Actor
Josef Sommer
Born 1934 · Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
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.
Acting
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Patrick Rumsey · 1999
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Larry Butler · 1977
Patch Adams
Dr. Eaton · 1998
X-Men: The Last Stand
The President · 2006
Dirty Harry
Rothko · 1971
Witness
Schaeffer · 1985
The Other Guys
District Attorney Radford (uncredited) · 2010
The West Wing
Steve Gaines · 1999
The Family Man
Peter Lassiter · 2000
Strange Days
Palmer Strickland · 1995
Sophie's Choice
Narrator (voice) · 1982
The Sum of All Fears
Senator Jessup · 2002
Law & Order
Defense Attorney Patrick Rumsey · 1990
The Mighty Ducks
Mr. Ducksworth · 1992
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Spencer Durning · 2001
The Invasion
Dr. Henryk Belicec · 2007
Shaft
Curt Flemming · 2000
Without a Trace
Peter Ducek · 2002
Reds
State Department Official · 1981
Silkwood
Max Richter · 1983
Shadows and Fog
Priest · 1991
Nobody's Fool
Clive Peoples Jr. · 1994
The Stepford Wives
Ted Van Sant · 1975
Malice
Atty. Lester Adams · 1993