Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
June 26, 1934 (91 years old)
Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
Also Known As
- M. Josef Sommer
- Josef Somer
- جوزف سومر
Josef Sommer
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.
Known For
Acting
The Other Guys
2010
Stop-Loss
2008
The Invasion
2007
X-Men: The Last Stand
2006
The Elephant King
2006
Without a Trace
2002
The Sum of All Fears
2002
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
The Family Man
2000
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change
2000
Shaft
2000
The Next Best Thing
2000
The West Wing
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Providence
1999
Patch Adams
1998
Bulworth
1998
The Proposition
1998
Ally McBeal
1997
Mistrial
1996
The Chamber
1996
Early Edition
1996
Strange Days
1995
Moonlight and Valentino
1995