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