Josef Sommer
Known For
Acting
Born
1934-06-26 in 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.
Most Known For
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Patrick Rumsey
Law & Order
as Defense Attorney Patrick Rumsey
Law & Order
as Judge Lawrence Hellman
The West Wing
as Steve Gaines
Great Performances
as Nikolai
Great Performances
as Polonius
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Spencer Durning
Without a Trace
as Peter Ducek
The Equalizer
as Ernest Rasher
The Stepford Wives
as Ted Van Sant
Ally McBeal
as Henry Thompson
Early Edition
as John Dobbs
Providence
as Thomas Wheelock
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
The Other Guys
as District Attorney Radford (uncredited)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
as Larry Butler
The Family Man
as Peter Lassiter
Dirty Harry
as Rothko
Strange Days
as Palmer Strickland
The Sum of All Fears
as Senator Jessup