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
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
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
The Mighty Ducks
1992
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as Mr. Ducksworth
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Age: 58
Shadows and Fog
1991
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as Priest
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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
Bloodhounds of Broadway
1989
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as Waldo Winchester
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Age: 55
Chances Are
1989
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as Judge Fenwick
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Age: 54
The Rosary Murders
1987
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as Lieutenant Koznicki
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Age: 53
D.A.R.Y.L.
1985
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as Dr. Jeffrey Stewart
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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
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
Enemies
1974
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as Nikolai
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Age: 39
Dirty Harry
1971
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as Rothko
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Age: 37