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Josef Sommer
Actor 92 years old

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, Senator Jessup in The Sum of All Fears, Peter Lassiter in The Family Man, Curtis Flemming in Shaft,... Read full bio →

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18 roles
Shot from Strange Days
Character Palmer Strickland
Shot from Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Character Larry Butler
Shot from Stop-Loss
Character Senator Orton Worrell

Stop-Loss

2008

Shot from X-Men: The Last Stand
Character The President
Shot from Malice
Character Atty. Lester Adams

Malice

1993

Shot from Chances Are
Character Judge Fenwick
Shot from D.A.R.Y.L.
Character Dr. Jeffrey Stewart

D.A.R.Y.L.

1985

Shot from Reds
Character State Department Official

Reds

1981

Shot from Rollover
Character Roy Lefcourt

Rollover

1981

Title screen of Dirty Harry No snapshots yet
Character Att. William T. Rothko
Title screen of The Other Guys No snapshots yet
Character District Attorney Radford (uncredited)
Title screen of The Invasion No snapshots yet
Character Dr. Henryk Belicec
Title screen of The Sum of All Fears No snapshots yet
Character Senator Jessup
Title screen of Shaft No snapshots yet
Character Curt Flemming

Shaft

2000

Title screen of The Family Man No snapshots yet
Character Peter Lassiter
The Next Best Thing No snapshots yet
Character Richard Whittaker
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Character Doctor (uncredited)

Bulworth

1998

Title screen of Patch Adams No snapshots yet
Character Dr. Eaton

Filmography

Every title this person appears in

39 titles
The Other Guys
The Other Guys 2010
Stop-Loss
Stop-Loss 2008
The Invasion
The Invasion 2007
X-Men: The Last Stand
X-Men: The Last Stand 2006
The Sum of All Fears
The Sum of All Fears 2002
The Next Best Thing
The Next Best Thing 2000
The Family Man
The Family Man 2000
Shaft
Shaft 2000
Patch Adams
Patch Adams 1998
Bulworth
Bulworth 1998
The Chamber
The Chamber 1996
Strange Days
Strange Days 1995
The Enemy Within
The Enemy Within 1994
Nobody's Fool
Nobody's Fool 1994
Don't Drink the Water
Don't Drink the Water 1994
Malice
Malice 1993
The Mighty Ducks
The Mighty Ducks 1992
An American Story
An American Story 1992
Shadows and Fog
Shadows and Fog 1991
Chances Are
Chances Are 1989
Bloodhounds of Broadway
Bloodhounds of Broadway 1989
Dracula's Widow
Dracula's Widow 1988
The Rosary Murders
The Rosary Murders 1987
Witness
Witness 1985
Target
Target 1985
D.A.R.Y.L.
D.A.R.Y.L. 1985
Silkwood
Silkwood 1983
Saigon: Year of the Cat
Saigon: Year of the Cat 1983
Still of the Night
Still of the Night 1982
Sophie's Choice
Sophie's Choice 1982
Hanky Panky
Hanky Panky 1982
Rollover
Rollover 1981
Reds
Reds 1981
Absence of Malice
Absence of Malice 1981
Oliver's Story
Oliver's Story 1978
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1977
The Front
The Front 1976
The Stepford Wives
The Stepford Wives 1975
Dirty Harry
Dirty Harry 1971

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