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.
Movies
Witness
1985
as Schaeffer
Iceman
1984
as Whitman
The Mighty Ducks
1992
as Mr. Ducksworth
Stop-Loss
2008
as Senator Orton Worrell
The Family Man
2000
as Peter Lassiter
D.A.R.Y.L.
1985
as Dr. Jeffrey Stewart
The Invasion
2007
as Dr. Henryk Belicec
Malice
1993
as Atty. Lester Adams
Nobody's Fool
1994
as Clive Peoples Jr.
Silkwood
1983
as Max Richter
Patch Adams
1998
as Dr. Eaton
Shaft
2000
as Curt Flemming
Strange Days
1995
as Palmer Strickland
Dirty Harry
1971
as Rothko
The Sum of All Fears
2002
as Senator Jessup
The Chamber
1996
as Phelps Bowen
The Front
1976
as Committee Chairman
Web Series
Thirty Cases of Major Zema
1976
as Judge Fenwick