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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
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8

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

(1999) Patrick Rumsey
Law & Order
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7

Law & Order

(1990) Judge Lawrence Hellman
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Average
8

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

(2001) Spencer Durning
Without a Trace
Average
7

Without a Trace

(2002) Peter Ducek
The West Wing
Average
8

The West Wing

(1999) Steve Gaines
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
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7
The Sum of All Fears
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6

The Sum of All Fears

(2002) Senator Jessup
The Invasion
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6

The Invasion

(2007) Dr. Henryk Belicec

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
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

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