Personal Info
Birthday
June 26, 1934
Place of Birth
Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
Known For
Acting
Josef Sommer
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.
Acting Filmography (99)
6.3
The Other Guys
Movie2010
6.1
Stop-Loss
Movie2008
6.0
The Invasion
Movie2007
6.4
X-Men: The Last Stand
Movie2006
No Backdrop
5.9
The Elephant King
Movie2006
7.2
Without a Trace
TV Series2002
No Backdrop
6.0
Searching for Paradise
Movie2002
6.4
The Sum of All Fears
Movie2002
7.6
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
TV Series2001
6.8
The Family Man
Movie2000
5.8
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change
Movie2000
6.0
Shaft
Movie2000
5.3
The Next Best Thing
Movie2000
8.3
The West Wing
TV Series1999
8.0
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV Series1999
4.7
The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer
Movie1999
4.7
The Hunt For The Unicorn Killer
TV Series1999
No Backdrop
6.7
Providence
TV Series1999
7.3
Patch Adams
Movie1998
6.3
Bulworth
Movie1998
6.1
The Proposition
Movie1998
6.5
Ally McBeal
TV Series1997
5.1
Hidden in America
Movie1996
5.3
Mistrial
Movie1996
6.0
The Chamber
Movie1996
7.3
Early Edition
TV Series1996
7.0
Strange Days
Movie1995
5.6
Moonlight and Valentino
Movie1995
No Backdrop
6.5
Letter to My Killer
Movie1995
5.5
Kansas
Movie1995
6.9
Nobody's Fool
Movie1994
5.6
Don't Drink the Water
Movie1994
5.8
The Enemy Within
Movie1994
No Backdrop
6.3
Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker
Movie1994
6.3
Malice
Movie1993
6.4
An American Story
Movie1992
6.6
The Mighty Ducks
Movie1992
No Backdrop
6.1
Hostages
Movie1992
6.3
Citizen Cohn
Movie1992
6.7
Shadows and Fog
Movie1991
8.8
A Woman Named Jackie
TV Series1991
No Backdrop
9.0
Before the Storm
Movie1991
No Backdrop
8.0
Under Cover
Movie1991
No Backdrop
9.0
When Will I Be Loved?
Movie1990
0.0
William Shakespeare's Hamlet
Movie1990
7.3
Law & Order
TV Series1990
No Backdrop
7.8
The Kennedys of Massachusetts
TV Series1990
No Backdrop
5.4
Money, Power, Murder.
Movie1989
5.7
Bloodhounds of Broadway
Movie1989
No Backdrop
6.6
Forced March
Movie1989
6.6
Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman
Movie1989
No Backdrop
7.7
Bridge to Silence
Movie1989
6.6
Chances Are
Movie1989
4.6
Dracula's Widow
Movie1988
7.5
Hothouse
TV Series1988
5.6
The Rosary Murders
Movie1987
No Backdrop
9.0
A Special Friendship
Movie1987
No Backdrop
0.0
The Betty Ford Story
Movie1987
5.4
Double Image
Movie1986
6.6
The Execution of Raymond Graham
Movie1985
5.9
Target
Movie1985
7.1
The Equalizer
TV Series1985
6.4
D.A.R.Y.L.
Movie1985
7.3
Brotherly Love
Movie1985
7.1
Witness
Movie1985
7.1
Screen Two
TV Series1985
6.2
Iceman
Movie1984
6.9
Silkwood
Movie1983
No Backdrop
5.3
Saigon: Year of the Cat
Movie1983
5.9
Sparkling Cyanide
Movie1983
6.6
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
TV Series1983
5.9
Independence Day
Movie1983
7.3
Sophie's Choice
Movie1982
5.7
Still of the Night
Movie1982
5.3
Hanky Panky
Movie1982
6.6
American Playhouse
TV Series1982
6.9
Reds
Movie1981
6.6
Absence of Malice
Movie1981
5.2
Rollover
Movie1981
No Backdrop
6.0
The Henderson Monster
Movie1980
5.7
Hide in Plain Sight
Movie1980
No Backdrop
6.0
Doctor Franken
Movie1980
No Backdrop
3.5
Too Far to Go
Movie1979
4.5
The Scarlet Letter
TV Series1979
4.8
Oliver's Story
Movie1978
No Backdrop
5.0
Mourning Becomes Electra
TV Series1978
7.4
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Movie1977
No Backdrop
7.0
The Andros Targets
TV Series1977
7.0
The Front
Movie1976
No Backdrop
7.5
Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys
Movie1976
7.4
The Adams Chronicles
TV Series1976
No Backdrop
7.0
Valley Forge
Movie1975
6.7
The Stepford Wives
Movie1975
5.9
Man on a Swing
Movie1974
No Backdrop
0.0
Enemies
Movie1974
No Backdrop
10.0
The Witches of Salem: The Horror and the Hope
Movie1972
7.5
Dirty Harry
Movie1971
6.1
Great Performances
TV Series1971
8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV Series1951