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