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Josef Sommer

Age: 90 years

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Gender: Male

Birthday: June 26, 1934

Place of birth: Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

Biography: 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 S...

Known for: Acting

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Dirty Harry
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Dirty Harry

as Rothko

Chances Are
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Chances Are

as Judge Fenwick

Malice
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Malice

as Atty. Lester Adams

Close Encounters of the Third Kind
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Close Encounters of ...

as Larry Butler

The Next Best Thing
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The Next Best Thing

as Richard Whittaker

Patch Adams
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Patch Adams

as Dr. Eaton

The Mighty Ducks
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The Mighty Ducks

as Mr. Ducksworth

Don't Drink the Water
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Don't Drink the Wate...

as Ambassador Magee

The Invasion
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The Invasion

as Dr. Henryk Belicec

Sparkling Cyanide
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Sparkling Cyanide

as George Barton

Nobody's Fool
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Nobody's Fool

as Clive Peoples Jr.

The Chamber
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The Chamber

as Phelps Bowen

Stop-Loss
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Stop-Loss

as Senator Orton Worrell

Witness
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Witness

as Chief Paul Schaeffer

The Elephant King
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The Elephant King

as Bill Hunt

Silkwood
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Silkwood

as Max Richter

X-Men: The Last Stand
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X-Men: The Last Stan...

as The President

D.A.R.Y.L.
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D.A.R.Y.L.

as Dr. Jeffrey Stewart

Double Image
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Double Image

as James Angleton

Bulworth
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Bulworth

as Doctor (uncredited)

Rollover
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Rollover

as Roy Lefcourt

Hide in Plain Sight
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Hide in Plain Sight

as Jason R. Reid

Absence of Malice
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Absence of Malice

as McAdam

Bloodhounds of Broadway
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Bloodhounds of Broad...

as Waldo Winchester

Bridge to Silence
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Bridge to Silence

as Al Duffield

Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman
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Bionic Showdown: The...

as Charles Estiman

An American Story
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An American Story

as Henry Meade

Dracula's Widow
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Dracula's Widow

as Lannon

Too Far to Go
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Too Far to Go

as Henry Mills

The Execution of Raymond Graham
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The Execution of Ray...

as Jim Neal

The Front
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The Front

as Committee Chairman

Money, Power, Murder.
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Money, Power, Murder...

as Jack Finley

Oliver's Story
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Oliver's Story

as Dr. Dienhart

The Henderson Monster
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The Henderson Monste...

as Dr. Martin Grossman

Man on a Swing
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Man on a Swing

as Pete Russell

Searching for Paradise
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Searching for Paradi...

as Carl Greenslate

Independence Day
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Independence Day

as Sam Taylor

Enemies
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Enemies

as Nikolai

Forced March
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Forced March

as Richard Kline

The Betty Ford Story
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The Betty Ford Story

as President Gerald Ford

Strange Days
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Strange Days

as Palmer Strickland

Shadows and Fog
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Shadows and Fog

as Priest

When Will I Be Loved?
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When Will I Be Loved...

as Martin Ransil

Still of the Night
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Still of the Night

as George Bynum

Mistrial
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Mistrial

as Nick Mirsky

The Enemy Within
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The Enemy Within

as Defence Secretary Charles Potter

Under Cover
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Under Cover

as Stewart Merriman

Before the Storm
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Before the Storm

as Stewart Merriman

Saigon: Year Of The Cat
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Saigon: Year Of The ...

as Jack Ockham

The Sum of All Fears
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The Sum of All Fears

as Senator Jessup

Hanky Panky
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Hanky Panky

as Adrian Pruitt

Brotherly Love
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Brotherly Love

as Mr. Rafferty

Hostages
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Hostages

as Tom Sutherland

Iceman
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Iceman

as Whitman

Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker
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Assault at West Poin...

as Col. Morrow

Kansas
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Kansas

as Joseph 'Joe' Farley

The Witches of Salem: The Horror and the Hope
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The Witches of Salem...

as Proctor

A Special Friendship
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A Special Friendship

as General Winder

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change
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The Adventures of Yo...

as Woodrow Wilson

Letter to My Killer
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Letter to My Killer

Valley Forge
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Valley Forge

Shaft
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Shaft

as Curt Flemming

Sophie's Choice
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Sophie's Choice

as Narrator (voice)

Reds
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Reds

as State Department Official

Citizen Cohn
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Citizen Cohn

as Albert Cohn

Doctor Franken
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Doctor Franken

as Mr. Parker

Moonlight and Valentino
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Moonlight and Valent...

as Thomas Trager

The Family Man
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The Family Man

as Peter Lassiter

Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys
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Judge Horton and the...

as Pomeroy

The Stepford Wives
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The Stepford Wives

as Ted Van Sant

Target
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Target

as Barney Taber

The Rosary Murders
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The Rosary Murders

as Lieutenant Koznicki

William Shakespeare's Hamlet
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William Shakespeare'...

as Polonius

Hidden in America
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Hidden in America

as Edward Millerton

The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer
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The Hunt for the Uni...

Ally McBeal
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Ally McBeal

Providence
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Providence

as Thomas Wheelock

Early Edition
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Early Edition

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
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Law & Order: Special...

as Patrick Rumsey

Scarecrow and Mrs. King
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Scarecrow and Mrs. K...

Without a Trace
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Without a Trace

as Peter Ducek

The Equalizer
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The Equalizer

as Ernest Rasher

Hallmark Hall of Fame
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Hallmark Hall of Fam...

as Brig. Gen. Varnum

Under Cover
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Under Cover

as Stewart Merriman

A Woman Named Jackie
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A Woman Named Jackie

as Joseph Kennedy Sr.

The Andros Targets
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The Andros Targets

as Benson Fisher

Hothouse
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Hothouse

as Dr. Sam Garrison

The Kennedys of Massachusetts
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The Kennedys of Mass...

as Franklin D. Roosevelt

The West Wing
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The West Wing

as Steve Gaines

Law & Order
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Law & Order

as Defense Attorney Patrick Rumsey

The Scarlet Letter
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The Scarlet Letter

as Nathaniel Hawthorne

Mourning Becomes Electra
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Mourning Becomes Ele...

as Ezra Mannon

Law & Order
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Law & Order

as Judge Lawrence Hellman

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
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Law & Order: Crimina...

as Spencer Durning

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones
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The Adventures of Yo...

as Woodrow Wilson

The Hunt For The Unicorn Killer
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The Hunt For The Uni...

Great Performances
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Great Performances

as Nikolai

Great Performances
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Great Performances

as Polonius