Josef Sommer
Age: N/A | From: Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: M. Josef Sommer , Josef Somer
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
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Movie Involvements: 56
TV Involvements: 15
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 Rumsey
Law & Order
(1990) Judge Lawrence Hellman
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
(2001) Spencer Durning
Without a Trace
(2002) Peter Ducek
The West Wing
(1999) Steve Gaines
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
(1977) Larry Butler
The Sum of All Fears
(2002) Senator Jessup
The Invasion
(2007) Dr. Henryk BelicecActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Senator Orton Worrell | |
| 2007 | Dr. Henryk Belicec | |
| 2006 | The President | |
| Bill Hunt | ||
| 2002 | Peter Ducek | |
| Carl Greenslate | ||
| Senator Jessup | ||
| 2001 | Spencer Durning | |
| 2000 | Peter Lassiter | |
| Curt Flemming | ||
| Richard Whittaker | ||
| 1999 | Steve Gaines | |
| Patrick Rumsey | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| Thomas Wheelock | ||
| Woodrow Wilson | ||
| 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 | ||
| 1990 | Martin Ransil | |
| Polonius | ||
| Defense Attorney Patrick Rumsey | ||
| Judge Lawrence Hellman | ||
| Franklin D. Roosevelt | ||
| 1989 | Jack Finley | |
| Richard Kline | ||
| Waldo Winchester | ||
| 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 | ||
| N/A | ||
| 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 | N/A | |
| 1971 | Rothko | |
| Nikolai | ||
| Polonius | ||
| 1951 | Brig. Gen. Varnum | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
