Josef Sommer
Known for
Acting
Born
June 26, 1934 (age 92)
Birthplace
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.
Best known work
X-Men: The Last Stand
2006
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1977
The Other Guys
2010
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Patch Adams
1998
Dirty Harry
1971
The Family Man
2000
The Sum of All Fears
2002
Witness
1985
The Invasion
2007Filmography
2010
The Other Guysas District Attorney Radford (uncredited)
2008
Stop-Lossas Senator Orton Worrell
2007
The Invasionas Dr. Henryk Belicec
2006
X-Men: The Last Standas The President
2006
The Elephant Kingas Bill Hunt
2002
2002
Searching for Paradiseas Carl Greenslate
2002
The Sum of All Fearsas Senator Jessup
2001
2000
The Family Manas Peter Lassiter
2000
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Changeas Woodrow Wilson
2000
Shaftas Curt Flemming
2000
The Next Best Thingas Richard Whittaker
1999
1999
1999
1999
1999
1998
Patch Adamsas Dr. Eaton
1998
Bulworthas Doctor (uncredited)
1998
The Propositionas Dryer
1997
1996
Hidden in Americaas Edward Millerton
1996
Mistrialas Nick Mirsky
1996
The Chamberas Phelps Bowen