Actor
Josef Sommer
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.
Notable work
6.4X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)
as The President
7.4Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
as Larry Butler
6.3The Other Guys (2010)
as District Attorney Radford (uncredited)
8Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
as Patrick Rumsey
7.3Patch Adams (1998)
as Dr. Eaton
7.5Dirty Harry (1971)
as Rothko
6.8The Family Man (2000)
as Peter Lassiter
6.4The Sum of All Fears (2002)
as Senator Jessup
7.1Witness (1985)
as Schaeffer
6.1The Invasion (2007)
as Dr. Henryk Belicec
6Shaft (2000)
as Curt Flemming
6.6The Mighty Ducks (1992)
as Mr. Ducksworth
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