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Josef Sommer

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

Born

Jun 26, 1934

Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

Known For

Acting

Movies

77 acting

0 crew

Popularity

1.6

Known For

Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1977 as Larry Butler
★ 7.4
The Sum of All Fears
The Sum of All Fears
2002 as Senator Jessup
★ 6.4
The Other Guys
The Other Guys
2010 as District Attorney Radford (uncredited)
★ 6.3
Dirty Harry
Dirty Harry
1971 as Rothko
★ 7.5
The Family Man
The Family Man
2000 as Peter Lassiter
★ 6.8
The Invasion
The Invasion
2007 as Dr. Henryk Belicec
★ 6.0
Shaft
Shaft
2000 as Curt Flemming
★ 6.0
Patch Adams
Patch Adams
1998 as Dr. Eaton
★ 7.3
Strange Days
Strange Days
1995 as Palmer Strickland
★ 7.0
Witness
Witness
1985 as Schaeffer
★ 7.1
Stop-Loss
Stop-Loss
2008 as Senator Orton Worrell
★ 6.1
Sophie's Choice
Sophie's Choice
1982 as Narrator (voice)
★ 7.3
D.A.R.Y.L.
D.A.R.Y.L.
1985 as Dr. Jeffrey Stewart
★ 6.4
Chances Are
Chances Are
1989 as Judge Fenwick
★ 6.6
Malice
Malice
1993 as Atty. Lester Adams
★ 6.3
Silkwood
Silkwood
1983 as Max Richter
★ 6.9
The Stepford Wives
The Stepford Wives
1975 as Ted Van Sant
★ 6.7
Shadows and Fog
Shadows and Fog
1991 as Priest
★ 6.7
Reds
Reds
1981 as State Department Official
★ 6.9
The Mighty Ducks
The Mighty Ducks
1992 as Mr. Ducksworth
★ 6.6
Nobody's Fool
Nobody's Fool
1994 as Clive Peoples Jr.
★ 6.9
The Chamber
The Chamber
1996 as Phelps Bowen
★ 6.0
Iceman
Iceman
1984 as Whitman
★ 6.2
The Front
The Front
1976 as Committee Chairman
★ 7.0
Absence of Malice
Absence of Malice
1981 as McAdam
★ 6.6
Bulworth
Bulworth
1998 as Doctor (uncredited)
★ 6.3
Hanky Panky
Hanky Panky
1982 as Adrian Pruitt
★ 5.3
Still of the Night
Still of the Night
1982 as George Bynum
★ 5.7
Citizen Cohn
Citizen Cohn
1992 as Albert Cohn
★ 6.3
The Proposition
The Proposition
1998 as Dryer
★ 6.0
Target
Target
1985 as Barney Taber
★ 5.9
The Next Best Thing
The Next Best Thing
2000 as Richard Whittaker
★ 5.2
Moonlight and Valentino
Moonlight and Valentino
1995 as Thomas Trager
★ 5.6
Man on a Swing
Man on a Swing
1974 as Pete Russell
★ 5.9
Mistrial
Mistrial
1996 as Nick Mirsky
★ 5.3
Dracula's Widow
Dracula's Widow
1988 as Lannon
★ 4.6
The Enemy Within
The Enemy Within
1994 as Defence Secretary Charles Potter
★ 5.8
Don't Drink the Water
Don't Drink the Water
1994 as Ambassador Magee
★ 5.6
Bloodhounds of Broadway
Bloodhounds of Broadway
1989 as Waldo Winchester
★ 5.7
Sparkling Cyanide
Sparkling Cyanide
1983 as George Barton
★ 5.9
Rollover
Rollover
1981 as Roy Lefcourt
★ 5.2
Oliver's Story
Oliver's Story
1978 as Dr. Dienhart
★ 4.8
Kansas
Kansas
1995 as Joseph 'Joe' Farley
★ 5.5
Hidden in America
Hidden in America
1996 as Edward Millerton
★ 5.4
Brotherly Love
Brotherly Love
1985 as Mr. Rafferty
★ 7.3
Valley Forge
Valley Forge
1975 as Brig. Gen. Varnum
★ 7.0
Too Far to Go
Too Far to Go
1979 as Henry Mills
★ 3.5
Doctor Franken
Doctor Franken
1980 as Mr. Parker
★ 6.0
Saigon: Year of the Cat
Saigon: Year of the Cat
1983 as Jack Ockham
★ 5.3
The Rosary Murders
The Rosary Murders
1987 as Lieutenant Koznicki
★ 5.6
Independence Day
Independence Day
1983 as Sam Taylor
★ 5.9
Double Image
Double Image
1986 as James Angleton
★ 5.4
X-Men: The Last Stand
X-Men: The Last Stand
2006 as The President
★ 6.4
Hostages
Hostages
1992 as Tom Sutherland
★ 6.1
Before the Storm
Before the Storm
1991 as Stewart Merriman
★ 9.0
Bridge to Silence
Bridge to Silence
1989 as Al Duffield
★ 7.7
An American Story
An American Story
1992 as Henry Meade
★ 6.4
Money, Power, Murder.
Money, Power, Murder.
1989 as Jack Finley
★ 5.4
The Execution of Raymond Graham
★ 6.6
Under Cover
Under Cover
1991 as Stewart Merriman
★ 8.0
Hide in Plain Sight
Hide in Plain Sight
1980 as Jason R. Reid
★ 5.7
Searching for Paradise
Searching for Paradise
2002 as Carl Greenslate
★ 6.0
William Shakespeare's Hamlet
William Shakespeare's Hamlet
1990 as Polonius
The Elephant King
The Elephant King
2006 as Bill Hunt
★ 5.9
Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys
★ 7.5
The Betty Ford Story
The Betty Ford Story
1987 as President Gerald Ford
Enemies
Enemies
1974 as Nikolai
When Will I Be Loved?
When Will I Be Loved?
1990 as Martin Ransil
★ 9.0
Forced March
Forced March
1989 as Richard Kline
★ 6.6
A Special Friendship
A Special Friendship
1987 as General Winder
★ 9.0
The Henderson Monster
The Henderson Monster
1980 as Dr. Martin Grossman
★ 6.0