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Josef Sommer

Josef Sommer

Birthday: 1934-06-26 | Place of Birth: 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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2008
Stop-Loss

as    Senator Orton Worrell

2007
The Invasion

as    Dr. Henryk Belicec

2006
The Elephant King

as    Bill Hunt

2002
Searching for Paradise

as    Carl Greenslate

2000
Shaft

as    Curt Flemming

2000
The Family Man

as    Peter Lassiter

2000
The Next Best Thing

as    Richard Whittaker

1998
Patch Adams

as    Dr. Eaton

1998
The Proposition

as    Dryer

1996
Hidden in America

as    Edward Millerton

1996
Mistrial

as    Nick Mirsky

1995
Kansas

as    Joseph 'Joe' Farley

1995
Moonlight and Valentino

as    Thomas Trager

1994
Don't Drink the Water

as    Ambassador Magee

1994
Nobody's Fool

as    Clive Peoples Jr.

1994
The Enemy Within

as    Defence Secretary Charles Potter

1993
Malice

as    Atty. Lester Adams

1992
Citizen Cohn

as    Albert Cohn

1992
An American Story

as    Henry Meade

1992
The Mighty Ducks

as    Mr. Ducksworth

1992
Hostages

as    Tom Sutherland