Josef Sommer
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.
Filmography
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
The West Wing
Without a Trace
The Equalizer
Great Performances
Early Edition
Ally McBeal
Providence
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
The Invasion
The Sum of All Fears
The Family Man
Dirty Harry
The Other Guys
Patch Adams
Strange Days
Shaft
Malice
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Witness
The Andros Targets
Sophie's Choice
The Stepford Wives
A Woman Named Jackie
Hothouse
Nobody's Fool
Reds