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.
Born: June 26, 1934
Place of Birth: Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
Known For
A Woman Named Jackie
This biographical miniseries, based on the best seller by C. David Heymann, starts when Jackie Kennedy was working after college; and spans her life through the Presidency of John F. Kennedy and her marriage to Aristotle Onassis after the assassination of President Kennedy.
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Long-running anthology program sponsored by Hallmark Cards. Beginning in 1951 and continuing into 2019, the series received 80 Emmy Awards, 24 Christopher Awards, 11 Peabody Awards, 9 Golden Globes, and 4 Humanitas Prizes. Early seasons were a weekly live drama, eventually transitioning to videotaped and then filmed productions broadcast as occasional specials.
The West Wing
The West Wing provides a glimpse into presidential politics in the nation's capital as it tells the stories of the members of a fictional presidential administration. These interesting characters have humor and dedication that touches the heart while the politics that they discuss touch on everyday life.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
The third installment of the “Law & Order” franchise takes viewers deep into the minds of its criminals while following the intense psychological approaches the Major Case Squad uses to solve its crimes.
Dirty Harry
When a madman dubbed 'Scorpio' terrorizes San Francisco, hard-nosed cop, Harry Callahan – famous for his take-no-prisoners approach to law enforcement – is tasked with hunting down the psychopath.
Law & Order
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.
Law & Order
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
After an encounter with UFOs, an electricity linesman feels undeniably drawn to an isolated area in the wilderness where something spectacular is about to happen.
Early Edition
Gary Hobson thinks he may even be losing his mind when tomorrow's newspaper mysteriously arrives today giving him a disconcerting look into the future. What will he do with tomorrow's news?
Filmography
as District Attorney Radford (uncredited)
as Senator Orton Worrell
as Dr. Henryk Belicec
as The President
as Bill Hunt
as Peter Ducek
as Carl Greenslate
as Senator Jessup
as Spencer Durning
as Peter Lassiter
as Woodrow Wilson
as Curt Flemming
as Richard Whittaker
as Steve Gaines
as Patrick Rumsey
as Thomas Wheelock
as Dr. Eaton
as Doctor (uncredited)
as Dryer
as Henry Thompson
as Edward Millerton
as Nick Mirsky
as Phelps Bowen
as John Dobbs
as Palmer Strickland
as Thomas Trager
as Joseph 'Joe' Farley
as Clive Peoples Jr.
as Ambassador Magee
as Defence Secretary Charles Potter
as Atty. Lester Adams
as Henry Meade
as Mr. Ducksworth
as Tom Sutherland
as Albert Cohn
as Priest
as Joseph Kennedy Sr.
as Stewart Merriman
as Stewart Merriman
as Martin Ransil
as Polonius
as Defense Attorney Patrick Rumsey
as Judge Lawrence Hellman
as Franklin D. Roosevelt
as Jack Finley
as Richard Kline
as Waldo Winchester
as Charles Estiman
as Al Duffield
as Judge Fenwick
as Lannon
as Dr. Sam Garrison
as Lieutenant Koznicki
as General Winder
as President Gerald Ford
as James Angleton
as Jim Neal
as Barney Taber
as Ernest Rasher
as Dr. Jeffrey Stewart
as Mr. Rafferty
as Chief Paul Schaeffer
as Whitman
as Max Richter
as Jack Ockham
as George Barton
as Sam Taylor
as Narrator (voice)
as George Bynum
as Adrian Pruitt
as State Department Official
as McAdam
as Roy Lefcourt
as Dr. Martin Grossman
as Jason R. Reid
as Mr. Parker
as Henry Mills
as Nathaniel Hawthorne
as Dr. Dienhart
as Ezra Mannon
as Larry Butler
as Benson Fisher
as Committee Chairman
as Pomeroy
as Ted Van Sant
as Pete Russell
as Nikolai
as Rothko
as Nikolai
as Polonius
as Brig. Gen. Varnum