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Josef Sommer

Acting · Born June 26, 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.

Movies with Josef Sommer

• The Other Guys (2010) — District Attorney Radford (uncredited)
• Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) — Larry Butler
• The Sum of All Fears (2002) — Senator Jessup
• The Invasion (2007) — Dr. Henryk Belicec
• Dirty Harry (1971) — Rothko
• The Family Man (2000) — Peter Lassiter
• Patch Adams (1998) — Dr. Eaton
• Strange Days (1995) — Palmer Strickland
• Shaft (2000) — Curt Flemming
• Witness (1985) — Schaeffer
• Sophie's Choice (1982) — Narrator (voice)
• Malice (1993) — Atty. Lester Adams

TV shows with Josef Sommer

• Hothouse (1988) — Dr. Sam Garrison
• Mourning Becomes Electra (1978) — Ezra Mannon