Josef Sommer

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.

Known For

X-Men: The Last Stand

as The President

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

as Larry Butler

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Patrick Rumsey

Patch Adams

as Dr. Eaton

Dirty Harry

as Rothko

The Family Man

as Peter Lassiter

The Sum of All Fears

as Senator Jessup

Witness

as Chief Paul Schaeffer

The Invasion

as Dr. Henryk Belicec

Strange Days

as Palmer Strickland