Personal Info
M. Josef Sommer
Josef Somer
جوزف سومر
Josef Sommer
Acting
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
Filmography
Movies
The Other Guys
as District Attorney Radford (uncredited)
Stop-Loss
as Senator Orton Worrell
The Invasion
as Dr. Henryk Belicec
The Elephant King
as Bill Hunt
X-Men: The Last Stand
as The President
The Sum of All Fears
as Senator Jessup
Searching for Paradise
as Carl Greenslate
Shaft
as Curt Flemming
The Family Man
as Peter Lassiter
The Next Best Thing
as Richard Whittaker
TV Shows
Without a Trace
as Peter Ducek · 1 ep.
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Spencer Durning · 1 ep.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Patrick Rumsey · 1 ep.
The West Wing
as Steve Gaines · 1 ep.
Providence
as Thomas Wheelock · 1 ep.
The Hunt For The Unicorn Killer
2 ep.
Ally McBeal
as Henry Thompson · 1 ep.
Early Edition
as John Dobbs · 2 ep.
A Woman Named Jackie
as Joseph Kennedy Sr. · 3 ep.
Under Cover
as Stewart Merriman · 14 ep.