1980
Too Far to Go Movie	7.4	Actor	Henry Mills	1979
The Scarlet Letter Limited Series	6.0	Actor	Nathaniel Hawthorne(4 Episodes)	1979
Oliver's Story Movie	4.6	Actor	Dr. Dienhart	1978
Mourning Becomes Electra Limited Series	8.1	Actor	Ezra Mannon(5 Episodes)	1978
Close Encounters of the Third Kind Movie	7.7	Actor	Larry Butler	1977
The Andros Targets TV Show	7.1	Actor	Benson Fisher(1 Episode)	1977
The Front Movie	7.2	Actor	Committee Chairman	1976
Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys Movie	7.1	Actor	Pomeroy	1976
The Stepford Wives Movie	6.8	Actor	Ted Van Sant	1975
Valley Forge Movie	6.9	Actor	—	1975
Man on a Swing Movie	6.4	Actor	Pete Russell	1974
Enemies Movie	8.2	Actor	Nikolai	1974
The Witches of Salem: The Horror and the Hope Short Film	6.4	Actor	Proctor	1972
Dirty Harry Movie	7.8	Actor	Rothko	1971
Great Performances TV Show	7.7	Actor	Polonius(1 Episode)	1971
Great Performances TV Show	7.7	Actor	Nikolai(1 Episode)	1971
Hallmark Hall of Fame TV Show	7.9	Actor	Brig. Gen. Varnum(1 Episode)	1951

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Josef Sommer

Known For

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Dirty Harry

The Other Guys

X-Men: The Last Stand

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