Personal Info
Known Credits
76
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1934-06-26 (91 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
Also Known For
M. Josef SommerJosef Somerجوزف سومر
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 i ...
Acting
2010 --
The Other Guys
| District Attorney Radford (uncredited)
2008 --
Stop-Loss
| Senator Orton Worrell
2007 --
The Invasion
| Dr. Henryk Belicec
2006 --
X-Men: The Last Stand
| The President
2006 --
The Elephant King
| Bill Hunt
2002 --
Searching for Paradise
| Carl Greenslate
2002 --
The Sum of All Fears
| Senator Jessup
2002 --
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change
| Woodrow Wilson
2000 --
The Family Man
| Peter Lassiter
2000 --
Shaft
| Curt Flemming
2000 --
The Next Best Thing
| Richard Whittaker
1999 --
The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer
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1998 --
Patch Adams
| Dr. Eaton
1998 --
Bulworth
| Doctor (uncredited)
1996 --
Hidden in America
| Edward Millerton
1996 --
Mistrial
| Nick Mirsky
1996 --
The Chamber
| Phelps Bowen
1995 --
Strange Days
| Palmer Strickland
1995 --
Moonlight and Valentino
| Thomas Trager
1995 --
Letter to My Killer
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1995 --
Kansas
| Joseph 'Joe' Farley
1994 --
Nobody's Fool
| Clive Peoples Jr.
1994 --
Don't Drink the Water
| Ambassador Magee
1994 --
The Enemy Within
| Defence Secretary Charles Potter
1994 --
Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker
| Col. Morrow
1993 --
Malice
| Atty. Lester Adams
1992 --
An American Story
| Henry Meade
1992 --
The Mighty Ducks
| Mr. Ducksworth
1992 --
Hostages
| Tom Sutherland
1992 --
Citizen Cohn
| Albert Cohn
1991 --
Shadows and Fog
| Priest
1991 --
Before the Storm
| Stewart Merriman
1991 --
Under Cover
| Stewart Merriman
1990 --
When Will I Be Loved?
| Martin Ransil
1990 --
William Shakespeare's Hamlet
| Polonius
1989 --
Money, Power, Murder.
| Jack Finley
1989 --
Forced March
| Richard Kline
1989 --
Bloodhounds of Broadway
| Waldo Winchester
1989 --
Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman
| Charles Estiman
1989 --
Bridge to Silence
| Al Duffield
1989 --
Chances Are
| Judge Fenwick
1988 --
Dracula's Widow
| Lannon
1987 --
The Rosary Murders
| Lieutenant Koznicki
1987 --
A Special Friendship
| General Winder
1987 --
The Betty Ford Story
| President Gerald Ford
1986 --
Double Image
| James Angleton
1985 --
The Execution of Raymond Graham
| Jim Neal
1985 --
Target
| Barney Taber
1985 --
D.A.R.Y.L.
| Dr. Jeffrey Stewart
1985 --
Brotherly Love
| Mr. Rafferty
1985 --
Witness
| Chief Paul Schaeffer
1984 --
Iceman
| Whitman
1983 --
Silkwood
| Max Richter
1983 --
Saigon: Year Of The Cat
| Jack Ockham
1983 --
Sparkling Cyanide
| George Barton
1983 --
Independence Day
| Sam Taylor
1982 --
Sophie's Choice
| Narrator (voice)
1982 --
Still of the Night
| George Bynum
1982 --
Hanky Panky
| Adrian Pruitt
1981 --
Reds
| State Department Official
1981 --
Absence of Malice
| McAdam
1981 --
Rollover
| Roy Lefcourt
1980 --
The Henderson Monster
| Dr. Martin Grossman
1980 --
Hide in Plain Sight
| Jason R. Reid
1980 --
Doctor Franken
| Mr. Parker
1979 --
Too Far to Go
| Henry Mills
1978 --
Oliver's Story
| Dr. Dienhart
1977 --
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
| Larry Butler
1976 --
The Front
| Committee Chairman
1976 --
Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys
| Pomeroy
1975 --
Valley Forge
|
1975 --
The Stepford Wives
| Ted Van Sant
1974 --
Man on a Swing
| Pete Russell
1974 --
Enemies
| Nikolai
1972 --
The Witches of Salem: The Horror and the Hope
| Proctor
1971 --
Dirty Harry
| Rothko