Josef Sommer

Acting · Born 1934-06-26 in Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

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.

Filmography

• Dirty Harry as Rothko
• Close Encounters of the Third Kind as Larry Butler
• Patch Adams as Dr. Eaton
• Witness as Schaeffer
• Silkwood as Max Richter
• Strange Days as Palmer Strickland
• Sophie's Choice as Narrator (voice)
• Chances Are as Judge Fenwick
• Malice as Atty. Lester Adams
• The Next Best Thing as Richard Whittaker

TV

• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Patrick Rumsey
• The West Wing as Steve Gaines
• Ally McBeal as Henry Thompson
• Providence as Thomas Wheelock
• Early Edition as John Dobbs
• Scarecrow and Mrs. King
• Without a Trace as Peter Ducek
• The Equalizer as Ernest Rasher
• Hallmark Hall of Fame as Brig. Gen. Varnum
• Under Cover as Stewart Merriman