Josef Sommer

Josef Sommer

1934-06-26 Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany 76 Credits

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 i...

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The Other Guys

The Other Guys

2010

as District Attorney Radford (uncredited)

6.3
Acting

Unlike their heroic counterparts on the force, desk-bound NYPD detectives Gamble and Hoitz garner no headlines as they work day to day. When a seeming...

Stop-Loss

Stop-Loss

2008

as Senator Orton Worrell

6.1
Acting

A veteran soldier returns from his completed tour of duty in Iraq, only to find his life turned upside down when he is arbitrarily ordered to return t...

The Invasion

The Invasion

2007

as Dr. Henryk Belicec

6.0
Acting

Washington, D.C. psychologist Carol Bennell and her colleague Dr. Ben Driscoll are the only two people on Earth who are aware of an epidemic running r...

X-Men: The Last Stand

X-Men: The Last Stand

2006

as The President

6.4
Acting

When a cure is found to treat mutations, lines are drawn amongst the X-Men—led by Professor Charles Xavier—and the Brotherhood, a band of powerful mut...

The Elephant King

The Elephant King

2006

as Bill Hunt

5.9
Acting

The story of two brothers who lead totally different lives. Jake Hunt enjoys life to the fullest in Thailand, while his shy brother Oliver deals with ...

Searching for Paradise

Searching for Paradise

2002

as Carl Greenslate

4.0
Acting

A young woman, coping with the death of her father, embarks on a quest to meet a Hollywood star with whom she has become obsessed.

The Sum of All Fears

The Sum of All Fears

2002

as Senator Jessup

6.4
Acting

When the president of Russia suddenly dies, a man whose politics are virtually unknown succeeds him. The change in political leaders sparks paranoia a...

The Family Man

The Family Man

2000

as Peter Lassiter

6.8
Acting

Jack's lavish, fast-paced lifestyle changes one Christmas night when he stumbles into a grocery store holdup and disarms the gunman. The next morning ...

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change

2000

as Woodrow Wilson

5.7
Acting

Following World War I, Indy - now fluent in several languages - works as a translator at the controversial Paris Peace Conference, where he once more ...

Shaft

Shaft

2000

as Curt Flemming

6.0
Acting

New York police detective John Shaft arrests Walter Wade Jr. for a racially motivated slaying. But the only eyewitness disappears, and Wade jumps bail...

The Next Best Thing

The Next Best Thing

2000

as Richard Whittaker

5.3
Acting

A comedy-drama about best friends - one a straight woman, Abbie, the other a gay man, Robert - who decide to have a child together. Five years later, ...

The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer

The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer

1999

4.2
Acting

An account of early 1970s social activist Ira Einhorn, who allegedly murdered his girlfriend and then fled the country.

Patch Adams

Patch Adams

1998

as Dr. Eaton

7.3
Acting

The true story of Dr. Hunter "Patch" Adams, who in the 1970s found that humor is the best medicine, and was willing to do just anything to make his pa...

Bulworth

Bulworth

1998

as Doctor (uncredited)

6.3
Acting

A suicidally disillusioned liberal politician puts a contract out on himself and takes the opportunity to be bluntly honest with his voters by affecti...

Hidden in America

Hidden in America

1996

as Edward Millerton

5.1
Acting

Story of a man whose pride in being the head of his family won't let him accept help from his sick daughters doctor. He has to prove to his kids that ...

Mistrial

Mistrial

1996

as Nick Mirsky

5.0
Acting

When a cop-killer goes free, a detective's search for personal justice veers dangerously out of control. Declaring a mistrial, he takes the accused, t...

The Chamber

The Chamber

1996

as Phelps Bowen

6.0
Acting

Idealistic young attorney Adam Hall takes on the death row clemency case of his racist grandfather, Sam Cayhall, a former Ku Klux Klan member he has n...

Strange Days

Strange Days

1995

as Palmer Strickland

7.0
Acting

Former policeman Lenny Nero has moved into a more lucrative trade: the illegal sale of virtual reality-like recordings that allow users to experience ...

Moonlight and Valentino

Moonlight and Valentino

1995

as Thomas Trager

5.6
Acting

A young widow still grieving over the death of her husband finds herself being comforted by a local housepainter.

Letter to My Killer

Letter to My Killer

1995

6.0
Acting

A letter is found by a demolition worker that reveals a cover up and a murder that is over 30 years old. The victim is the author of the letter that a...

Kansas

Kansas

1995

as Joseph 'Joe' Farley

5.0
Acting

When a single mother and high-powered Chicago ad executive returns to her home town in Kansas to care for her ailing father, she rediscovers the joys ...

Nobody's Fool

Nobody's Fool

1994

as Clive Peoples Jr.

6.9
Acting

A rascally nearing-retirement man juggles a workers' compensation suit while secretly working for his nemesis and flirting with his nemesis' young wif...

Don't Drink the Water

Don't Drink the Water

1994

as Ambassador Magee

5.5
Acting

Somewhere behind the early 1960s cold-war iron curtain, the Hollander family cause an international spying incident when Walter photographs a sunset i...

The Enemy Within

The Enemy Within

1994

as Defence Secretary Charles Potter

5.7
Acting

A officer with the Joint Chiefs of Staff uncovers a planned military coup of the U.S. government and has only one week to prevent the takeover.

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

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

1994

as Col. Morrow

6.2
Acting

The story of Johnson Whittaker, one of the first African-American cadets admitted to West Point. Tied down and beaten by his fellow cadets

Malice

Malice

1993

as Atty. Lester Adams

6.3
Acting

A tale about a happily married couple who would like to have children. Tracy teaches infants, Andy's a college professor. Things are never the same af...

An American Story

An American Story

1992

as Henry Meade

5.8
Acting

World War II has ended and many soldiers return to their houses and families. But three of them find themselves with big problems when they arrive at ...

The Mighty Ducks

The Mighty Ducks

1992

as Mr. Ducksworth

6.6
Acting

After reckless young lawyer Gordon Bombay gets arrested for drunk driving, he must coach a kids hockey team for his community service. Gordon has expe...

Hostages

Hostages

1992

as Tom Sutherland

5.9
Acting

True account of the six men held hostage by religious extremists in Beirut during the Reagan-Bush era.

Citizen Cohn

Citizen Cohn

1992

as Albert Cohn

6.2
Acting

As lawyer and power broker Roy Cohn lies dying of AIDS in a private hospital room, ghosts from his past visit him as he reflects on his life and loves...

Shadows and Fog

Shadows and Fog

1991

as Priest

6.7
Acting

With a serial strangler on the loose, a bookkeeper wanders around town searching for the vigilante group intent on catching the killer.

Before the Storm

Before the Storm

1991

as Stewart Merriman

Acting

A follow up to Under Cover aka The Company (1991). Linda Purl is again Kate Del'Amico, National Intelligence Agent who travels to Kuwait in 1990 to in...

Under Cover

Under Cover

1991

as Stewart Merriman

Acting

A seasoned operative pursues a dangerous mission: to prevent the assassination of a high-ranking Soviet reformer. Meanwhile, his best friend believes ...

When Will I Be Loved?

When Will I Be Loved?

1990

as Martin Ransil

Acting

Three disillusioned wives who are contemplating divorce compare notes on their stormy marriages.

William Shakespeare's Hamlet

William Shakespeare's Hamlet

1990

as Polonius

Acting

A Danish prince and university student avenges his father's murder by his uncle, who stole the crown and married his mother.

Money, Power, Murder.

Money, Power, Murder.

1989

as Jack Finley

3.8
Acting

Peter Finley is a cable-TV newsman who is led into a network of sin and conspiracy when he has interest in a missing anchorwoman's story.

Bloodhounds of Broadway

Bloodhounds of Broadway

1989

as Waldo Winchester

5.6
Acting

This musical is based on four short stories by Damon Runyon. In one tale, gambler Feet Samuels sells his body to science just as he realizes that Hort...

Forced March

Forced March

1989

as Richard Kline

6.5
Acting

Ben Kline is an American television star and a bankable name, who is cast to portray the Hungarian writer Miklos Radnoti, whose journal of poems was f...

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

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

1989

as Charles Estiman

6.5
Acting

The Bionic Woman and the Six-Million-Dollar Man reunite--with a few younger bionic assistants--and try to catch a bionic spy.

Bridge to Silence

Bridge to Silence

1989

as Al Duffield

6.5
Acting

A hearing impaired woman suffers a mental breakdown when a drunk-driving accident kills her husband and she finds herself in a struggle with her mothe...

Chances Are

Chances Are

1989

as Judge Fenwick

6.6
Acting

Louie Jeffries is happily married to Corinne. On their first anniversary, Louie is killed crossing the road. Louie is reincarnated as Alex Finch, and ...

Dracula's Widow

Dracula's Widow

1988

as Lannon

4.4
Acting

Dracula's wife, Vanessa, comes back to life and attacks Raymond who has a waxworks museum, where he displays notorious monsters and murderers.

The Rosary Murders

The Rosary Murders

1987

as Lieutenant Koznicki

5.5
Acting

A priest is put in a dilemma when the serial killer who has been murdering priests and nuns confesses to him.

A Special Friendship

A Special Friendship

1987

as General Winder

Acting

During the American Civil War, two women, a wealthy white woman and a freed black slave, join forces to fight for freedom and the abolition of slavery...

The Betty Ford Story

The Betty Ford Story

1987

as President Gerald Ford

Acting

This biographical film was based on the book The Times of My Life written by Chris Chase and Betty Ford.

Double Image

Double Image

1986

as James Angleton

5.9
Acting

This film tells the true-life story of Yuri Nosenko, a top Soviet KGB agent who defected to the West at the height of the Cold War in 1962.

The Execution of Raymond Graham

The Execution of Raymond Graham

1985

as Jim Neal

6.4
Acting

A young man, convicted of the murder of a clerk, who has been on death row for five years and now awaits his execution while his family desperately se...

Target

Target

1985

as Barney Taber

5.9
Acting

A Texan with a secret past searches Europe with his son after the KGB kidnaps his wife.

D.A.R.Y.L.

D.A.R.Y.L.

1985

as Dr. Jeffrey Stewart

6.4
Acting

Daryl is a normal 10-year-old boy in many ways. However, unbeknown to his foster parents and friends, Daryl is actually a government-created robot wit...

Brotherly Love

Brotherly Love

1985

as Mr. Rafferty

7.0
Acting

A businessman is stalked by his murderous twin brother, who has just been released from a mental hospital.

Witness

Witness

1985

as Chief Paul Schaeffer

7.1
Acting

While protecting an Amish boy - who is the sole witness to a brutal murder - and his mother, a detective is forced to seek refuge within their communi...

Iceman

Iceman

1984

as Whitman

6.1
Acting

A team of Arctic researchers find a 40,000 year-old man frozen in ice and bring him back to life. Anthropologist Dr. Stanley Shephard wants to befrie...

Silkwood

Silkwood

1983

as Max Richter

7.0
Acting

The story of Karen Silkwood, a metallurgy worker at a plutonium processing plant who was purposefully contaminated, psychologically tortured and possi...

Saigon: Year Of The Cat

Saigon: Year Of The Cat

1983

as Jack Ockham

4.6
Acting

The year is 1974, and Barbara Dean (Judi Dench), a British assistant manager in a foreign bank in Saigon, begins a relationship with American Bob Ches...

Sparkling Cyanide

Sparkling Cyanide

1983

as George Barton

6.1
Acting

The beautiful but unfaithful wife of a successful lawyer meets her untimely end at their anniversary dinner. After a suicide note is found soon after ...

Independence Day

Independence Day

1983

as Sam Taylor

5.5
Acting

Mary Ann Taylor loves the comforts of her hometown in Mercury, Texas. She has a steady job as a waitress in her father's diner, yet she can't help but...

Sophie's Choice

Sophie's Choice

1982

as Narrator (voice)

7.3
Acting

Stingo, a young writer, moves to Brooklyn in 1947 to begin work on his first novel. As he becomes friendly with Sophie and her lover Nathan, he learns...

Still of the Night

Still of the Night

1982

as George Bynum

5.7
Acting

When one of his patients is found murdered, psychiatrist Dr. Sam Rice is visited by the investigating officer but refuses to give up any information. ...

Hanky Panky

Hanky Panky

1982

as Adrian Pruitt

5.3
Acting

Naïve Michael Jordon is drawn into a web of government secrets when a girl carrying a mysterious package gets into a taxi with him. When she's later m...

Reds

Reds

1981

as State Department Official

6.9
Acting

An account of the revolutionary years of the legendary American journalist John Reed, who shared his adventurous professional life with his radical co...

Absence of Malice

Absence of Malice

1981

as McAdam

6.6
Acting

Megan Carter is a reporter duped into running an untrue story on Michael Gallagher, a suspected racketeer. He has an alibi for the time his crime was ...

Rollover

Rollover

1981

as Roy Lefcourt

5.1
Acting

An Arab oil organization devises a plan to wreck the world economy in order to cause anarchy and chaos.

The Henderson Monster

The Henderson Monster

1980

as Dr. Martin Grossman

4.0
Acting

A small town becomes gripped by an ethical debate when the community discovers a moody, egotistical scientist is experimenting with DNA and the creati...

Hide in Plain Sight

Hide in Plain Sight

1980

as Jason R. Reid

5.3
Acting

True story of a man in search of his children after his ex-wife enters the Witness Protection Program.

Doctor Franken

Doctor Franken

1980

as Mr. Parker

2.0
Acting

This variation of the Frankenstein legend, set in a brownstone in present-day Manhattan, has Robert Vaughn as a determined New York surgeon bringing "...

Too Far to Go

Too Far to Go

1979

as Henry Mills

1.0
Acting

Love and passion, anger and heartbreak, laughter and happiness, all complex textures woven into the fabric so many have come to know as marriage. For ...

Oliver's Story

Oliver's Story

1978

as Dr. Dienhart

4.8
Acting

Oliver Barrett IV is emotionally devastated by the death of his wife Jenny, and, while he tries to lose himself in his work as a lawyer, the long hour...

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

1977

as Larry Butler

7.3
Acting

After an encounter with UFOs, an electricity linesman feels undeniably drawn to an isolated area in the wilderness where something spectacular is abou...

The Front

The Front

1976

as Committee Chairman

7.0
Acting

A cashier poses as a writer for blacklisted talents to submit their work through, but the injustice around him pushes him to take a stand.

Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys

Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys

1976

as Pomeroy

6.0
Acting

In 1930s Alabama, nine young black men are accused of raping two white women. The judge in the case, unlike the rest of the town, comes to believe tha...

Valley Forge

Valley Forge

1975

Acting

George Washington struggles to hold his army together at a critical point during the Revolutionary War.

The Stepford Wives

The Stepford Wives

1975

as Ted Van Sant

6.7
Acting

Joanna Eberhart has come to the quaint little town of Stepford, Connecticut with her family, but soon discovers there lies a sinister truth in the all...

Man on a Swing

Man on a Swing

1974

as Pete Russell

5.8
Acting

When a young schoolteacher is found dead in her car in a parking lot in broad daylight, police chief Lee Tucker can find no clues pointing to her kill...

Enemies

Enemies

1974

as Nikolai

Acting

In a sun-dappled garden in provincial Russia in 1905, some factory owners and their wives discuss the unrest among the workers. Rather than submit to ...

The Witches of Salem: The Horror and the Hope

The Witches of Salem: The Horror and the Hope

1972

as Proctor

Acting

A bizarre series of events focused on young women in the village of Salem causes paranoia in the late 1600s. It ends with the lynching of the accused ...

Dirty Harry

Dirty Harry

1971

as Rothko

7.4
Acting

When a madman dubbed 'Scorpio' terrorizes San Francisco, hard-nosed cop, Harry Callahan – famous for his take-no-prisoners approach to law enforcement...