1934-06-26 Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
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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Stop-Loss | Senator Orton Worrell | 2008-03-28 |
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The Invasion | Dr. Henryk Belicec | 2007-08-17 |
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X-Men: The Last Stand | The President | 2006-05-24 |
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The Elephant King | Bill Hunt | 2006-04-26 |
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Searching for Paradise | Carl Greenslate | 2002-06-24 |
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The Sum of All Fears | Senator Jessup | 2002-05-31 |
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The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change | Woodrow Wilson | 2000-09-20 |
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Shaft | Curt Flemming | 2000-06-15 |
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The Next Best Thing | Richard Whittaker | 2000-03-03 |
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The Family Man | Peter Lassiter | 2000-12-12 |
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The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer | 1999-05-09 | |
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Bulworth | Doctor (uncredited) | 1998-05-15 |
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Patch Adams | Dr. Eaton | 1998-12-25 |
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Hidden in America | Edward Millerton | 1996-12-01 |
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Mistrial | Nick Mirsky | 1996-11-02 |
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The Chamber | Phelps Bowen | 1996-10-11 |
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Letter to My Killer | 1995-08-09 | |
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Kansas | Joseph 'Joe' Farley | 1995-07-27 |
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Strange Days | Palmer Strickland | 1995-10-13 |
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Moonlight and Valentino | Thomas Trager | 1995-09-29 |
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Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker | Col. Morrow | 1994-02-26 |
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Nobody's Fool | Clive Peoples Jr. | 1994-12-23 |
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The Enemy Within | Defence Secretary Charles Potter | 1994-08-24 |
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Don't Drink the Water | Ambassador Magee | 1994-12-18 |
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Malice | Atty. Lester Adams | 1993-09-29 |
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Citizen Cohn | Albert Cohn | 1992-08-22 |
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The Mighty Ducks | Mr. Ducksworth | 1992-10-02 |
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Hostages | Tom Sutherland | 1992-09-23 |
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An American Story | Henry Meade | 1992-11-29 |
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Shadows and Fog | Priest | 1991-12-05 |
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William Shakespeare's Hamlet | Polonius | 1990-11-02 |
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When Will I Be Loved? | Martin Ransil | 1990-12-03 |
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Bridge to Silence | Al Duffield | 1989-04-09 |
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Chances Are | Judge Fenwick | 1989-03-10 |
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Money, Power, Murder. | Jack Finley | 1989-12-10 |
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Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman | Charles Estiman | 1989-04-30 |
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Bloodhounds of Broadway | Waldo Winchester | 1989-11-03 |
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Forced March | Richard Kline | 1989-11-03 |
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Dracula's Widow | Lannon | 1988-07-02 |
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The Betty Ford Story | President Gerald Ford | 1987-03-02 |
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The Rosary Murders | Lieutenant Koznicki | 1987-08-28 |
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A Special Friendship | General Winder | 1987-03-31 |
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Double Image | James Angleton | 1986-04-06 |
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D.A.R.Y.L. | Dr. Jeffrey Stewart | 1985-06-14 |
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Witness | Chief Paul Schaeffer | 1985-02-08 |
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Brotherly Love | Mr. Rafferty | 1985-05-28 |
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Target | Barney Taber | 1985-11-08 |
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The Execution of Raymond Graham | Jim Neal | 1985-11-17 |
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Iceman | Whitman | 1984-04-13 |
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Sparkling Cyanide | George Barton | 1983-11-05 |
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Saigon: Year Of The Cat | Jack Ockham | 1983-11-29 |
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Independence Day | Sam Taylor | 1983-01-21 |
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Silkwood | Max Richter | 1983-12-14 |
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Still of the Night | George Bynum | 1982-11-19 |
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Sophie's Choice | Narrator (voice) | 1982-12-08 |
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Hanky Panky | Adrian Pruitt | 1982-06-04 |
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Rollover | Roy Lefcourt | 1981-10-11 |
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Absence of Malice | McAdam | 1981-11-19 |
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Reds | State Department Official | 1981-12-25 |
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Hide in Plain Sight | Jason R. Reid | 1980-03-21 |
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The Henderson Monster | Dr. Martin Grossman | 1980-05-27 |
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Doctor Franken | Mr. Parker | 1980-01-13 |
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Too Far to Go | Henry Mills | 1979-03-12 |
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Oliver's Story | Dr. Dienhart | 1978-12-15 |
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Close Encounters of the Third Kind | Larry Butler | 1977-12-14 |
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The Front | Committee Chairman | 1976-09-17 |
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Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys | Pomeroy | 1976-04-22 |
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Valley Forge | 1975-12-03 | |
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The Stepford Wives | Ted Van Sant | 1975-02-12 |
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Man on a Swing | Pete Russell | 1974-02-24 |
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Enemies | Nikolai | 1974-01-23 |
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The Witches of Salem: The Horror and the Hope | 1972-01-01 | |
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Dirty Harry | Rothko | 1971-12-23 |
