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 Nobodys 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 Sophies Choice.

All movies available from Josef Sommer

Poster movie Chances Are

Chances Are

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Poster movie Malice

Malice

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Poster movie Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Close Encounters of the T

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Poster movie The Next Best Thing

The Next Best Thing

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Poster movie Patch Adams

Patch Adams

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Poster movie The Mighty Ducks

The Mighty Ducks

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Poster movie Don't Drink the Water

Don't Drink the Water

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Poster movie The Invasion

The Invasion

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Poster movie Sparkling Cyanide

Sparkling Cyanide

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Poster movie Nobody's Fool

Nobody's Fool

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Poster movie The Chamber

The Chamber

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Poster movie Stop-Loss

Stop-Loss

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Poster movie Silkwood

Silkwood

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Poster movie X-Men: The Last Stand

X-Men: The Last Stand

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Poster movie Double Image

Double Image

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Poster movie Rollover

Rollover

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Poster movie Hide in Plain Sight

Hide in Plain Sight

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Poster movie Absence of Malice

Absence of Malice

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Poster movie Bloodhounds of Broadway

Bloodhounds of Broadway

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Poster movie Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman

Bionic Showdown: The Six

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Poster movie An American Story

An American Story

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Poster movie Too Far to Go

Too Far to Go

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Poster movie The Front

The Front

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Poster movie Oliver's Story

Oliver's Story

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Poster movie Independence Day

Independence Day

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Poster movie Strange Days

Strange Days

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Poster movie Shadows and Fog

Shadows and Fog

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Poster movie Still of the Night

Still of the Night

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Poster movie Mistrial

Mistrial

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Poster movie The Enemy Within

The Enemy Within

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Poster movie Under Cover

Under Cover

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Poster movie Before the Storm

Before the Storm

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Poster movie The Sum of All Fears

The Sum of All Fears

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Poster movie Hanky Panky

Hanky Panky

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Poster movie Brotherly Love

Brotherly Love

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Poster movie Iceman

Iceman

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Poster movie Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker

Assault at West Point: Th

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Poster movie The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change

The Adventures of Young I

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Poster movie Shaft

Shaft

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Poster movie Sophie's Choice

Sophie's Choice

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Poster movie Reds

Reds

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Poster movie Citizen Cohn

Citizen Cohn

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Poster movie Moonlight and Valentino

Moonlight and Valentino

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Poster movie The Family Man

The Family Man

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Poster movie The Stepford Wives

The Stepford Wives

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Poster movie The Kennedys of Massachusetts

The Kennedys of Massachus

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Poster movie Mourning Becomes Electra

Mourning Becomes Electra

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Poster movie The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones

The Adventures of Young I

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Poster movie Great Performances

Great Performances

Tv series
Poster movie Great Performances

Great Performances

Tv series

Movies unavailable from Josef Sommer

Dirty Harry

Rothko

Movie 1971

Witness

Chief Paul Schaeffer

Movie 1985

The Elephant King

Bill Hunt

Movie 2006

D.A.R.Y.L.

Dr. Jeffrey Stewart

Movie 1985

Bulworth

Doctor (uncredited)

Movie 1998

Bridge to Silence

Al Duffield

Movie 1989

Dracula's Widow

Lannon

Movie 1988

The Execution of Raymond Graham

Jim Neal

Movie 1985

Money, Power, Murder.

Jack Finley

Movie 1989

The Henderson Monster

Dr. Martin Grossman

Movie 1980

Man on a Swing

Pete Russell

Movie 1974

Searching for Paradise

Carl Greenslate

Movie 2002

Enemies

Nikolai

Movie 1974

Forced March

Richard Kline

Movie 1989

The Betty Ford Story

President Gerald Ford

Movie 1987

When Will I Be Loved?

Martin Ransil

Movie 1990

Saigon: Year Of The Cat

Jack Ockham

Movie 1983

Hostages

Tom Sutherland

Movie 1992

Kansas

Joseph 'Joe' Farley

Movie 1995

The Witches of Salem: The Horror and the Hope

Proctor

Movie 1972

A Special Friendship

General Winder

Movie 1987

Letter to My Killer

Movie 1995

Valley Forge

Movie 1975

Doctor Franken

Mr. Parker

Movie 1980

Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys

Pomeroy

Movie 1976

Target

Barney Taber

Movie 1985

The Rosary Murders

Lieutenant Koznicki

Movie 1987

William Shakespeare's Hamlet

Polonius

Movie 1990

Hidden in America

Edward Millerton

Movie 1996

The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer

Movie 1999

Tv series unavailable from Josef Sommer

Ally McBeal

Tv 1997

Providence

Thomas Wheelock

Tv 1999

Early Edition

Tv 1996

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Patrick Rumsey

Tv 1999

Scarecrow and Mrs. King

Tv 1983

Without a Trace

Peter Ducek

Tv 2002

The Equalizer

Ernest Rasher

Tv 1985

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Brig. Gen. Varnum

Tv 1951

Under Cover

Stewart Merriman

Tv 1991

A Woman Named Jackie

Joseph Kennedy Sr.

Tv 1991

The Andros Targets

Benson Fisher

Tv 1977

Hothouse

Dr. Sam Garrison

Tv 1988

The West Wing

Steve Gaines

Tv 1999

Law & Order

Defense Attorney Patrick Rumsey

Tv 1990

The Scarlet Letter

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Tv 1979

Law & Order

Judge Lawrence Hellman

Tv 1990

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Spencer Durning

Tv 2001

The Hunt For The Unicorn Killer

Tv 1999