Josef Sommer
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1934-06-26
Place of birth: Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
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.
Known for
Dirty Harry
1971Rothko
Chances Are
1989Judge Fenwick
Malice
1993Atty. Lester Adams
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1977Larry Butler
The Next Best Thing
2000Richard Whittaker
Patch Adams
1998Dr. Eaton
The Mighty Ducks
1992Mr. Ducksworth
Don't Drink the Water
1994Ambassador Magee
The Invasion
2007Dr. Henryk Belicec
Sparkling Cyanide
1983George Barton
Nobody's Fool
1994Clive Peoples Jr.
The Chamber
1996Phelps Bowen
Stop-Loss
2008Senator Orton Worrell
Witness
1985Schaeffer
The Elephant King
2006Bill Hunt
Silkwood
1983Max Richter
X-Men: The Last Stand
2006The President
D.A.R.Y.L.
1985Dr. Jeffrey Stewart
Double Image
1986James Angleton