Biography
Josef Sommer
Acting
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 Indepe…
Career works
99
Movies
77
Series
22
Career average
6.5/10
Birth date
06/26/1934
Place of birth
Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
Filmography highlights
Movies
The Other Guys
2010 · 6.3
Stop-Loss
2008 · 6.1
The Invasion
2007 · 6.0
X-Men: The Last Stand
2006 · 6.4
The Elephant King
2006 · 5.9
Searching for Paradise
2002 · 6.0
The Sum of All Fears
2002 · 6.4
The Family Man
2000 · 6.8
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change
2000 · 5.8
Shaft
2000 · 6.0
The Next Best Thing
2000 · 5.2
The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer
1999 · 4.7
Patch Adams
1998 · 7.3
Bulworth
1998 · 6.3
The Proposition
1998 · 6.0
Series
Without a Trace
2002 · 7.3
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001 · 7.6
The West Wing
1999 · 8.3
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · 7.9
The Hunt For The Unicorn Killer
1999 · 4.7
Providence
1999 · 6.7
Ally McBeal
1997 · 6.5
Early Edition
1996 · 7.4
A Woman Named Jackie
1991 · 8.8
Law & Order
1990 · 7.3
The Kennedys of Massachusetts
1990 · 7.8
Hothouse
1988 · 7.5
The Equalizer
1985 · 7.1
Screen Two
1985 · 7.1
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983 · 6.6