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Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Josef Sommer
Acting
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Movies: 77Series: 22
TMDB ID: 14792
IMDb ID: nm0813977
Known for: Acting
Born: June 26, 1934
Age: 92
Place of birth: Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1951 - 2010
Years active: 60
Average TMDB rating: 6.43
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.
as District Attorney Radford (uncredited)
The Other Guys
2010 • Movie
as Senator Orton Worrell
Stop-Loss
2008 • Movie
as Dr. Henryk Belicec
The Invasion
2007 • Movie
as The President
X-Men: The Last Stand
2006 • Movie
as Bill Hunt
The Elephant King
2006 • Movie
as Carl Greenslate
Searching for Paradise
2002 • Movie
as Senator Jessup
The Sum of All Fears
2002 • Movie
as Peter Lassiter
The Family Man
2000 • Movie
as Woodrow Wilson
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change
2000 • Movie
as Curt Flemming
Shaft
2000 • Movie
as Richard Whittaker
The Next Best Thing
2000 • Movie
The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer
1999 • Movie
as Dr. Eaton
Patch Adams
1998 • Movie
as Doctor (uncredited)
Bulworth
1998 • Movie
as Dryer
The Proposition
1998 • Movie
as Edward Millerton
Hidden in America
1996 • Movie
as Nick Mirsky
Mistrial
1996 • Movie
as Phelps Bowen
The Chamber
1996 • Movie
as Palmer Strickland
Strange Days
1995 • Movie
as Thomas Trager
Moonlight and Valentino
1995 • Movie
Letter to My Killer
1995 • Movie
as Joseph 'Joe' Farley
Kansas
1995 • Movie
as Clive Peoples Jr.
Nobody's Fool
1994 • Movie
as Ambassador Magee
Don't Drink the Water
1994 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Josef Sommer.
as Peter Ducek • 1 eps
Without a Trace
2002 • Series
as Spencer Durning • 1 eps
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001 • Series
as Steve Gaines • 1 eps
The West Wing
1999 • Series
as Patrick Rumsey • 1 eps
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 • Series
2 eps
The Hunt For The Unicorn Killer
1999 • Series
as Thomas Wheelock • 1 eps
Providence
1999 • Series
as Henry Thompson • 1 eps
Ally McBeal
1997 • Series
as John Dobbs • 2 eps
Early Edition
1996 • Series
as Joseph Kennedy Sr. • 3 eps
A Woman Named Jackie
1991 • Series
as Defense Attorney Patrick Rumsey • 1 eps
Law & Order
1990 • Series
as Franklin D. Roosevelt • 3 eps
The Kennedys of Massachusetts
1990 • Series
as Dr. Sam Garrison • 7 eps
Hothouse
1988 • Series
as Ernest Rasher • 1 eps
The Equalizer
1985 • Series
as James Angleton • 1 eps
Screen Two
1985 • Series
1 eps
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983 • Series
as Doc • 1 eps
American Playhouse
1982 • Series
as Nathaniel Hawthorne • 4 eps
The Scarlet Letter
1979 • Series
as Ezra Mannon • 5 eps
Mourning Becomes Electra
1978 • Series
as Benson Fisher • 1 eps
The Andros Targets
1977 • Series
as Charles Lee • 1 eps
The Adams Chronicles
1976 • Series
as Nikolai • 1 eps
Great Performances
1971 • Series
as Brig. Gen. Varnum • 1 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 • Series