Josef Sommer
Known for Acting
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
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1977
as Larry Butler
The Other Guys
2010
as District Attorney Radford (uncredited)
Dirty Harry
1971
as Rothko
The Invasion
2007
as Dr. Henryk Belicec
Strange Days
1995
as Palmer Strickland
The Sum of All Fears
2002
as Senator Jessup
Witness
1985
as Schaeffer
Patch Adams
1998
as Dr. Eaton
Shaft
2000
as Curt Flemming
Stop-Loss
2008
as Senator Orton Worrell
The Family Man
2000
as Peter Lassiter
Bulworth
1998
as Doctor (uncredited)
Reds
1981
as State Department Official
Malice
1993
as Atty. Lester Adams
Sophie's Choice
1982
as Narrator (voice)
Iceman
1984
as Whitman
Mistrial
1996
as Nick Mirsky
Silkwood
1983
as Max Richter
The Chamber
1996
as Phelps Bowen
The Mighty Ducks
1992
as Mr. Ducksworth