Josef Sommer
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1934-06-26
Place of Birth
Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
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.
Also Known For
Dirty Harry
Dec 23, 1971
Chances Are
Mar 10, 1989
Malice
Sep 29, 1993
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Dec 14, 1977
The Next Best Thing
Mar 03, 2000
Patch Adams
Dec 25, 1998
The Mighty Ducks
Oct 02, 1992
Don't Drink the Water
Dec 18, 1994
The Invasion
Aug 17, 2007
Sparkling Cyanide
Nov 05, 1983
Nobody's Fool
Dec 23, 1994
The Chamber
Oct 11, 1996
Stop-Loss
Mar 28, 2008
Witness
Feb 08, 1985
The Elephant King
Apr 26, 2006
Silkwood
Dec 14, 1983
X-Men: The Last Stand
May 24, 2006
D.A.R.Y.L.
Jun 14, 1985
Double Image
Apr 06, 1986
Bulworth
May 15, 1998
Rollover
Oct 11, 1981
Hide in Plain Sight
Mar 21, 1980
Absence of Malice
Nov 19, 1981
Bloodhounds of Broadway
Nov 03, 1989
Bridge to Silence
Apr 09, 1989
Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman
Apr 30, 1989
An American Story
Nov 29, 1992
Dracula's Widow
Sep 14, 1988
Too Far to Go
Mar 12, 1979
The Execution of Raymond Graham
Nov 17, 1985
The Front
Sep 17, 1976
Money, Power, Murder.
Dec 10, 1989
Oliver's Story
Dec 15, 1978
The Henderson Monster
May 27, 1980
Man on a Swing
Feb 24, 1974
Searching for Paradise
Jun 24, 2002
Independence Day
Jan 21, 1983
Enemies
Jan 23, 1974
Forced March
Nov 03, 1989
The Betty Ford Story
Mar 02, 1987
Strange Days
Oct 13, 1995
Shadows and Fog
Dec 05, 1991
When Will I Be Loved?
Dec 03, 1990
Still of the Night
Nov 19, 1982
Mistrial
Nov 02, 1996
The Enemy Within
Aug 24, 1994
Under Cover
Jan 05, 1991
Before the Storm
Jul 13, 1991
Saigon: Year Of The Cat
Nov 29, 1983
The Sum of All Fears
May 31, 2002
Hanky Panky
Jun 04, 1982
Brotherly Love
May 28, 1985
Hostages
Sep 23, 1992
Iceman
Apr 13, 1984
Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker
Feb 26, 1994
Kansas
Jul 27, 1995
The Witches of Salem: The Horror and the Hope
Jan 01, 1972
A Special Friendship
Mar 31, 1987
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change
Sep 20, 2000
Letter to My Killer
Aug 09, 1995
Valley Forge
Dec 03, 1975
Shaft
Jun 15, 2000
Sophie's Choice
Dec 08, 1982
Reds
Dec 25, 1981
Citizen Cohn
Aug 22, 1992
Doctor Franken
Jan 13, 1980
Moonlight and Valentino
Sep 29, 1995
The Family Man
Dec 12, 2000
Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys
Apr 22, 1976
The Stepford Wives
Feb 12, 1975
Target
Nov 08, 1985
The Rosary Murders
Aug 28, 1987
William Shakespeare's Hamlet
Nov 02, 1990
Hidden in America
Dec 01, 1996
The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer
May 09, 1999
The Other Guys
Aug 06, 2010
Ally McBeal
Sep 08, 1997
Providence
Jan 08, 1999
Early Edition
Sep 28, 1996
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Sep 20, 1999
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
Oct 03, 1983
Without a Trace
Sep 26, 2002
The Equalizer
Sep 18, 1985
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Dec 24, 1951
Under Cover
Jan 07, 1991
A Woman Named Jackie
Oct 13, 1991
The Andros Targets
Jan 31, 1977
Hothouse
Jun 30, 1988
The Kennedys of Massachusetts
Feb 18, 1990
The West Wing
Sep 22, 1999
Law & Order
Sep 13, 1990
The Scarlet Letter
Mar 03, 1979
Mourning Becomes Electra
Dec 06, 1978
Law & Order
Sep 13, 1990
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Sep 30, 2001
The Hunt For The Unicorn Killer
May 09, 1999
Great Performances
Jan 28, 1971