Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

June 26, 1934 (90 years old)

Place of Birth

Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

Popular Genres

Drama Thriller Crime

Career Span

1971 – 2010

Josef Sommer

3 wins

161 nominations

3 Oscars

76 credits

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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Personal Info

Born

Jun 26, 1934

From

Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

Known For

Acting

Career

1971 – 2010

Known For

The Other Guys

as District Attorney Radford (uncredited)

The Sum of All Fears

The Sum of All Fears

as Senator Jessup

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

as Larry Butler

The Invasion

as Dr. Henryk Belicec

Dirty Harry

Shaft

as Curt Flemming

The Family Man

as Peter Lassiter

Witness

as Chief Paul Schaeffer

Bulworth

as Doctor (uncredited)

Chances Are

as Judge Fenwick

Malice

as Atty. Lester Adams

Patch Adams

Frequent Collaborators

Will Ferrell

1 shared project

in "The Other Guys"

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Mark Wahlberg

1 shared project

in "The Other Guys"

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Eva Mendes

1 shared project

in "The Other Guys"

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Michael Keaton

1 shared project

in "The Other Guys"

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Steve Coogan

1 shared project

in "The Other Guys"

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Ray Stevenson

1 shared project

in "The Other Guys"

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Samuel L. Jackson

Samuel L. Jackson

1 shared project

in "The Other Guys"

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Dwayne Johnson

1 shared project

in "The Other Guys"

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Lindsay Sloane

1 shared project

in "The Other Guys"

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Natalie Zea

1 shared project

in "The Other Guys"

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Rob Riggle

1 shared project

in "The Other Guys"

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Damon Wayans Jr.

Damon Wayans Jr.

1 shared project

in "The Other Guys"

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Award Recognition

3

Wins

161

Nominations

3

Oscars

Complete Filmography

2010

The Other Guys as District Attorney Radford (uncredited) Award

2008

Stop-Loss as Senator Orton Worrell Award

2007

The Invasion as Dr. Henryk Belicec Award

2006

The Elephant King as Bill Hunt

X-Men: The Last Stand as The President

2002

The Sum of All Fears as Senator Jessup Award

Searching for Paradise as Carl Greenslate

2000

Shaft as Curt Flemming Award

The Family Man as Peter Lassiter Award

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change as Woodrow Wilson

The Next Best Thing as Richard Whittaker

1999

The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer

1998

Bulworth as Doctor (uncredited) Award

Patch Adams as Dr. Eaton Award

1996

The Chamber as Phelps Bowen Award

Mistrial as Nick Mirsky

Hidden in America as Edward Millerton

1995

Moonlight and Valentino as Thomas Trager Award

Strange Days as Palmer Strickland

Kansas as Joseph 'Joe' Farley

Letter to My Killer

1994

The Enemy Within as Defence Secretary Charles Potter

Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker as Col. Morrow

Don't Drink the Water as Ambassador Magee

Nobody's Fool as Clive Peoples Jr.

1993

Malice as Atty. Lester Adams Award

1992

Citizen Cohn as Albert Cohn

The Mighty Ducks as Mr. Ducksworth

An American Story as Henry Meade

Hostages as Tom Sutherland

1991

Shadows and Fog as Priest Award

Before the Storm as Stewart Merriman

Under Cover as Stewart Merriman

1990

William Shakespeare's Hamlet as Polonius

When Will I Be Loved? as Martin Ransil

1989

Chances Are as Judge Fenwick Award

Bloodhounds of Broadway as Waldo Winchester Award

Money, Power, Murder. as Jack Finley

Bridge to Silence as Al Duffield

Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman as Charles Estiman

Forced March as Richard Kline

1988

Dracula's Widow as Lannon

1987

The Betty Ford Story as President Gerald Ford

The Rosary Murders as Lieutenant Koznicki

A Special Friendship as General Winder

1986

Double Image as James Angleton

1985

Witness as Chief Paul Schaeffer Award

D.A.R.Y.L. as Dr. Jeffrey Stewart Award

The Execution of Raymond Graham as Jim Neal

Target as Barney Taber

Brotherly Love as Mr. Rafferty

1984

Iceman as Whitman

1983

Sparkling Cyanide as George Barton

Independence Day as Sam Taylor

Silkwood as Max Richter

Saigon: Year Of The Cat as Jack Ockham

1982

Sophie's Choice as Narrator (voice)

Still of the Night as George Bynum

Hanky Panky as Adrian Pruitt

1981

Rollover as Roy Lefcourt Award

Reds as State Department Official

Absence of Malice as McAdam

1980

Hide in Plain Sight as Jason R. Reid

Doctor Franken as Mr. Parker

The Henderson Monster as Dr. Martin Grossman

1979

Too Far to Go as Henry Mills

1978

Oliver's Story as Dr. Dienhart

1977

Close Encounters of the Third Kind as Larry Butler Award

1976

The Front as Committee Chairman Award

Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys as Pomeroy

1975

The Stepford Wives as Ted Van Sant

1974

Man on a Swing as Pete Russell

Enemies as Nikolai

1972

The Witches of Salem: The Horror and the Hope as Proctor

1971

Dirty Harry as Rothko Award

Photos & Videos

Featured in Trailers

The Other Guys

The Sum of All Fears

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

The Invasion

Dirty Harry

Shaft

The Family Man

Witness

Bulworth

Chances Are

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Genre Evolution