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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The Other Guys | District Attorney Radford (uncredited) | 2010-08-06 |
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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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The Elephant King | Bill Hunt | 2006-04-26 |
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X-Men: The Last Stand | The President | 2006-05-24 |
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The Sum of All Fears | Senator Jessup | 2002-05-31 |
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Searching for Paradise | Carl Greenslate | 2002-06-24 |
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The Next Best Thing | Richard Whittaker | 2000-03-03 |
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Shaft | Curt Flemming | 2000-06-15 |
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The Family Man | Peter Lassiter | 2000-12-12 |
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The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change | Woodrow Wilson | 2000-09-20 |
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The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer | 1999-05-09 | |
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Patch Adams | Dr. Eaton | 1998-12-25 |
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Bulworth | Doctor (uncredited) | 1998-05-15 |
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The Chamber | Phelps Bowen | 1996-10-11 |
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Mistrial | Nick Mirsky | 1996-11-02 |
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Hidden in America | Edward Millerton | 1996-12-01 |
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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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Letter to My Killer | 1995-08-09 | |
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Kansas | Joseph 'Joe' Farley | 1995-07-27 |
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Don't Drink the Water | Ambassador Magee | 1994-12-18 |
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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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Malice | Atty. Lester Adams | 1993-09-29 |
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Hostages | Tom Sutherland | 1992-09-23 |
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Citizen Cohn | Albert Cohn | 1992-08-22 |
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An American Story | Henry Meade | 1992-11-29 |
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The Mighty Ducks | Mr. Ducksworth | 1992-10-02 |
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Shadows and Fog | Priest | 1991-12-05 |
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Under Cover | Stewart Merriman | 1991-01-05 |
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Before the Storm | Stewart Merriman | 1991-07-13 |
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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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Forced March | Richard Kline | 1989-11-03 |
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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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Chances Are | Judge Fenwick | 1989-03-10 |
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Bridge to Silence | Al Duffield | 1989-04-09 |
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Money, Power, Murder. | Jack Finley | 1989-12-10 |
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Dracula's Widow | Lannon | 1988-09-14 |
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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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The Betty Ford Story | President Gerald Ford | 1987-03-02 |
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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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The Execution of Raymond Graham | Jim Neal | 1985-11-17 |
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Brotherly Love | Mr. Rafferty | 1985-05-28 |
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Witness | Chief Paul Schaeffer | 1985-02-08 |
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Target | Barney Taber | 1985-11-08 |
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Iceman | Whitman | 1984-04-13 |
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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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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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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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Reds | State Department Official | 1981-12-25 |
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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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The Henderson Monster | Dr. Martin Grossman | 1980-05-27 |
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Hide in Plain Sight | Jason R. Reid | 1980-03-21 |
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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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Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys | Pomeroy | 1976-04-22 |
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The Front | Committee Chairman | 1976-09-17 |
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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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Enemies | Nikolai | 1974-01-23 |
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Man on a Swing | Pete Russell | 1974-02-24 |
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The Witches of Salem: The Horror and the Hope | Proctor | 1972-01-01 |
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Dirty Harry | Rothko | 1971-12-23 |
