Josef Sommer
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
The Other Guys
2010
as District Attorney Radford (uncredited)
Stop-Loss
2008
as Senator Orton Worrell
The Invasion
2007
as Dr. Henryk Belicec
X-Men: The Last Stand
2006
as The President
The Elephant King
2006
as Bill Hunt
Searching for Paradise
2002
as Carl Greenslate
The Sum of All Fears
2002
as Senator Jessup
The Family Man
2000
as Peter Lassiter
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change
2000
as Woodrow Wilson
Shaft
2000
as Curt Flemming
The Next Best Thing
2000
as Richard Whittaker
The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer
1999
Patch Adams
1998
as Dr. Eaton
Bulworth
1998
as Doctor (uncredited)
The Proposition
1998
as Dryer
Hidden in America
1996
as Edward Millerton
Mistrial
1996
as Nick Mirsky
The Chamber
1996
as Phelps Bowen
Strange Days
1995
as Palmer Strickland
Moonlight and Valentino
1995
as Thomas Trager
Letter to My Killer
1995
Kansas
1995
as Joseph 'Joe' Farley
Nobody's Fool
1994
as Clive Peoples Jr.
Don't Drink the Water
1994
as Ambassador Magee