
Josef Sommer
Born: 1934-06-26
Place of birth: 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.
Filmography

The Witches of Salem: The Horror and the Hope
1972

Before the Storm
1991

When Will I Be Loved?
1990

A Special Friendship
1987

A Woman Named Jackie
1991

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951

The West Wing
1999

Under Cover
1991

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999

The Kennedys of Massachusetts
1990

Bridge to Silence
1989

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001

Hothouse
1988

Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys
1976

Dirty Harry
1971

Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1977

Early Edition
1996