
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.
Known for

The Other Guys
2010 • District Attorney Radford (uncredited)

Stop-Loss
2008 • Senator Orton Worrell

The Invasion
2007 • Dr. Henryk Belicec

X-Men: The Last Stand
2006 • The President

The Elephant King
2006 • Bill Hunt

Searching for Paradise
2002 • Carl Greenslate

The Sum of All Fears
2002 • Senator Jessup

The Family Man
2000 • Peter Lassiter




































































