Acting · Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany · Born June 26, 1934
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.
MovieThe Other Guys
2010
as District Attorney Radford (uncredited)
MovieStop-Loss
2008
as Senator Orton Worrell
MovieThe Invasion
2007
as Dr. Henryk Belicec
MovieX-Men: The Last Stand
2006
as The President
MovieThe Elephant King
2006
as Bill Hunt
TVWithout a Trace
2002
as Peter Ducek
MovieSearching for Paradise
2002
as Carl Greenslate
MovieThe Sum of All Fears
2002
as Senator Jessup
TVLaw & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Spencer Durning
MovieThe Family Man
2000
as Peter Lassiter
MovieThe Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change
2000
as Woodrow Wilson
MovieShaft
2000
as Curt Flemming
MovieThe Next Best Thing
2000
as Richard Whittaker
TVThe West Wing
1999
as Steve Gaines
TVLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Patrick Rumsey
MovieThe Hunt for the Unicorn Killer
1999
TVThe Hunt For The Unicorn Killer
1999
TVProvidence
1999
as Thomas Wheelock
MoviePatch Adams
1998
as Dr. Eaton
MovieBulworth
1998
as Doctor (uncredited)
MovieThe Proposition
1998
as Dryer
TVAlly McBeal
1997
as Henry Thompson
MovieHidden in America
1996
as Edward Millerton
MovieMistrial
1996
as Nick Mirsky
MovieThe Chamber
1996
as Phelps Bowen
TVEarly Edition
1996
as John Dobbs
MovieStrange Days
1995
as Palmer Strickland
MovieMoonlight and Valentino
1995
as Thomas Trager
MovieLetter to My Killer
1995
MovieKansas
1995
as Joseph 'Joe' Farley
MovieNobody's Fool
1994
as Clive Peoples Jr.
MovieDon't Drink the Water
1994
as Ambassador Magee
MovieThe Enemy Within
1994
as Defence Secretary Charles Potter
MovieAssault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker
1994
as Col. Morrow
MovieMalice
1993
as Atty. Lester Adams
MovieAn American Story
1992
as Henry Meade
MovieThe Mighty Ducks
1992
as Mr. Ducksworth
MovieHostages
1992
as Tom Sutherland
MovieCitizen Cohn
1992
as Albert Cohn
MovieShadows and Fog
1991
as Priest
TVA Woman Named Jackie
1991
as Joseph Kennedy Sr.
MovieBefore the Storm
1991
as Stewart Merriman
Under Cover
1991
as Stewart Merriman
MovieUnder Cover
1991
as Stewart Merriman
MovieWhen Will I Be Loved?
1990
as Martin Ransil
MovieWilliam Shakespeare's Hamlet
1990
as Polonius
TVLaw & Order
1990
as Defense Attorney Patrick Rumsey
TVThe Kennedys of Massachusetts
1990
as Franklin D. Roosevelt
MovieMoney, Power, Murder.
1989
as Jack Finley
MovieBloodhounds of Broadway
1989
as Waldo Winchester
MovieForced March
1989
as Richard Kline
MovieBionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman
1989
as Charles Estiman
MovieBridge to Silence
1989
as Al Duffield
MovieChances Are
1989
as Judge Fenwick
MovieDracula's Widow
1988
as Lannon
TVHothouse
1988
as Dr. Sam Garrison
MovieThe Rosary Murders
1987
as Lieutenant Koznicki
MovieA Special Friendship
1987
as General Winder
MovieThe Betty Ford Story
1987
as President Gerald Ford
MovieDouble Image
1986
as James Angleton
MovieThe Execution of Raymond Graham
1985
as Jim Neal
MovieTarget
1985
as Barney Taber
TVThe Equalizer
1985
as Ernest Rasher
MovieD.A.R.Y.L.
1985
as Dr. Jeffrey Stewart
MovieBrotherly Love
1985
as Mr. Rafferty
MovieWitness
1985
as Schaeffer
TVScreen Two
1985
as James Angleton
MovieIceman
1984
as Whitman
MovieSilkwood
1983
as Max Richter
MovieSaigon: Year of the Cat
1983
as Jack Ockham
MovieSparkling Cyanide
1983
as George Barton
TVScarecrow and Mrs. King
1983
MovieIndependence Day
1983
as Sam Taylor
MovieSophie's Choice
1982
as Narrator (voice)
MovieStill of the Night
1982
as George Bynum
MovieHanky Panky
1982
as Adrian Pruitt
TVAmerican Playhouse
1982
as Doc
MovieReds
1981
as State Department Official
MovieAbsence of Malice
1981
as McAdam
MovieRollover
1981
as Roy Lefcourt
MovieThe Henderson Monster
1980
as Dr. Martin Grossman
MovieHide in Plain Sight
1980
as Jason R. Reid
MovieDoctor Franken
1980
as Mr. Parker
MovieToo Far to Go
1979
as Henry Mills
TVThe Scarlet Letter
1979
as Nathaniel Hawthorne
MovieOliver's Story
1978
as Dr. Dienhart
TVMourning Becomes Electra
1978
as Ezra Mannon
MovieClose Encounters of the Third Kind
1977
as Larry Butler
TVThe Andros Targets
1977
as Benson Fisher
MovieThe Front
1976
as Committee Chairman
MovieJudge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys
1976
as Pomeroy
TVThe Adams Chronicles
1976
as Charles Lee
MovieValley Forge
1975
as Brig. Gen. Varnum
MovieThe Stepford Wives
1975
as Ted Van Sant
MovieMan on a Swing
1974
as Pete Russell
MovieEnemies
1974
as Nikolai
MovieThe Witches of Salem: The Horror and the Hope
1972
as Proctor
MovieDirty Harry
1971
as Rothko
TVGreat Performances
1971
as Nikolai
TVHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Brig. Gen. Varnum
