Acting
Josef Sommer — Movies and TV Shows
Born 1934-06-26Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
Also known as: M. Josef Sommer, Josef Somer, جوزف سومر
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.
Popular movie credits
The Other Guys
20106.3
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
19777.4
The Sum of All Fears
20026.4
The Invasion
20076.1
Sophie's Choice
19827.3
Dirty Harry
19717.5
The Family Man
20006.8
Patch Adams
19987.3
Witness
19857.1
Shaft
20006.0
Strange Days
19957.0
The Mighty Ducks
19926.6
Malice
19936.3
Nobody's Fool
19946.9
Chances Are
19896.6
Popular TV credits
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
19998.0
Law & Order
19907.3
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
20017.6
The West Wing
19998.3
Without a Trace
20027.2
Great Performances
19716.1
American Playhouse
19826.6
Screen Two
19857.1
The Equalizer
19857.1
Early Edition
19967.3
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
19836.7
Providence
19996.7
Ally McBeal
19976.5
The Adams Chronicles
19767.4
A Woman Named Jackie
19918.8
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