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Josef Sommer

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1934-06-26 (Age: 92)

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.

Filmography (77)

⭐ 6.3 Role: District Attorney Radford (uncredited)

The Other Guys

2010
⭐ 6.1 Role: Senator Orton Worrell

Stop-Loss

2008
⭐ 6.0 Role: Dr. Henryk Belicec

The Invasion

2007
⭐ 6.4 Role: The President

X-Men: The Last Stand

2006
⭐ 5.9 Role: Bill Hunt

The Elephant King

2006
⭐ 6.0 Role: Carl Greenslate

Searching for Paradise

2002
⭐ 6.4 Role: Senator Jessup

The Sum of All Fears

2002
⭐ 6.8 Role: Peter Lassiter

The Family Man

2000
⭐ 5.8 Role: Woodrow Wilson

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change

2000
⭐ 6.0 Role: Curt Flemming

Shaft

2000
⭐ 5.2 Role: Richard Whittaker

The Next Best Thing

2000
⭐ 4.7 Role: Unknown

The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer

1999
⭐ 7.3 Role: Dr. Eaton

Patch Adams

1998
⭐ 6.3 Role: Doctor (uncredited)

Bulworth

1998
⭐ 6.0 Role: Dryer

The Proposition

1998