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Josef Sommer
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, Se…
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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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2010
The Other Guys
Movie District Attorney Radford (uncredited)
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2008
Stop-Loss
Movie Senator Orton Worrell
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2007
The Invasion
Movie Dr. Henryk Belicec
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2006
X-Men: The Last Stand
Movie The President
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2006
The Elephant King
Movie Bill Hunt
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2002
Without a Trace
TV show Peter Ducek
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2002
Searching for Paradise
Movie Carl Greenslate
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2002
The Sum of All Fears
Movie Senator Jessup
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2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
TV show Spencer Durning
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2000
The Family Man
Movie Peter Lassiter
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2000
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change
Movie Woodrow Wilson
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2000
Shaft
Movie Curt Flemming
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2000
The Next Best Thing
Movie Richard Whittaker
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1999
The West Wing
TV show Steve Gaines
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1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV show Patrick Rumsey
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1999
The Hunt For The Unicorn Killer
TV show
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- 1999
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1999
Providence
TV show Thomas Wheelock
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1998
Patch Adams
Movie Dr. Eaton
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1998
Bulworth
Movie Doctor (uncredited)
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1998
The Proposition
Movie Dryer
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1997
Ally McBeal
TV show Henry Thompson
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1996
Hidden in America
Movie Edward Millerton
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1996
Mistrial
Movie Nick Mirsky
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1996
The Chamber
Movie Phelps Bowen
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1996
Early Edition
TV show John Dobbs
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1995
Strange Days
Movie Palmer Strickland
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1995
Moonlight and Valentino
Movie Thomas Trager
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1995
Letter to My Killer
Movie
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1995
Kansas
Movie Joseph 'Joe' Farley
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1994
Nobody's Fool
Movie Clive Peoples Jr.
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1994
Don't Drink the Water
Movie Ambassador Magee
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1994
The Enemy Within
Movie Defence Secretary Charles Potter
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1994
Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker
Movie Col. Morrow
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1993
Malice
Movie Atty. Lester Adams
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1992
An American Story
Movie Henry Meade
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1992
The Mighty Ducks
Movie Mr. Ducksworth
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1992
Hostages
Movie Tom Sutherland
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1992
Citizen Cohn
Movie Albert Cohn
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1991
Shadows and Fog
Movie Priest
