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Aliases: M. Josef Sommer , Josef Somer
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
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Movie Involvements: 59
TV Involvements: 17
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
(1999) Patrick RumseyLaw & Order
(1990) Judge Lawrence HellmanLaw & Order: Criminal Intent
(2001) Spencer DurningWithout a Trace
(2002) Peter DucekThe West Wing
(1999) Steve GainesClose Encounters of the Third Kind
(1977) Larry ButlerThe Sum of All Fears
(2002) Senator JessupThe Invasion
(2007) Dr. Henryk BelicecActing
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
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2008 | Senator Orton Worrell | |
2007 | Dr. Henryk Belicec | |
2006 | The President | |
Bill Hunt | ||
2002 | Peter Ducek | |
Carl Greenslate | ||
Senator Jessup | ||
Woodrow Wilson | ||
2001 | Spencer Durning | |
2000 | Peter Lassiter | |
Woodrow Wilson | ||
Curt Flemming | ||
Richard Whittaker | ||
1999 | Steve Gaines | |
Patrick Rumsey | ||
N/A | ||
N/A | ||
Thomas Wheelock | ||
1998 | Dr. Eaton | |
Doctor (uncredited) | ||
1997 | N/A | |
1996 | Edward Millerton | |
Nick Mirsky | ||
Phelps Bowen | ||
N/A | ||
1995 | Palmer Strickland | |
Thomas Trager | ||
N/A | ||
Joseph 'Joe' Farley | ||
1994 | Clive Peoples Jr. | |
Ambassador Magee | ||
Defence Secretary Charles Potter | ||
Col. Morrow | ||
1993 | Atty. Lester Adams | |
1992 | Henry Meade | |
Mr. Ducksworth | ||
Tom Sutherland | ||
Albert Cohn | ||
1991 | Priest | |
Joseph Kennedy Sr. | ||
Stewart Merriman | ||
Stewart Merriman | ||
Stewart Merriman | ||
1990 | Martin Ransil | |
Polonius | ||
Defense Attorney Patrick Rumsey | ||
Judge Lawrence Hellman | ||
Franklin D. Roosevelt | ||
1989 | Jack Finley | |
Waldo Winchester | ||
Richard Kline | ||
Charles Estiman | ||
Al Duffield | ||
Judge Fenwick | ||
1988 | Lannon | |
Dr. Sam Garrison | ||
1987 | Lieutenant Koznicki | |
General Winder | ||
President Gerald Ford | ||
1986 | James Angleton | |
1985 | Jim Neal | |
Barney Taber | ||
Ernest Rasher | ||
Dr. Jeffrey Stewart | ||
Mr. Rafferty | ||
Chief Paul Schaeffer | ||
1984 | Whitman | |
1983 | Max Richter | |
Jack Ockham | ||
George Barton | ||
N/A | ||
Sam Taylor | ||
1982 | Narrator (voice) | |
George Bynum | ||
Adrian Pruitt | ||
1981 | State Department Official | |
McAdam | ||
Roy Lefcourt | ||
1980 | Dr. Martin Grossman | |
Jason R. Reid | ||
Mr. Parker | ||
1979 | Henry Mills | |
Nathaniel Hawthorne | ||
1978 | Dr. Dienhart | |
Ezra Mannon | ||
1977 | Larry Butler | |
Benson Fisher | ||
1976 | Committee Chairman | |
Pomeroy | ||
1975 | N/A | |
Ted Van Sant | ||
1974 | Pete Russell | |
Nikolai | ||
1972 | Proctor | |
1971 | Rothko | |
Nikolai | ||
Polonius | ||
1951 | Brig. Gen. Varnum | |
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |