Josef Sommer
Born June 26, 1934 (Age: 91)
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Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
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.
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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Filmography
The Other Guys
2010
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as District Attorney Radford (uncredited)
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Age: 76
Stop-Loss
2008
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as Senator Orton Worrell
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Age: 73
The Invasion
2007
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as Dr. Henryk Belicec
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Age: 73
X-Men: The Last Stand
2006
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as The President
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Age: 71
Searching for Paradise
2002
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as Carl Greenslate
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Age: 67
The Sum of All Fears
2002
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as Senator Jessup
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Age: 67
The Family Man
2000
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as Peter Lassiter
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Age: 66
Shaft
2000
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as Curt Flemming
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Age: 65
The Next Best Thing
2000
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as Richard Whittaker
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Age: 65
Patch Adams
1998
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as Dr. Eaton
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Age: 64
Bulworth
1998
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as Doctor (uncredited)
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Age: 63
The Proposition
1998
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as Dryer
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Age: 63
Hidden in America
1996
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as Edward Millerton
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Age: 62
Mistrial
1996
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as Nick Mirsky
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Age: 62
The Chamber
1996
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as Phelps Bowen
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Age: 62
Strange Days
1995
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as Palmer Strickland
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Age: 61
Moonlight and Valentino
1995
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as Thomas Trager
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Age: 61
Nobody's Fool
1994
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as Clive Peoples Jr.
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Age: 60
Malice
1993
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as Atty. Lester Adams
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Age: 59
An American Story
1992
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as Henry Meade
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Age: 58
The Mighty Ducks
1992
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as Mr. Ducksworth
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Age: 58
Hostages
1992
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as Tom Sutherland
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Age: 58
Citizen Cohn
1992
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as Albert Cohn
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Age: 58
Shadows and Fog
1991
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as Priest
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Age: 57
Before the Storm
1991
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as Stewart Merriman
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Age: 57
Under Cover
1991
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as Stewart Merriman
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Age: 56
When Will I Be Loved?
1990
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as Martin Ransil
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Age: 56
William Shakespeare's Hamlet
1990
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as Polonius
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Age: 56
Money, Power, Murder.
1989
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as Jack Finley
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Age: 55
Forced March
1989
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as Richard Kline
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Age: 55
Bloodhounds of Broadway
1989
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as Waldo Winchester
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Age: 55
Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman
1989
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as Charles Estiman
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Age: 54
Bridge to Silence
1989
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as Al Duffield
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Age: 54
Chances Are
1989
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as Judge Fenwick
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Age: 54
Dracula's Widow
1988
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as Lannon
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Age: 54
The Rosary Murders
1987
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as Lieutenant Koznicki
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Age: 53
A Special Friendship
1987
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as General Winder
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Age: 52
The Betty Ford Story
1987
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as President Gerald Ford
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Age: 52
The Execution of Raymond Graham
1985
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as Jim Neal
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Age: 51
Target
1985
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as Barney Taber
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Age: 51
D.A.R.Y.L.
1985
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as Dr. Jeffrey Stewart
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Age: 50
Brotherly Love
1985
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as Mr. Rafferty
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Age: 50
Witness
1985
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as Schaeffer
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Age: 50
Silkwood
1983
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as Max Richter
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Age: 49
Sophie's Choice
1982
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 48
Still of the Night
1982
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as George Bynum
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Age: 48
Hanky Panky
1982
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as Adrian Pruitt
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Age: 47
Reds
1981
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as State Department Official
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Age: 47
Absence of Malice
1981
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as McAdam
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Age: 47
Rollover
1981
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as Roy Lefcourt
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Age: 47
The Henderson Monster
1980
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as Dr. Martin Grossman
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Age: 45
Hide in Plain Sight
1980
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as Jason R. Reid
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Age: 45
Doctor Franken
1980
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as Mr. Parker
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Age: 45
Oliver's Story
1978
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as Dr. Dienhart
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Age: 44
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1977
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as Larry Butler
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Age: 43
The Stepford Wives
1975
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as Ted Van Sant
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Age: 40
Man on a Swing
1974
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as Pete Russell
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Age: 39
Enemies
1974
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as Nikolai
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Age: 39
The Witches of Salem: The Horror and the Hope
1972
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as Proctor
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Age: 37
Dirty Harry
1971
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as Rothko
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Age: 37