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Josef Sommer

Actor | * 06/26/1934 (89) | Greifswald (Germany)
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Maximilian Josef Sommer (born June 26, 1934) is a retired German-American stage, television, and film actor. ()

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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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Thriller | TV Movies

Known for these Movies & Shows

When a madman dubbed 'Scorpio' terrorizes San Francisco, hard-nosed cop, Harry Callahan – famous for his take-no-prisoners approach to law enforcement – is tasked with hunting down the psychopath. ...

Dirty Harry

R

1971 | 3.7/5 | 1h 42min
Action, Crime, Thriller
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When a cure is found to treat mutations, lines are drawn amongst the X-Men—led by Professor Charles Xavier—and the Brotherhood, a band of powerful mutants organised under Xavier's former ally, Mag ...

X-Men: The Last Stand

PG-13

2006 | 3.2/5 | 1h 44min
Adventure, Action, Science Fiction, Thriller
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In the last days of 1999, ex-cop turned street hustler Lenny Nero receives a disc which contains the memories of the murder of a prostitute. With the help of bodyguard Mace, he starts to investigate a ...

Strange Days

R

1995 | 3.5/5 | 2h 25min
Crime, Drama, Science Fiction, Thriller
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A sheltered Amish child is the sole witness of a brutal murder in a restroom at a Philadelphia train station, and he must be protected. The assignment falls to a taciturn detective who goes undercover ...

Witness

R

1985 | 3.5/5 | 1h 53min
Crime, Drama, Romance / Love, Thriller
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Movies with Josef Sommer as Actor(71)

as Senator Orton Worrell2008 Stop-Loss
as Dr. Henryk Belicec2007 The Invasion
as The President2006 X-Men: The Last Stand
as Bill Hunt2006 The Elephant King
as Carl Greenslate2002 Searching for Paradise
as Senator Jessup2002 The Sum of All Fears
as Curt Flemming2000 Shaft
as Peter Lassiter2000 The Family Man
as Richard Whittaker2000 The Next Best Thing
as Woodrow Wilson1999 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change
1999 The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer
as Dr. Eaton1998 Patch Adams
as Edward Millerton1996 Hidden in America
as Nick Mirsky1996 Mistrial
as Phelps Bowen1996 The Chamber
as Thomas Trager1995 Moonlight and Valentino
as Palmer Strickland1995 Strange Days
1995 Letter to My Killer
as Joseph 'Joe' Farley1995 Kansas
as Clive Peoples Jr.1994 Nobody's Fool
as Ambassador Magee1994 Don't Drink the Water
as Col. Morrow1994 Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker
as Defence Secretary Charles Potter1994 The Enemy Within
as Atty. Lester Adams1993 Malice
as Henry Meade1992 An American Story
as Albert Cohn1992 Citizen Cohn
as Mr. Ducksworth1992 The Mighty Ducks
as Tom Sutherland1992 Hostages
as Priest1991 Shadows and Fog
as Martin Ransil1990 When Will I Be Loved?
as Polonius1990 William Shakespeare's Hamlet
as Al Duffield1989 Bridge to Silence
as Richard Kline1989 Forced March
as Waldo Winchester1989 Bloodhounds of Broadway
as Judge Fenwick1989 Chances Are
as Jack Finley1989 Money, Power, Murder.
as Charles Estiman1989 Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman
as Lannon1988 Dracula's Widow
as Lieutenant Koznicki1987 The Rosary Murders
as President Gerald Ford1987 The Betty Ford Story
as General Winder1987 A Special Friendship
as James Angleton1986 Double Image
as Jim Neal1985 The Execution of Raymond Graham
as Dr. Jeffrey Stewart1985 D.A.R.Y.L.
as Barney Taber1985 Target
as Mr. Rafferty1985 Brotherly Love
as Chief Paul Schaeffer1985 Witness
as Whitman1984 Iceman
as Max Richter1983 Silkwood
as Sam Taylor1983 Independence Day
as Jack Ockham1983 Saigon: Year Of The Cat
as George Barton1983 Sparkling Cyanide
as George Bynum1982 Still of the Night
as Adrian Pruitt1982 Hanky Panky
as Narrator (voice)1982 Sophie's Choice
as State Department Official1981 Reds
as Roy Lefcourt1981 Rollover
as McAdam1981 Absence of Malice
as Dr. Martin Grossman1980 The Henderson Monster
as Jason R. Reid1980 Hide in Plain Sight
as Mr. Parker1980 Doctor Franken
as Henry Mills1979 Too Far to Go
as Dr. Dienhart1978 Oliver's Story
as Larry Butler1977 Close Encounters of the Third Kind
as Committee Chairman1976 The Front
as Ted Van Sant1975 The Stepford Wives
1975 Valley Forge
as Pete Russell1974 Man on a Swing
as Nikolai1974 Enemies
1972 The Witches of Salem: The Horror and the Hope
as Rothko1971 Dirty Harry

TV Shows/Series with Josef Sommer as Actor(20)

as Peter Ducek2002 Without a Trace
as Spencer Durning2001 Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Steve Gaines1999 The West Wing
as Patrick Rumsey1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Thomas Wheelock1999 Providence
1997 Ally McBeal
1996 Early Edition
as Joseph Kennedy Sr.1991 A Woman Named Jackie
as Stewart Merriman1991 Under Cover
as Defense Attorney Patrick Rumsey1990 Law & Order
as Judge Lawrence Hellman1990 Law & Order
as Franklin D. Roosevelt1990 The Kennedys of Massachusetts
1985 The Equalizer
1983 Scarecrow and Mrs. King
as Nathaniel Hawthorne1979 The Scarlet Letter
as Ezra Mannon1978 Mourning Becomes Electra
as Benson Fisher1977 The Andros Targets
as Nikolai1971 Great Performances
as Polonius1971 Great Performances
as Brig. Gen. Varnum1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame

Full Name: Josef Sommer
Born: Tuesday, 06/26 1934 (June) in Greifswald (Germany) (current age: 89 years + 304 days)
Zodiac sign: Cancer (Chinese zodiac sign: Dog)
Languages: German (DE), English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Carnegie Mellon College of Fine Arts
Other names for Josef Sommer (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"M. Josef Sommer"
"Josef Somer"
"Josef Sommer (Schauspieler)"
Josef Sommer frequently works together with these people:
William H. Burns (15x, Actor)
Lou Martini Jr. (15x, Actor)
Dick Wolf (14x, Crew)
Adam LeFevre (13x, Actor)
John Doman (12x, Actor)
Michael Gaston (12x, Actor)
Socorro Santiago (12x, Actress)
Bruce MacVittie (12x, Actor)
Robert Turano (12x, Actor)
Nicholas J. Giangiulio (12x, Actor)
Isiah Whitlock Jr. (11x, Actor)
Woody Allen (8x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:2548, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 04/22/2024