Josef Sommer
Acting
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.
Known for
2010The Other Guys
District Attorney Radford (uncredited)
2008Stop-Loss
Senator Orton Worrell
2007The Invasion
Dr. Henryk Belicec
2006The Elephant King
Bill Hunt
2006X-Men: The Last Stand
The President
2002Searching for Paradise
Carl Greenslate
2002The Sum of All Fears
Senator Jessup
2000The Next Best Thing
Richard Whittaker
2000The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change
Woodrow Wilson
2000Shaft
Curt Flemming
2000The Family Man
Peter Lassiter
1999The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer
1998Patch Adams
Dr. Eaton
1998Bulworth
Doctor (uncredited)
1998The Proposition
Dryer
1996The Chamber
Phelps Bowen
1996Mistrial
Nick Mirsky
1996Hidden in America
Edward Millerton
1995Strange Days
Palmer Strickland
1995Kansas
Joseph 'Joe' Farley
1995Letter to My Killer
1995Moonlight and Valentino
Thomas Trager
1994Don't Drink the Water
Ambassador Magee
1994Nobody's Fool
Clive Peoples Jr.