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.
Filmography
all 97
Movies 75
TV Shows 22
Voice 1
Senator Orton Worrell
Stop-Loss (2008)
Movie
10
Dr. Henryk Belicec
The Invasion (2007)
Movie
6
The President
X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)
Movie
6.03
Bill (Dad)
The Elephant King (2006)
Movie
Cotton Mather
Benjamin Franklin (2002)
TV
Peter Ducek
Without a Trace (2002)
TV
7.14
Carl Greenslate
Searching for Paradise (2002)
Movie
Senator Jessup
The Sum of All Fears (2002)
Movie
5.64
Woodrow Wilson
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones (2002)
TV
Spencer Durning
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001)
TV
7.5
Peter Lassiter
The Family Man (2000)
Movie
8.33
Curt Fleming
Shaft (2000)
Movie
6
Richard Whittaker
The Next Best Thing (2000)
Movie
Steve Gaines
The West Wing (1999)
TV
5.66
Patrick Rumsey
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
TV
6.41
Corporate Man
The Hunt For The Unicorn Killer (1999)
TV
Corporate Man
The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer (1999)
Movie
Thomas Wheelock
Providence (1999)
TV
4.75
Dr. Eaton
Patch Adams (1998)
Movie
7.75
Doctor (uncredited)
Bulworth (1998)
Movie
6.17
Edward Millerton
Hidden in America (1996)
Movie
Nick Mirsky
Mistrial (1996)
Movie
Phelps Bowen
The Chamber (1996)
Movie
Palmer Strickland
Strange Days (1995)
Movie
5.67
Thomas Trager
Moonlight and Valentino (1995)
Movie
Martin Prescott
Letter to My Killer (1995)
Movie
Joseph 'Joe' Farley
Kansas (1995)
Movie
Clive Peoples, Jr.
Nobody's Fool (1994)
Movie
6
Ambassador Magee
Don't Drink the Water (1994)
Movie
6
Defence Secretary Charles Potter
The Enemy Within (1994)
Movie
Lester Adams
Malice (1993)
Movie
Henry Meade
An American Story (1992)
Movie
Gerald Ducksworth
The Mighty Ducks (1992)
Movie
5.58
Tom Sutherland
Hostages (1992)
Movie
Albert Cohn
Citizen Cohn (1992)
Movie
Joseph Kennedy Sr.
A Woman Named Jackie (1991)
TV
Stewart Merriman
Before the Storm (1991)
Movie
Stewart Merriman
Under Cover (1991)
TV
Stewart Merriman
Under Cover (1991)
Movie
Martin Ransil
When Will I Be Loved? (1990)
Movie
Judge Lawrence Hellman / Defense Attorney Patrick Rumsey
Law & Order (1990)
TV
5.78
Franklin D. Roosevelt
The Kennedys of Massachusetts (1990)
TV
Jack Finley
Money, Power, Murder. (1989)
Movie
Richard Kline
Forced March (1989)
Movie
Waldo Winchester
Bloodhounds of Broadway (1989)
Movie
Al Duffield
Bridge to Silence (1989)
Movie
Judge Fenwick
Chances Are (1989)
Movie
5.5
Dr. Sam Garrison
Hothouse (1988)
TV
Lieutenant Koznicki
The Rosary Murders (1987)
Movie
General Winder
A Special Friendship (1987)
Movie
President Gerald Ford
The Betty Ford Story (1987)
Movie
James Angleton
Double Image (1986)
Movie
Barney Taber
Target (1985)
Movie
Dr. Jeffrey Stewart
D.A.R.Y.L. (1985)
Movie
Mr. Rafferty
Brotherly Love (1985)
Movie
Schaeffer
Witness (1985)
Movie
5.33
Whitman
Iceman (1984)
Movie
Max Richter
Silkwood (1983)
Movie
6
Jack Ockham
Saigon: Year Of The Cat (1983)
Movie
George Barton
Sparkling Cyanide (1983)
Movie
Sam Taylor
Independence Day (1983)
Movie
Narrator (voice)
Sophie's Choice (1982)
Movie
George Bynum
Still of the Night (1982)
Movie
Adrian Pruitt
Hanky Panky (1982)
Movie
State Department Official
Reds (1981)
Movie
5
Roy Lefcourt
Rollover (1981)
Movie
1
Dr. Martin Grossman
The Henderson Monster (1980)
Movie
Jason R. Reid
Hide in Plain Sight (1980)
Movie
Mr. Parker
Doctor Franken (1980)
Movie
Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Scarlet Letter (1979)
TV
Dr. Dienhart
Oliver's Story (1978)
Movie
Brigadier General Ezra Mannon
Mourning Becomes Electra (1978)
TV
Benson Fisher
The Andros Targets (1977)
TV
Committee Chairman
The Front (1976)
Movie
Ted Van Sant
The Stepford Wives (1975)
Movie
6
Pete Russell
Man on a Swing (1974)
Movie
Nikolai
Enemies (1974)
Movie
Nikolai / Polonius
Great Performances (1971)
TV
1
Brig. Gen. Varnum
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
TV
8.33
Ratings
Average 5.94
Based on 2.5 Million movie and tv ratings over time
1951
1983
1990
1985
2008
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1934-06-26 (90 years old)
Birth PlaceGreifswald, Germany
CitizenshipsUnited States of America, Germany
Also Known AsM. Josef Sommer, Josef Somer
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