Acting credits
96
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Josef Sommer
Acting
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Movies: 77Series: 19
TMDB ID: 14792
IMDb ID: nm0813977
Known for: Acting
Born: June 26, 1934
Age: 91
Place of birth: Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1951 - 2010
Years active: 60
Average TMDB rating: 6.38
Wikidata: Q550928
Also known as
M. Josef Sommer • Josef Somer • جوزف سومر
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Josef Sommer.
6.3
The Other Guys
as District Attorney Radford (uncredited)
2010 Movie
6.1
Stop-Loss
as Senator Orton Worrell
2008 Movie
6.0
The Invasion
as Dr. Henryk Belicec
2007 Movie
6.4
X-Men: The Last Stand
as The President
2006 Movie
5.6
The Elephant King
as Bill Hunt
2006 Movie
4.0
Searching for Paradise
as Carl Greenslate
2002 Movie
6.4
The Sum of All Fears
as Senator Jessup
2002 Movie
6.8
The Family Man
as Peter Lassiter
2000 Movie
5.8
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change
as Woodrow Wilson
2000 Movie
6.0
Shaft
as Curt Flemming
2000 Movie
5.3
The Next Best Thing
as Richard Whittaker
2000 Movie
4.2
The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer
1999 Movie
7.3
Patch Adams
as Dr. Eaton
1998 Movie
6.3
Bulworth
as Doctor (uncredited)
1998 Movie
6.1
The Proposition
as Dryer
1998 Movie
5.1
Hidden in America
as Edward Millerton
1996 Movie
5.1
Mistrial
as Nick Mirsky
1996 Movie
6.0
The Chamber
as Phelps Bowen
1996 Movie
7.0
Strange Days
as Palmer Strickland
1995 Movie
5.5
Moonlight and Valentino
as Thomas Trager
1995 Movie
6.0
Letter to My Killer
1995 Movie
5.0
Kansas
as Joseph 'Joe' Farley
1995 Movie
6.9
Nobody's Fool
as Clive Peoples Jr.
1994 Movie
5.5
Don't Drink the Water
as Ambassador Magee
1994 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Josef Sommer.
7.2
Without a Trace
as Peter Ducek • 1 eps
2002 Series
7.6
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Spencer Durning • 1 eps
2001 Series
8.3
The West Wing
as Steve Gaines • 1 eps
1999 Series
7.9
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Patrick Rumsey • 1 eps
1999 Series
4.7
The Hunt For The Unicorn Killer
2 eps
1999 Series
6.5
Providence
as Thomas Wheelock • 1 eps
1999 Series
6.5
Ally McBeal
as Henry Thompson • 1 eps
1997 Series
7.3
Early Edition
as John Dobbs • 2 eps
1996 Series
9.2
A Woman Named Jackie
as Joseph Kennedy Sr. • 3 eps
1991 Series
7.3
Law & Order
as Defense Attorney Patrick Rumsey • 1 eps
1990 Series
7.2
The Kennedys of Massachusetts
as Franklin D. Roosevelt • 3 eps
1990 Series
5.0
Hothouse
as Dr. Sam Garrison • 7 eps
1988 Series
7.1
The Equalizer
as Ernest Rasher • 1 eps
1985 Series
6.4
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1 eps
1983 Series
4.1
The Scarlet Letter
as Nathaniel Hawthorne • 4 eps
1979 Series
3.3
Mourning Becomes Electra
as Ezra Mannon • 5 eps
1978 Series
5.0
The Andros Targets
as Benson Fisher • 1 eps
1977 Series
5.8
Great Performances
as Nikolai • 1 eps
1971 Series
8.6
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Brig. Gen. Varnum • 1 eps
1951 Series