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.
Known for (99 titles)
movieThe Witches of Salem: The Horror and the Hope
1972 · ★ 10.0
movieWhen Will I Be Loved?
1990 · ★ 9.0
movieBefore the Storm
1991 · ★ 9.0
movieA Special Friendship
1987 · ★ 9.0
tvHallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · ★ 8.8
tvA Woman Named Jackie
1991 · ★ 8.8
tvThe West Wing
1999 · ★ 8.3
movieUnder Cover
1991 · ★ 8.0
tvLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · ★ 8.0
tvThe Kennedys of Massachusetts
1990 · ★ 7.8
movieBridge to Silence
1989 · ★ 7.7
tvLaw & Order: Criminal Intent
2001 · ★ 7.6
tvHothouse
1988 · ★ 7.5
movieDirty Harry
1971 · ★ 7.5
tvThe Adams Chronicles
1976 · ★ 7.4
tvEarly Edition
1996 · ★ 7.4
movieClose Encounters of the Third Kind
1977 · ★ 7.4
moviePatch Adams
1998 · ★ 7.3
movieBrotherly Love
1985 · ★ 7.3
movieSophie's Choice
1982 · ★ 7.3
tvLaw & Order
1990 · ★ 7.3
tvWithout a Trace
2002 · ★ 7.2
tvThe Equalizer
1985 · ★ 7.2
tvScreen Two
1985 · ★ 7.1
movieWitness
1985 · ★ 7.1
movieThe Front
1976 · ★ 7.1
movieStrange Days
1995 · ★ 7.0
movieValley Forge
1975 · ★ 7.0
movieJudge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys
1976 · ★ 7.0
tvThe Andros Targets
1977 · ★ 7.0
movieNobody's Fool
1994 · ★ 6.9
movieSilkwood
1983 · ★ 6.9
movieReds
1981 · ★ 6.9
movieThe Family Man
2000 · ★ 6.8
movieShadows and Fog
1991 · ★ 6.7
tvProvidence
1999 · ★ 6.7
tvScarecrow and Mrs. King
1983 · ★ 6.7
movieThe Stepford Wives
1975 · ★ 6.7
movieAbsence of Malice
1981 · ★ 6.6
movieChances Are
1989 · ★ 6.6
movieThe Mighty Ducks
1992 · ★ 6.6
movieBionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman
1989 · ★ 6.6
movieThe Execution of Raymond Graham
1985 · ★ 6.6
movieForced March
1989 · ★ 6.6
tvAmerican Playhouse
1982 · ★ 6.6
tvAlly McBeal
1997 · ★ 6.5
movieLetter to My Killer
1995 · ★ 6.5
movieX-Men: The Last Stand
2006 · ★ 6.4
movieD.A.R.Y.L.
1985 · ★ 6.4
movieAn American Story
1992 · ★ 6.4
movieThe Sum of All Fears
2002 · ★ 6.4
movieThe Other Guys
2010 · ★ 6.3
movieBulworth
1998 · ★ 6.3
movieAssault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker
1994 · ★ 6.3
movieCitizen Cohn
1992 · ★ 6.3
movieMalice
1993 · ★ 6.3
movieIceman
1984 · ★ 6.2
movieThe Invasion
2007 · ★ 6.1
movieStop-Loss
2008 · ★ 6.1
movieHostages
1992 · ★ 6.1