Josef Sommer
Acting
Born: 1934-06-26 · 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 i
🎬 Movies (20)
The Other Guys
2010
District Attorney Radford (uncredited)
Stop-Loss
2008
Senator Orton Worrell
The Invasion
2007
Dr. Henryk Belicec
X-Men: The Last Stand
2006
The President
The Elephant King
2006
Bill Hunt
Searching for Paradise
2002
Carl Greenslate
The Sum of All Fears
2002
Senator Jessup
The Family Man
2000
Peter Lassiter
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change
2000
Woodrow Wilson
Shaft
2000
Curt Flemming
The Next Best Thing
2000
Richard Whittaker
The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer
1999
Patch Adams
1998
Dr. Eaton
Bulworth
1998
Doctor (uncredited)
The Proposition
1998
Dryer
Hidden in America
1996
Edward Millerton
Mistrial
1996
Nick Mirsky
The Chamber
1996
Phelps Bowen
Strange Days
1995
Palmer Strickland
Moonlight and Valentino
1995
Thomas Trager
📺 TV Shows (20)
Without a Trace
2002
Peter Ducek
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
Spencer Durning
The West Wing
1999
Steve Gaines
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Patrick Rumsey
The Hunt For The Unicorn Killer
1999
Providence
1999
Thomas Wheelock
Ally McBeal
1997
Henry Thompson
Early Edition
1996
John Dobbs
A Woman Named Jackie
1991
Joseph Kennedy Sr.
Under Cover
1991
Stewart Merriman
Law & Order
1990
Defense Attorney Patrick Rumsey
Law & Order
1990
Judge Lawrence Hellman
The Kennedys of Massachusetts
1990
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hothouse
1988
Dr. Sam Garrison
The Equalizer
1985
Ernest Rasher
Screen Two
1985
James Angleton
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983
The Scarlet Letter
1979
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Mourning Becomes Electra
1978
Ezra Mannon
The Andros Targets
1977
Benson Fisher