Acting
Josef Sommer
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.
Filmography
The Other Guys
Film · 2010
Stop-Loss
Film · 2008
The Invasion
Film · 2007
The Elephant King
Film · 2006
X-Men: The Last Stand
Film · 2006
Searching for Paradise
Film · 2002
The Sum of All Fears
Film · 2002
Without a Trace
Series · 2002
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Series · 2001
The Next Best Thing
Film · 2000
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change
Film · 2000
Shaft
Film · 2000
The Family Man
Film · 2000
The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer
Film · 1999
Providence
Series · 1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Series · 1999
The West Wing
Series · 1999
The Hunt For The Unicorn Killer
Series · 1999
Patch Adams
Film · 1998
Bulworth
Film · 1998
The Proposition
Film · 1998
Ally McBeal
Series · 1997
The Chamber
Film · 1996
Mistrial
Film · 1996
Hidden in America
Film · 1996
Early Edition
Series · 1996
Strange Days
Film · 1995
Kansas
Film · 1995
Letter to My Killer
Film · 1995
Moonlight and Valentino
Film · 1995
Don't Drink the Water
Film · 1994
Nobody's Fool
Film · 1994
The Enemy Within
Film · 1994
Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker
Film · 1994
Malice
Film · 1993
The Mighty Ducks
Film · 1992
An American Story
Film · 1992
Hostages
Film · 1992
Citizen Cohn
Film · 1992
Shadows and Fog
Film · 1991
Under Cover
Film · 1991
Before the Storm
Film · 1991
Under Cover
Series · 1991
A Woman Named Jackie
Series · 1991
When Will I Be Loved?
Film · 1990
William Shakespeare's Hamlet
Film · 1990
The Kennedys of Massachusetts
Series · 1990
Law & Order
Series · 1990
Law & Order
Series · 1990
Chances Are
Film · 1989
Bloodhounds of Broadway
Film · 1989
Bridge to Silence
Film · 1989
Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman
Film · 1989
Money, Power, Murder.
Film · 1989
Forced March
Film · 1989
Dracula's Widow
Film · 1988
Hothouse
Series · 1988
The Betty Ford Story
Film · 1987
A Special Friendship
Film · 1987
The Rosary Murders
Film · 1987
Double Image
Film · 1986
Witness
Film · 1985
D.A.R.Y.L.
Film · 1985
The Execution of Raymond Graham
Film · 1985
Brotherly Love
Film · 1985
Target
Film · 1985
The Equalizer
Series · 1985
Screen Two
Series · 1985
Iceman
Film · 1984
Sparkling Cyanide
Film · 1983
Silkwood
Film · 1983
Independence Day
Film · 1983
Saigon: Year of the Cat
Film · 1983
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
Series · 1983
Still of the Night
Film · 1982
Hanky Panky
Film · 1982
Sophie's Choice
Film · 1982
American Playhouse
Series · 1982
American Playhouse
Series · 1982
Rollover
Film · 1981
Absence of Malice
Film · 1981
Reds
Film · 1981
Hide in Plain Sight
Film · 1980
The Henderson Monster
Film · 1980
Doctor Franken
Film · 1980
Too Far to Go
Film · 1979
The Scarlet Letter
Series · 1979
Oliver's Story
Film · 1978
Mourning Becomes Electra
Series · 1978
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Film · 1977
The Andros Targets
Series · 1977
The Front
Film · 1976
Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys
Film · 1976
The Adams Chronicles
Series · 1976
Valley Forge
Film · 1975
The Stepford Wives
Film · 1975
Man on a Swing
Film · 1974
Enemies
Film · 1974
The Witches of Salem: The Horror and the Hope
Film · 1972
Dirty Harry
Film · 1971
Great Performances
Series · 1971
Great Performances
Series · 1971
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Series · 1951