Josef Sommer
Actor
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
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
as Larry Butler 1977
The Other Guys
as District Attorney Radford (uncredited) 2010
Patch Adams
as Dr. Eaton 1998
Dirty Harry
as Rothko 1971
The Family Man
as Peter Lassiter 2000
The Sum of All Fears
as Senator Jessup 2002
Witness
as Chief Paul Schaeffer 1985
The Invasion
as Dr. Henryk Belicec 2007
Strange Days
as Palmer Strickland 1995
Shaft
as Curt Flemming 2000
The Mighty Ducks
as Mr. Ducksworth 1992
Sophie's Choice
as Narrator (voice) 1982
Malice
as Atty. Lester Adams 1993
Shadows and Fog
as Priest 1991
Reds
as State Department Official 1981
D.A.R.Y.L.
as Dr. Jeffrey Stewart 1985