Josef Sommer
Born
1934-06-26
Place of birth
Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
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.
Known for
X-Men: The Last Stand
The President
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Larry Butler
The Other Guys
District Attorney Radford (uncredited)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Patrick Rumsey
Patch Adams
Dr. Eaton
Dirty Harry
Rothko
The Family Man
Peter Lassiter
The Sum of All Fears
Senator Jessup
Witness
Schaeffer
The Invasion
Dr. Henryk Belicec
Strange Days
Palmer Strickland
Shaft
Curt Flemming
The Mighty Ducks
Mr. Ducksworth
Sophie's Choice
Narrator (voice)
Law & Order
Defense Attorney Patrick Rumsey