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Josef Sommer

Cast & creator

Josef Sommer

1934-06-26 (age 92) Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, GermanyIMDb

Best known for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Law & Order, Law & Order

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.

Also known as: M. Josef Sommer, Josef Somer, جوزف سومر

Movies

77

film credits

Series

26

television credits

Career

103

1951–2010 · acting roles

Credit score

6.5

average across scored titles

Signature credits

Known for

Ordered by popularity

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Patrick Rumsey · 1999

Law & Order

Law & Order

Defense Attorney Patrick Rumsey · 1990

Law & Order

Law & Order

Judge Lawrence Hellman · 1990

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Spencer Durning · 2001

The West Wing

The West Wing

Steve Gaines · 1999

Across film & television

Filmography (103)

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Showing 103 of 103 credits

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Patrick Rumsey

Law & Order

Law & Order

Defense Attorney Patrick Rumsey

Law & Order

Law & Order

Judge Lawrence Hellman

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Spencer Durning

The West Wing

The West Wing

Steve Gaines

Without a Trace

Without a Trace

Peter Ducek

Great Performances

Great Performances

Nikolai

Great Performances

Great Performances

Polonius

American Playhouse

American Playhouse

Doc

American Playhouse

American Playhouse

Waldo Winchester

Screen Two

Screen Two

James Angleton

Early Edition

Early Edition

John Dobbs

The Equalizer

The Equalizer

Ernest Rasher

Providence

Providence

Thomas Wheelock

Scarecrow and Mrs. King

Scarecrow and Mrs. King

Ally McBeal

Ally McBeal

Henry Thompson

The Adams Chronicles

The Adams Chronicles

Charles Lee

The Other Guys

The Other Guys

District Attorney Radford (uncredited)

The Sum of All Fears

The Sum of All Fears

Senator Jessup

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Larry Butler

Dirty Harry

Dirty Harry

Rothko

The Family Man

The Family Man

Peter Lassiter

The Invasion

The Invasion

Dr. Henryk Belicec

Patch Adams

Patch Adams

Dr. Eaton

Sophie's Choice

Sophie's Choice

Narrator (voice)

Strange Days

Strange Days

Palmer Strickland

Shaft

Shaft

Curt Flemming

The Mighty Ducks

The Mighty Ducks

Mr. Ducksworth

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Brig. Gen. Varnum

Witness

Witness

Schaeffer

The Stepford Wives

The Stepford Wives

Ted Van Sant

A Woman Named Jackie

A Woman Named Jackie

Joseph Kennedy Sr.

The Andros Targets

The Andros Targets

Benson Fisher

The Next Best Thing

The Next Best Thing

Richard Whittaker

D.A.R.Y.L.

D.A.R.Y.L.

Dr. Jeffrey Stewart

Malice

Malice

Atty. Lester Adams

Hothouse

Hothouse

Dr. Sam Garrison

The Kennedys of Massachusetts

The Kennedys of Massachusetts

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Nobody's Fool

Nobody's Fool

Clive Peoples Jr.

The Hunt For The Unicorn Killer

The Hunt For The Unicorn Killer

Under Cover

Stewart Merriman

Chances Are

Chances Are

Judge Fenwick

The Chamber

The Chamber

Phelps Bowen

Bulworth

Bulworth

Doctor (uncredited)

Stop-Loss

Stop-Loss

Senator Orton Worrell

Reds

Reds

State Department Official

Hanky Panky

Hanky Panky

Adrian Pruitt

Still of the Night

Still of the Night

George Bynum

Shadows and Fog

Shadows and Fog

Priest

Absence of Malice

Absence of Malice

McAdam

The Scarlet Letter

The Scarlet Letter

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Iceman

Iceman

Whitman

The Front

The Front

Committee Chairman

The Enemy Within

The Enemy Within

Defence Secretary Charles Potter

The Proposition

The Proposition

Dryer

Silkwood

Silkwood

Max Richter

Mistrial

Mistrial

Nick Mirsky

Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker

Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker

Col. Morrow

Moonlight and Valentino

Moonlight and Valentino

Thomas Trager

Mourning Becomes Electra

Mourning Becomes Electra

Ezra Mannon

Double Image

Double Image

James Angleton

Oliver's Story

Oliver's Story

Dr. Dienhart

Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman

Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman

Charles Estiman

The Execution of Raymond Graham

The Execution of Raymond Graham

Jim Neal

The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer

The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer

Hide in Plain Sight

Hide in Plain Sight

Jason R. Reid

Man on a Swing

Man on a Swing

Pete Russell

William Shakespeare's Hamlet

William Shakespeare's Hamlet

Polonius

Sparkling Cyanide

Sparkling Cyanide

George Barton

Valley Forge

Valley Forge

Brig. Gen. Varnum

The Rosary Murders

The Rosary Murders

Lieutenant Koznicki

Don't Drink the Water

Don't Drink the Water

Ambassador Magee

Bloodhounds of Broadway

Bloodhounds of Broadway

Waldo Winchester

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change

Woodrow Wilson

Citizen Cohn

Citizen Cohn

Albert Cohn

The Betty Ford Story

The Betty Ford Story

President Gerald Ford

Target

Target

Barney Taber

Dracula's Widow

Dracula's Widow

Lannon

Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys

Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys

Pomeroy

Rollover

Rollover

Roy Lefcourt

Independence Day

Independence Day

Sam Taylor

When Will I Be Loved?

When Will I Be Loved?

Martin Ransil

Hidden in America

Hidden in America

Edward Millerton

The Witches of Salem: The Horror and the Hope

The Witches of Salem: The Horror and the Hope

Proctor

Too Far to Go

Too Far to Go

Henry Mills

Saigon: Year of the Cat

Saigon: Year of the Cat

Jack Ockham

Doctor Franken

Doctor Franken

Mr. Parker

Letter to My Killer

Letter to My Killer

Kansas

Kansas

Joseph 'Joe' Farley

The Henderson Monster

The Henderson Monster

Dr. Martin Grossman

Forced March

Forced March

Richard Kline

Brotherly Love

Brotherly Love

Mr. Rafferty

Money, Power, Murder.

Money, Power, Murder.

Jack Finley

An American Story

An American Story

Henry Meade

Under Cover

Under Cover

Stewart Merriman

Before the Storm

Before the Storm

Stewart Merriman

The Elephant King

The Elephant King

Bill Hunt

A Special Friendship

A Special Friendship

General Winder

Enemies

Enemies

Nikolai

Bridge to Silence

Bridge to Silence

Al Duffield

Hostages

Hostages

Tom Sutherland

X-Men: The Last Stand

X-Men: The Last Stand

The President

Searching for Paradise

Searching for Paradise

Carl Greenslate