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.
Acting
Movie
X-Men: The Last Stand
as The President
2006
Movie
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
as Larry Butler
1977
Movie
The Other Guys
as District Attorney Radford (uncredited)
2010
TV
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Patrick Rumsey
1999
Movie
Patch Adams
as Dr. Eaton
1998
Movie
Dirty Harry
as Rothko
1971
Movie
The Family Man
as Peter Lassiter
2000
Movie
The Sum of All Fears
as Senator Jessup
2002
Movie
Witness
as Schaeffer
1985
Movie
The Invasion
as Dr. Henryk Belicec
2007
Movie
Strange Days
as Palmer Strickland
1995
Movie
Shaft
as Curt Flemming
2000
Movie
The Mighty Ducks
as Mr. Ducksworth
1992
Movie
Sophie's Choice
as Narrator (voice)
1982
TV
Law & Order
as Defense Attorney Patrick Rumsey
1990
TV
Law & Order
as Judge Lawrence Hellman
1990
TV
The West Wing
as Steve Gaines
1999
Movie
Malice
as Atty. Lester Adams
1993
Movie
Shadows and Fog
as Priest
1991
Movie
Reds
as State Department Official
1981
TV
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Spencer Durning
2001
Movie
The Stepford Wives
as Ted Van Sant
1975
Movie
D.A.R.Y.L.
as Dr. Jeffrey Stewart
1985
TV
Ally McBeal
as Henry Thompson
1997