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Josef Sommer
Actor

Josef Sommer

Born June 26, 1934 in Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

21 films

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 21

Stop-Loss (2008) movie poster
Stop-Loss2008
The Invasion (2007) movie poster
The Invasion2007
Shaft (2000) movie poster
Shaft2000
The Family Man (2000) movie poster
The Family Man2000
The Next Best Thing (2000) movie poster
The Next Best Thing2000
Patch Adams (1998) movie poster
Patch Adams1998
Moonlight and Valentino (1995) movie poster
Moonlight and Valentino1995
Don't Drink the Water (1994) movie poster
Don't Drink the Water1994
Nobody's Fool (1994) movie poster
Nobody's Fool1994
Malice (1993) movie poster
Malice1993
The Mighty Ducks (1992) movie poster
The Mighty Ducks1992
Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman (1989) movie poster
Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman1989
Chances Are (1989) movie poster
Chances Are1989
D.A.R.Y.L. (1985) movie poster
D.A.R.Y.L.1985
Target (1985) movie poster
Target1985
Witness (1985) movie poster
Witness1985
Iceman (1984) movie poster
Iceman1984
Silkwood (1983) movie poster
Silkwood1983
Hanky Panky (1982) movie poster
Hanky Panky1982
Still of the Night (1982) movie poster
Still of the Night1982
Absence of Malice (1981) movie poster
Absence of Malice1981