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.
 |
The Other Guys | District Attorney Radford (uncredited) | 2010-08-06 |
 |
Stop-Loss | Senator Orton Worrell | 2008-03-28 |
 |
The Invasion | Dr. Henryk Belicec | 2007-08-17 |
 |
X-Men: The Last Stand | The President | 2006-05-24 |
 |
The Elephant King | Bill Hunt | 2006-04-26 |
 |
The Sum of All Fears | Senator Jessup | 2002-05-31 |
 |
Searching for Paradise | Carl Greenslate | 2002-06-24 |
 |
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change | Woodrow Wilson | 2000-09-20 |
 |
Shaft | Curt Flemming | 2000-06-15 |
 |
The Family Man | Peter Lassiter | 2000-12-12 |
 |
The Next Best Thing | Richard Whittaker | 2000-03-03 |
 |
The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer | 1999-05-09 | |
 |
Patch Adams | Dr. Eaton | 1998-12-25 |
 |
Bulworth | Doctor (uncredited) | 1998-05-15 |
 |
The Proposition | Dryer | 1998-03-26 |
 |
Hidden in America | Edward Millerton | 1996-12-01 |
 |
Mistrial | Nick Mirsky | 1996-11-02 |
 |
The Chamber | Phelps Bowen | 1996-10-11 |
 |
Kansas | Joseph 'Joe' Farley | 1995-07-27 |
 |
Letter to My Killer | 1995-08-09 | |
 |
Moonlight and Valentino | Thomas Trager | 1995-09-29 |
 |
Strange Days | Palmer Strickland | 1995-10-13 |
 |
The Enemy Within | Defence Secretary Charles Potter | 1994-08-24 |
 |
Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker | Col. Morrow | 1994-02-26 |
 |
Don't Drink the Water | Ambassador Magee | 1994-12-18 |
 |
Nobody's Fool | Clive Peoples Jr. | 1994-12-23 |
 |
Malice | Atty. Lester Adams | 1993-09-29 |
 |
Hostages | Tom Sutherland | 1992-09-23 |
 |
The Mighty Ducks | Mr. Ducksworth | 1992-10-02 |
 |
Citizen Cohn | Albert Cohn | 1992-08-22 |
 |
An American Story | Henry Meade | 1992-11-29 |
 |
Under Cover | Stewart Merriman | 1991-01-05 |
 |
Before the Storm | Stewart Merriman | 1991-07-13 |
 |
Shadows and Fog | Priest | 1991-12-05 |
 |
When Will I Be Loved? | Martin Ransil | 1990-12-03 |
 |
William Shakespeare's Hamlet | Polonius | 1990-11-02 |
 |
Forced March | Richard Kline | 1989-11-03 |
 |
Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman | Charles Estiman | 1989-04-30 |
 |
Bloodhounds of Broadway | Waldo Winchester | 1989-11-03 |
 |
Money, Power, Murder. | Jack Finley | 1989-12-10 |
 |
Bridge to Silence | Al Duffield | 1989-04-09 |
 |
Chances Are | Judge Fenwick | 1989-03-10 |
 |
Dracula's Widow | Lannon | 1988-09-14 |
 |
The Betty Ford Story | President Gerald Ford | 1987-03-02 |
 |
The Rosary Murders | Lieutenant Koznicki | 1987-08-28 |
 |
A Special Friendship | General Winder | 1987-03-31 |
 |
Double Image | James Angleton | 1986-04-06 |
 |
Witness | Chief Paul Schaeffer | 1985-02-08 |
 |
D.A.R.Y.L. | Dr. Jeffrey Stewart | 1985-06-14 |
 |
Brotherly Love | Mr. Rafferty | 1985-05-28 |
 |
The Execution of Raymond Graham | Jim Neal | 1985-11-17 |
 |
Target | Barney Taber | 1985-11-08 |
 |
Iceman | Whitman | 1984-04-13 |
 |
Sparkling Cyanide | George Barton | 1983-11-05 |
 |
Silkwood | Max Richter | 1983-12-14 |
 |
Saigon: Year of the Cat | Jack Ockham | 1983-11-29 |
 |
Independence Day | Sam Taylor | 1983-01-21 |
 |
Sophie's Choice | Narrator (voice) | 1982-12-08 |
 |
Still of the Night | George Bynum | 1982-11-19 |
 |
Hanky Panky | Adrian Pruitt | 1982-06-04 |
 |
Absence of Malice | McAdam | 1981-11-19 |
 |
Reds | State Department Official | 1981-12-25 |
 |
Rollover | Roy Lefcourt | 1981-10-11 |
 |
The Henderson Monster | Dr. Martin Grossman | 1980-05-27 |
 |
Doctor Franken | Mr. Parker | 1980-01-13 |
 |
Hide in Plain Sight | Jason R. Reid | 1980-03-21 |
 |
Too Far to Go | Henry Mills | 1979-03-12 |
 |
Oliver's Story | Dr. Dienhart | 1978-12-15 |
 |
Close Encounters of the Third Kind | Larry Butler | 1977-12-14 |
 |
Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys | Pomeroy | 1976-04-22 |
 |
The Front | Committee Chairman | 1976-09-17 |
 |
Valley Forge | 1975-12-03 | |
 |
The Stepford Wives | Ted Van Sant | 1975-02-12 |
 |
Enemies | Nikolai | 1974-01-23 |
 |
Man on a Swing | Pete Russell | 1974-02-24 |
 |
The Witches of Salem: The Horror and the Hope | Proctor | 1972-01-01 |
 |
Dirty Harry | Rothko | 1971-12-23 |
