Acting
Josef Sommer
1934 · Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
30 films
Bio
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
The Other Guys
District Attorney Radford (uncredited)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Larry Butler
The Family Man
Peter Lassiter
The Sum of All Fears
Senator Jessup
The Invasion
Dr. Henryk Belicec
Dirty Harry
Rothko
Patch Adams
Dr. Eaton
Strange Days
Palmer Strickland
Shaft
Curt Flemming
Witness
Schaeffer
Malice
Atty. Lester Adams
The Mighty Ducks
Mr. Ducksworth