
Josef Sommer
Acting · Born 1934-06-26 · Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
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.
As cast

The Other Guys 2010
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Stop-Loss 2008
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The Invasion 2007
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X-Men: The Last Stand 2006
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The Elephant King 2006
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Searching for Paradise 2002
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The Sum of All Fears 2002
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The Family Man 2000
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The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change 2000
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Shaft 2000
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The Next Best Thing 2000
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The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer 1999
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Patch Adams 1998
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Bulworth 1998
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The Proposition 1998
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Hidden in America 1996
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Mistrial 1996
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The Chamber 1996
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Strange Days 1995
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Moonlight and Valentino 1995
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Letter to My Killer 1995
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Kansas 1995
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Nobody's Fool 1994
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Don't Drink the Water 1994
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The Enemy Within 1994
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Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker 1994
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Malice 1993
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An American Story 1992
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The Mighty Ducks 1992
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Hostages 1992
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Citizen Cohn 1992
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Shadows and Fog 1991
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Before the Storm 1991
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Under Cover 1991
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When Will I Be Loved? 1990
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William Shakespeare's Hamlet 1990
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Money, Power, Murder. 1989
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Bloodhounds of Broadway 1989
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Forced March 1989
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Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman 1989
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Bridge to Silence 1989
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Chances Are 1989
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Dracula's Widow 1988
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The Rosary Murders 1987
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A Special Friendship 1987
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The Betty Ford Story 1987
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Double Image 1986
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The Execution of Raymond Graham 1985
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Target 1985
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D.A.R.Y.L. 1985
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Brotherly Love 1985
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Witness 1985
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Iceman 1984
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Silkwood 1983
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Saigon: Year of the Cat 1983
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Sparkling Cyanide 1983
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Independence Day 1983
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Sophie's Choice 1982
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Still of the Night 1982
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Hanky Panky 1982
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Reds 1981
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Absence of Malice 1981
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Rollover 1981
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The Henderson Monster 1980
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Hide in Plain Sight 1980
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Doctor Franken 1980
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Too Far to Go 1979
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Oliver's Story 1978
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Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1977
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The Front 1976
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Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys 1976
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Valley Forge 1975
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The Stepford Wives 1975
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Man on a Swing 1974
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Enemies 1974
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The Witches of Salem: The Horror and the Hope 1972
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Dirty Harry 1971
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As director
No directing credits found.