Josef Sommer
Known for: Acting
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
Series
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Patrick Rumsey
1999
Series
Law & Order
Defense Attorney Patrick Rumsey
1990
Series
Law & Order
Judge Lawrence Hellman
1990
Series
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Spencer Durning
2001
Series
The West Wing
Steve Gaines
1999
Series
Great Performances
Nikolai
1971
Series
Great Performances
Polonius
1971
Series
Without a Trace
Peter Ducek
2002
Series
American Playhouse
Doc
1982
Series
American Playhouse
Waldo Winchester
1982
Series
Early Edition
John Dobbs
1996
Series
Screen Two
James Angleton
1985
Series
The Equalizer
Ernest Rasher
1985
Series
Providence
Thomas Wheelock
1999
Series
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983
Series
Ally McBeal
Henry Thompson
1997
Film
The Other Guys
District Attorney Radford (uncredited)
2010
Film
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Larry Butler
1977
Film
The Sum of All Fears
Senator Jessup
2002
Film
The Family Man
Peter Lassiter
2000
Film
The Invasion
Dr. Henryk Belicec
2007
Film
Dirty Harry
Rothko
1971
Series
The Adams Chronicles
Charles Lee
1976
Film
Patch Adams
Dr. Eaton
1998
Film
Strange Days
Palmer Strickland
1995
Film
Shaft
Curt Flemming
2000
Film
Witness
Schaeffer
1985
Film
Sophie's Choice
Narrator (voice)
1982
Film
The Chamber
Phelps Bowen
1996
Film
The Stepford Wives
Ted Van Sant
1975
Series
The Andros Targets
Benson Fisher
1977
Film
The Next Best Thing
Richard Whittaker
2000
Film
D.A.R.Y.L.
Dr. Jeffrey Stewart
1985
Series
Hothouse
Dr. Sam Garrison
1988
Film
The Mighty Ducks
Mr. Ducksworth
1992
Series
A Woman Named Jackie
Joseph Kennedy Sr.
1991
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Brig. Gen. Varnum
1951
Film
Malice
Atty. Lester Adams
1993
Film
Nobody's Fool
Clive Peoples Jr.
1994
Under Cover
Stewart Merriman
1991
Series
The Kennedys of Massachusetts
Franklin D. Roosevelt
1990
Film
Stop-Loss
Senator Orton Worrell
2008
Film
Shadows and Fog
Priest
1991
Film
Chances Are
Judge Fenwick
1989
Film
Reds
State Department Official
1981
Series
The Hunt For The Unicorn Killer
1999
Film
Still of the Night
George Bynum
1982
Film
Absence of Malice
McAdam
1981
Film
Hanky Panky
Adrian Pruitt
1982
Film
Silkwood
Max Richter
1983
Film
Bulworth
Doctor (uncredited)
1998
Film
The Front
Committee Chairman
1976
Film
Iceman
Whitman
1984
Series
Mourning Becomes Electra
Ezra Mannon
1978
Film
The Enemy Within
Defence Secretary Charles Potter
1994
Series
The Scarlet Letter
Nathaniel Hawthorne
1979
Film
The Proposition
Dryer
1998
Film
Moonlight and Valentino
Thomas Trager
1995
Film
Mistrial
Nick Mirsky
1996
Film
Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker
Col. Morrow
1994
Film
Sparkling Cyanide
George Barton
1983
Film
Target
Barney Taber
1985
Film
Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman
Charles Estiman
1989
Film
Double Image
James Angleton
1986
Film
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change
Woodrow Wilson
2000
Film
The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer
1999
Film
Oliver's Story
Dr. Dienhart
1978
Film
Don't Drink the Water
Ambassador Magee
1994
Film
Man on a Swing
Pete Russell
1974
Film
Bloodhounds of Broadway
Waldo Winchester
1989
Film
Hide in Plain Sight
Jason R. Reid
1980
Film
Hidden in America
Edward Millerton
1996
Film
Dracula's Widow
Lannon
1988
Film
The Execution of Raymond Graham
Jim Neal
1985
Film
Citizen Cohn
Albert Cohn
1992
Film
The Rosary Murders
Lieutenant Koznicki
1987
Film
Rollover
Roy Lefcourt
1981
Film
William Shakespeare's Hamlet
Polonius
1990
Film
Independence Day
Sam Taylor
1983
Film
Saigon: Year of the Cat
Jack Ockham
1983
Film
Before the Storm
Stewart Merriman
1991
Film
The Betty Ford Story
President Gerald Ford
1987
Film
When Will I Be Loved?
Martin Ransil
1990
Film
The Witches of Salem: The Horror and the Hope
Proctor
1972
Film
Valley Forge
Brig. Gen. Varnum
1975
Film
An American Story
Henry Meade
1992
Film
A Special Friendship
General Winder
1987
Film
Too Far to Go
Henry Mills
1979
Film
Brotherly Love
Mr. Rafferty
1985
Film
The Elephant King
Bill Hunt
2006
Film
Money, Power, Murder.
Jack Finley
1989
Film
The Henderson Monster
Dr. Martin Grossman
1980
Film
Forced March
Richard Kline
1989
Film
Kansas
Joseph 'Joe' Farley
1995
Film
Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys
Pomeroy
1976
Film
Doctor Franken
Mr. Parker
1980
Film
Under Cover
Stewart Merriman
1991
Film
Letter to My Killer
1995
Film
Bridge to Silence
Al Duffield
1989
Film
X-Men: The Last Stand
The President
2006
Film
Enemies
Nikolai
1974
Film
Hostages
Tom Sutherland
1992
Film
Searching for Paradise
Carl Greenslate
2002