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Josef Sommer
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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.
Known For
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Law & Order
1990
Law & Order
1990
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
The West Wing
1999
Without a Trace
2002
The Equalizer
1985
Early Edition
1996
Ally McBeal
1997
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1977
The Other Guys
2010
Dirty Harry
1971
Shaft
2000
The Family Man
2000
The Invasion
2007
Bulworth
1998
The Sum of All Fears
2002
Patch Adams
1998
Strange Days
1995
Witness
1985
Reds
1981
Silkwood
1983
Malice
1993
Iceman
1984
Chances Are
1989
The Mighty Ducks
1992
The Chamber
1996
Stop-Loss
2008
Nobody's Fool
1994
Sophie's Choice
1982
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