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Josef Sommer

Josef Sommer

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.

Personal information

Birthday

1934-06-26

Birth Place

Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

Movies and TV shows :

A Special Friendship

A Special Friendship

1987

0.0

Movie
poster

A Woman Named Jackie

1991

9.2

TV
Absence of Malice

Absence of Malice

1981

6.6

Movie
poster

Ally McBeal

1997

6.6

TV
An American Story

An American Story

1992

5.8

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

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

1994

6.3

Movie
Before the Storm

Before the Storm

1991

0.0

Movie
Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman

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

1989

6.7

Movie
Bloodhounds of Broadway

Bloodhounds of Broadway

1989

5.7

Movie
Bridge to Silence

Bridge to Silence

1989

6.0

Movie
Brotherly Love

Brotherly Love

1985

7.0

Movie
Bulworth

Bulworth

1998

6.3

Movie
Chances Are

Chances Are

1989

6.6

Movie
Citizen Cohn

Citizen Cohn

1992

6.3

Movie
Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

1977

7.4

Movie
D.A.R.Y.L.

D.A.R.Y.L.

1985

6.4

Movie
Dirty Harry

Dirty Harry

1971

7.5

Movie
Doctor Franken

Doctor Franken

1980

2.0

Movie
Don't Drink the Water

Don't Drink the Water

1994

5.6

Movie
Double Image

Double Image

1986

5.7

Movie
Dracula's Widow

Dracula's Widow

1988

4.6

Movie
poster

Early Edition

1996

7.3

TV
Enemies

Enemies

1974

0.0

Movie
Forced March

Forced March

1989

6.0

Movie
poster

Great Performances

1971

5.2

TV
poster

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

8.7

TV
Hanky Panky

Hanky Panky

1982

5.3

Movie
Hidden in America

Hidden in America

1996

5.9

Movie
Hide in Plain Sight

Hide in Plain Sight

1980

5.3

Movie
Hostages

Hostages

1992

6.5

Movie
poster

Hothouse

1988

5.0

TV
Iceman

Iceman

1984

6.1

Movie
Independence Day

Independence Day

1983

5.5

Movie
Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys

Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys

1976

6.0

Movie
Kansas

Kansas

1995

5.0

Movie
poster

Law & Order

1990

7.4

TV
poster

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

2001

7.6

TV
poster

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999

7.9

TV
Letter to My Killer

Letter to My Killer

1995

6.0

Movie
Malice

Malice

1993

6.3

Movie
Man on a Swing

Man on a Swing

1974

5.8

Movie
Mistrial

Mistrial

1996

4.8

Movie
Money, Power, Murder.

Money, Power, Murder.

1989

5.2

Movie
Moonlight and Valentino

Moonlight and Valentino

1995

5.6

Movie
poster

Mourning Becomes Electra

1978

1.0

TV
Nobody's Fool

Nobody's Fool

1994

6.9

Movie
Oliver's Story

Oliver's Story

1978

4.8

Movie
Patch Adams

Patch Adams

1998

7.3

Movie
poster

Providence

1999

6.5

TV
Reds

Reds

1981

6.9

Movie
Rollover

Rollover

1981

5.1

Movie
Saigon: Year Of The Cat

Saigon: Year Of The Cat

1983

4.6

Movie
poster

Scarecrow and Mrs. King

1983

6.4

TV
Searching for Paradise

Searching for Paradise

2002

4.0

Movie
Shadows and Fog

Shadows and Fog

1991

6.7

Movie
Shaft

Shaft

2000

6.0

Movie
Silkwood

Silkwood

1983

6.9

Movie
Sophie's Choice

Sophie's Choice

1982

7.3

Movie
Sparkling Cyanide

Sparkling Cyanide

1983

6.1

Movie
Still of the Night

Still of the Night

1982

5.7

Movie
Stop-Loss

Stop-Loss

2008

6.1

Movie
Strange Days

Strange Days

1995

7.0

Movie
Target

Target

1985

5.9

Movie
poster

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones

2002

7.0

TV
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change

2000

5.7

Movie
poster

The Andros Targets

1977

5.0

TV
The Betty Ford Story

The Betty Ford Story

1987

0.0

Movie
The Chamber

The Chamber

1996

6.0

Movie
The Elephant King

The Elephant King

2006

5.9

Movie
The Enemy Within

The Enemy Within

1994

5.7

Movie
poster

The Equalizer

1985

7.1

TV
The Execution of Raymond Graham

The Execution of Raymond Graham

1985

6.6

Movie
The Family Man

The Family Man

2000

6.8

Movie
The Front

The Front

1976

7.0

Movie
The Henderson Monster

The Henderson Monster

1980

0.0

Movie
The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer

The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer

1999

5.3

Movie
poster

The Hunt For The Unicorn Killer

1999

4.7

TV
The Invasion

The Invasion

2007

6.0

Movie
poster

The Kennedys of Massachusetts

1990

7.3

TV
The Mighty Ducks

The Mighty Ducks

1992

6.6

Movie
The Next Best Thing

The Next Best Thing

2000

5.3

Movie
The Rosary Murders

The Rosary Murders

1987

5.5

Movie
poster

The Scarlet Letter

1979

4.7

TV
The Stepford Wives

The Stepford Wives

1975

6.7

Movie
The Sum of All Fears

The Sum of All Fears

2002

6.3

Movie
poster

The West Wing

1999

8.3

TV
The Witches of Salem: The Horror and the Hope

The Witches of Salem: The Horror and the Hope

1972

0.0

Movie
Too Far to Go

Too Far to Go

1979

1.0

Movie
Under Cover

Under Cover

1991

0.0

Movie
poster

Under Cover

1991

6.0

TV
Valley Forge

Valley Forge

1975

0.0

Movie
When Will I Be Loved?

When Will I Be Loved?

1990

0.0

Movie
William Shakespeare's Hamlet

William Shakespeare's Hamlet

1990

0.0

Movie
poster

Without a Trace

2002

7.3

TV
Witness

Witness

1985

7.1

Movie
X-Men: The Last Stand

X-Men: The Last Stand

2006

6.4

Movie