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Josef Sommer

Acting
1934-06-26
Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
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 98 titles
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) subtitle poster
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 TV
as Patrick Rumsey
Subtitles Law & Order (1990) subtitle poster
Law & Order
1990 TV
as Defense Attorney Patrick Rumsey
Subtitles Law & Order (1990) subtitle poster
Law & Order
1990 TV
as Judge Lawrence Hellman
Subtitles Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001) subtitle poster
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001 TV
as Spencer Durning
Subtitles The West Wing (1999) subtitle poster
The West Wing
1999 TV
as Steve Gaines
Subtitles Without a Trace (2002) subtitle poster
Without a Trace
2002 TV
as Peter Ducek
Subtitles Early Edition (1996) subtitle poster
Early Edition
1996 TV
as John Dobbs
Subtitles Great Performances (1971) subtitle poster
Great Performances
1971 TV
as Nikolai
Subtitles Great Performances (1971) subtitle poster
Great Performances
1971 TV
as Polonius
Subtitles The Equalizer (1985) subtitle poster
The Equalizer
1985 TV
as Ernest Rasher
Subtitles Providence (1999) subtitle poster
Providence
1999 TV
as Thomas Wheelock
Subtitles Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1983) subtitle poster
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983 TV
Subtitles Ally McBeal (1997) subtitle poster
Ally McBeal
1997 TV
as Henry Thompson
Subtitles Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) subtitle poster
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1977 Movie
as Larry Butler
Subtitles The Invasion (2007) subtitle poster
The Invasion
2007 Movie
as Dr. Henryk Belicec
Subtitles The Other Guys (2010) subtitle poster
The Other Guys
2010 Movie
as District Attorney Radford (uncredited)
Subtitles Dirty Harry (1971) subtitle poster
Dirty Harry
1971 Movie
as Rothko
Subtitles The Family Man (2000) subtitle poster
The Family Man
2000 Movie
as Peter Lassiter
Subtitles Patch Adams (1998) subtitle poster
Patch Adams
1998 Movie
as Dr. Eaton
Subtitles Witness (1985) subtitle poster
Witness
1985 Movie
as Schaeffer
Subtitles The Sum of All Fears (2002) subtitle poster
The Sum of All Fears
2002 Movie
as Senator Jessup
Subtitles Shaft (2000) subtitle poster
Shaft
2000 Movie
as Curt Flemming
Subtitles The Stepford Wives (1975) subtitle poster
The Stepford Wives
1975 Movie
as Ted Van Sant
Subtitles Stop-Loss (2008) subtitle poster
Stop-Loss
2008 Movie
as Senator Orton Worrell
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