Josef Sommer

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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Known For

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999 • as Patrick Rumsey

Law & Order

1990 • as Defense Attorney Patrick Rumsey

Law & Order

1990 • as Judge Lawrence Hellman

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

2001 • as Spencer Durning

Without a Trace

2002 • as Peter Ducek

The West Wing

1999 • as Steve Gaines

Filmography

2010

The Other Guys

as District Attorney Radford (uncredited)

Movie - Released: 8/6/2010

2008

Stop-Loss

as Senator Orton Worrell

Movie - Released: 3/28/2008

2007

The Invasion

as Dr. Henryk Belicec

Movie - Released: 8/17/2007

2006

The Elephant King

as Bill Hunt

Movie - Released: 4/26/2006

X-Men: The Last Stand

as The President

Movie - Released: 5/24/2006

2002

Searching for Paradise

as Carl Greenslate

Movie - Released: 6/24/2002

The Sum of All Fears

as Senator Jessup

Movie - Released: 5/31/2002

Without a Trace

as Peter Ducek

TV - Released: 9/26/2002

2001

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

as Spencer Durning

TV - Released: 9/30/2001

2000

The Next Best Thing

as Richard Whittaker

Movie - Released: 3/3/2000

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change

as Woodrow Wilson

Movie - Released: 9/20/2000

Shaft

as Curt Flemming

Movie - Released: 6/15/2000

The Family Man

as Peter Lassiter

Movie - Released: 12/12/2000

1999

The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer

Movie - Released: 5/9/1999

Providence

as Thomas Wheelock

TV - Released: 1/8/1999

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Patrick Rumsey

TV - Released: 9/20/1999

The West Wing

as Steve Gaines

TV - Released: 9/22/1999

The Hunt For The Unicorn Killer

TV - Released: 5/9/1999

1998

Patch Adams

as Dr. Eaton

Movie - Released: 12/25/1998

Bulworth

as Doctor (uncredited)

Movie - Released: 5/15/1998

1997

Ally McBeal

as Henry Thompson

TV - Released: 9/8/1997

1996

The Chamber

as Phelps Bowen

Movie - Released: 10/11/1996

Mistrial

as Nick Mirsky

Movie - Released: 11/2/1996

Hidden in America

as Edward Millerton

Movie - Released: 12/1/1996

Early Edition

TV - Released: 9/28/1996

1995

Strange Days

as Palmer Strickland

Movie - Released: 10/13/1995

Kansas

as Joseph 'Joe' Farley

Movie - Released: 7/27/1995

Letter to My Killer

Movie - Released: 8/9/1995

Moonlight and Valentino

as Thomas Trager

Movie - Released: 9/29/1995

1994

Don't Drink the Water

as Ambassador Magee

Movie - Released: 12/18/1994

Nobody's Fool

as Clive Peoples Jr.

Movie - Released: 12/23/1994

The Enemy Within

as Defence Secretary Charles Potter

Movie - Released: 8/24/1994

Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker

as Col. Morrow

Movie - Released: 2/26/1994

1993

Malice

as Atty. Lester Adams

Movie - Released: 9/29/1993

1992

The Mighty Ducks

as Mr. Ducksworth

Movie - Released: 10/2/1992

An American Story

as Henry Meade

Movie - Released: 11/29/1992

Hostages

as Tom Sutherland

Movie - Released: 9/23/1992

Citizen Cohn

as Albert Cohn

Movie - Released: 8/22/1992

1991

Shadows and Fog

as Priest

Movie - Released: 12/5/1991

Under Cover

as Stewart Merriman

Movie - Released: 1/5/1991

Before the Storm

as Stewart Merriman

Movie - Released: 7/13/1991

Under Cover

as Stewart Merriman

TV - Released: 1/7/1991

A Woman Named Jackie

as Joseph Kennedy Sr.

TV - Released: 10/13/1991

1990

When Will I Be Loved?

as Martin Ransil

Movie - Released: 12/3/1990

William Shakespeare's Hamlet

as Polonius

Movie - Released: 11/2/1990

The Kennedys of Massachusetts

as Franklin D. Roosevelt

TV - Released: 2/18/1990

Law & Order

as Defense Attorney Patrick Rumsey

TV - Released: 9/13/1990

Law & Order

as Judge Lawrence Hellman

TV - Released: 9/13/1990

1989

Chances Are

as Judge Fenwick

Movie - Released: 3/10/1989

Bloodhounds of Broadway

as Waldo Winchester

Movie - Released: 11/3/1989

Bridge to Silence

as Al Duffield

Movie - Released: 4/9/1989

Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman

as Charles Estiman

Movie - Released: 4/30/1989

Money, Power, Murder.

as Jack Finley

Movie - Released: 12/10/1989

Forced March

as Richard Kline

Movie - Released: 11/3/1989

1988

Dracula's Widow

as Lannon

Movie - Released: 9/14/1988

Hothouse

as Dr. Sam Garrison

TV - Released: 6/30/1988

1987

The Betty Ford Story

as President Gerald Ford

Movie - Released: 3/2/1987

A Special Friendship

as General Winder

Movie - Released: 3/31/1987

The Rosary Murders

as Lieutenant Koznicki

Movie - Released: 8/28/1987

1986

Double Image

as James Angleton

Movie - Released: 4/6/1986

1985

Witness

as Chief Paul Schaeffer

Movie - Released: 2/8/1985

D.A.R.Y.L.

as Dr. Jeffrey Stewart

Movie - Released: 6/14/1985

The Execution of Raymond Graham

as Jim Neal

Movie - Released: 11/17/1985

Brotherly Love

as Mr. Rafferty

Movie - Released: 5/28/1985

Target

as Barney Taber

Movie - Released: 11/8/1985

The Equalizer

as Ernest Rasher

TV - Released: 9/18/1985

1984

Iceman

as Whitman

Movie - Released: 4/13/1984

1983

Sparkling Cyanide

as George Barton

Movie - Released: 11/5/1983

Silkwood

as Max Richter

Movie - Released: 12/14/1983

Independence Day

as Sam Taylor

Movie - Released: 1/21/1983

Saigon: Year Of The Cat

as Jack Ockham

Movie - Released: 11/29/1983

Scarecrow and Mrs. King

TV - Released: 10/3/1983

1982

Still of the Night

as George Bynum

Movie - Released: 11/19/1982

Hanky Panky

as Adrian Pruitt

Movie - Released: 6/4/1982

Sophie's Choice

as Narrator (voice)

Movie - Released: 12/8/1982

1981

Rollover

as Roy Lefcourt

Movie - Released: 10/11/1981

Absence of Malice

as McAdam

Movie - Released: 11/19/1981

Reds

as State Department Official

Movie - Released: 12/25/1981

1980

Hide in Plain Sight

as Jason R. Reid

Movie - Released: 3/21/1980

The Henderson Monster

as Dr. Martin Grossman

Movie - Released: 5/27/1980

Doctor Franken

as Mr. Parker

Movie - Released: 1/13/1980

1979

Too Far to Go

as Henry Mills

Movie - Released: 3/12/1979

The Scarlet Letter

as Nathaniel Hawthorne

TV - Released: 3/3/1979

1978

Oliver's Story

as Dr. Dienhart

Movie - Released: 12/15/1978

Mourning Becomes Electra

as Ezra Mannon

TV - Released: 12/6/1978

1977

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

as Larry Butler

Movie - Released: 12/14/1977

The Andros Targets

as Benson Fisher

TV - Released: 1/31/1977

1976

The Front

as Committee Chairman

Movie - Released: 9/17/1976

Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys

as Pomeroy

Movie - Released: 4/22/1976

1975

Valley Forge

Movie - Released: 12/3/1975

The Stepford Wives

as Ted Van Sant

Movie - Released: 2/12/1975

1974

Man on a Swing

as Pete Russell

Movie - Released: 2/24/1974

Enemies

as Nikolai

Movie - Released: 1/23/1974

1972

The Witches of Salem: The Horror and the Hope

as Proctor

Movie - Released: 1/1/1972

1971

Dirty Harry

as Rothko

Movie - Released: 12/23/1971

Great Performances

as Nikolai

TV - Released: 1/28/1971

Great Performances

as Polonius

TV - Released: 1/28/1971

1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Brig. Gen. Varnum

TV - Released: 12/24/1951