
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.
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.
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The Other Guys
Character:District Attorney Radford (uncredited)
Release Date:06/08/2010

Stop-Loss
Character:Senator Orton Worrell
Release Date:28/03/2008

The Invasion
Character:Dr. Henryk Belicec
Release Date:17/08/2007

X-Men: The Last Stand
Character:The President
Release Date:24/05/2006

The Elephant King
Character:Bill Hunt
Release Date:26/04/2006

Searching for Paradise
Character:Carl Greenslate
Release Date:24/06/2002

The Sum of All Fears
Character:Senator Jessup
Release Date:31/05/2002

The Family Man
Character:Peter Lassiter
Release Date:12/12/2000

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change
Character:Woodrow Wilson
Release Date:20/09/2000

Shaft
Character:Curt Flemming
Release Date:15/06/2000

The Next Best Thing
Character:Richard Whittaker
Release Date:03/03/2000

The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer
Character:
Release Date:09/05/1999

Patch Adams
Character:Dr. Eaton
Release Date:25/12/1998

Bulworth
Character:Doctor (uncredited)
Release Date:15/05/1998

The Proposition
Character:Dryer
Release Date:26/03/1998

Hidden in America
Character:Edward Millerton
Release Date:01/12/1996

Mistrial
Character:Nick Mirsky
Release Date:02/11/1996

The Chamber
Character:Phelps Bowen
Release Date:11/10/1996

Strange Days
Character:Palmer Strickland
Release Date:13/10/1995

Moonlight and Valentino
Character:Thomas Trager
Release Date:29/09/1995

Letter to My Killer
Character:
Release Date:09/08/1995

Kansas
Character:Joseph 'Joe' Farley
Release Date:27/07/1995

Nobody's Fool
Character:Clive Peoples Jr.
Release Date:23/12/1994

Don't Drink the Water
Character:Ambassador Magee
Release Date:18/12/1994

The Enemy Within
Character:Defence Secretary Charles Potter
Release Date:24/08/1994

Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker
Character:Col. Morrow
Release Date:26/02/1994

Malice
Character:Atty. Lester Adams
Release Date:29/09/1993

An American Story
Character:Henry Meade
Release Date:29/11/1992

The Mighty Ducks
Character:Mr. Ducksworth
Release Date:02/10/1992

Hostages
Character:Tom Sutherland
Release Date:23/09/1992

Citizen Cohn
Character:Albert Cohn
Release Date:22/08/1992

Shadows and Fog
Character:Priest
Release Date:05/12/1991

Before the Storm
Character:Stewart Merriman
Release Date:13/07/1991

Under Cover
Character:Stewart Merriman
Release Date:05/01/1991

When Will I Be Loved?
Character:Martin Ransil
Release Date:03/12/1990

William Shakespeare's Hamlet
Character:Polonius
Release Date:02/11/1990

Money, Power, Murder.
Character:Jack Finley
Release Date:10/12/1989

Bloodhounds of Broadway
Character:Waldo Winchester
Release Date:03/11/1989

Forced March
Character:Richard Kline
Release Date:03/11/1989

Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman
Character:Charles Estiman
Release Date:30/04/1989

Bridge to Silence
Character:Al Duffield
Release Date:09/04/1989

Chances Are
Character:Judge Fenwick
Release Date:10/03/1989

Dracula's Widow
Character:Lannon
Release Date:14/09/1988

The Rosary Murders
Character:Lieutenant Koznicki
Release Date:28/08/1987

A Special Friendship
Character:General Winder
Release Date:31/03/1987

The Betty Ford Story
Character:President Gerald Ford
Release Date:02/03/1987

Double Image
Character:James Angleton
Release Date:06/04/1986

The Execution of Raymond Graham
Character:Jim Neal
Release Date:17/11/1985

Target
Character:Barney Taber
Release Date:08/11/1985

D.A.R.Y.L.
Character:Dr. Jeffrey Stewart
Release Date:14/06/1985

Brotherly Love
Character:Mr. Rafferty
Release Date:28/05/1985

Witness
Character:Chief Paul Schaeffer
Release Date:08/02/1985

Iceman
Character:Whitman
Release Date:13/04/1984

Silkwood
Character:Max Richter
Release Date:14/12/1983

Saigon: Year of the Cat
Character:Jack Ockham
Release Date:29/11/1983

Sparkling Cyanide
Character:George Barton
Release Date:05/11/1983

Independence Day
Character:Sam Taylor
Release Date:21/01/1983

Sophie's Choice
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:08/12/1982

Still of the Night
Character:George Bynum
Release Date:19/11/1982

Hanky Panky
Character:Adrian Pruitt
Release Date:04/06/1982

Reds
Character:State Department Official
Release Date:25/12/1981

Absence of Malice
Character:McAdam
Release Date:19/11/1981

Rollover
Character:Roy Lefcourt
Release Date:11/10/1981

The Henderson Monster
Character:Dr. Martin Grossman
Release Date:27/05/1980

Hide in Plain Sight
Character:Jason R. Reid
Release Date:21/03/1980

Doctor Franken
Character:Mr. Parker
Release Date:13/01/1980

Too Far to Go
Character:Henry Mills
Release Date:12/03/1979

Oliver's Story
Character:Dr. Dienhart
Release Date:15/12/1978

Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Character:Larry Butler
Release Date:14/12/1977

The Front
Character:Committee Chairman
Release Date:17/09/1976

Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys
Character:Pomeroy
Release Date:22/04/1976

Valley Forge
Character:
Release Date:03/12/1975

The Stepford Wives
Character:Ted Van Sant
Release Date:12/02/1975

Man on a Swing
Character:Pete Russell
Release Date:24/02/1974

Enemies
Character:Nikolai
Release Date:23/01/1974

The Witches of Salem: The Horror and the Hope
Character:Proctor
Release Date:01/01/1972

Dirty Harry
Character:Rothko
Release Date:23/12/1971

Without a Trace
Character:Peter Ducek

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Character:Spencer Durning

The West Wing
Character:Steve Gaines

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Character:Patrick Rumsey

The Hunt For The Unicorn Killer
Character:

Providence
Character:Thomas Wheelock

Ally McBeal
Character:Henry Thompson

Early Edition
Character:John Dobbs

A Woman Named Jackie
Character:Joseph Kennedy Sr.

Under Cover
Character:Stewart Merriman

Law & Order
Character:Defense Attorney Patrick Rumsey

Law & Order
Character:Judge Lawrence Hellman

The Kennedys of Massachusetts
Character:Franklin D. Roosevelt

Hothouse
Character:Dr. Sam Garrison

The Equalizer
Character:Ernest Rasher

Scarecrow and Mrs. King
Character:

The Scarlet Letter
Character:Nathaniel Hawthorne

Mourning Becomes Electra
Character:Ezra Mannon

The Andros Targets
Character:Benson Fisher

Great Performances
Character:Nikolai

Great Performances
Character:Polonius

Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character:Brig. Gen. Varnum