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Josef Sommer

Actor

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He has played 3 different historical American presidents; Gerald Ford in The Betty Ford Story (1987), Franklin D. Roosevelt in The Kennedys of Massachusetts (1990), Woodrow Wilson in The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles - Paris, May 1919 (1993) as well as 1 fictional president in X-Men: The Last Stand (2006). See more trivia »

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Maximilian Josef Sommer
in Greifswald, Germany
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2010 The Other Guys
D.A. Radford (uncredited)
 
2008 Stop-Loss
Senator Orton Worrell
 
2007/I The Invasion
Dr. Henryk Belicec
 
2006 X-Men: The Last Stand
The President
 
2006 The Elephant King
Bill Hunt
 
2004 Without a Trace (TV series)
Peter Ducek
– Trials (2004) … Peter Ducek
 
2004 The West Wing (TV series)
Steve Gaines
– Slow News Day (2004) … Steve Gaines
 
2003 Law & Order: Criminal Intent (TV series)
Spencer Durning
– Cold Comfort (2003) … Spencer Durning
 
2002 Benjamin Franklin (TV mini-series documentary)
Cotton Mather
 
2002 Searching for Paradise
Carl Greenslate
 
2002 The Sum of All Fears
Senator Jessup
 
2001 Providence (TV series)
Thomas Wheelock
– Magician (2001) … Thomas Wheelock
 
2001 Ally McBeal (TV series)
Henry Thompson
– The Pursuit of Unhappiness (2001) … Henry Thompson
 
2000 The Family Man
Peter Lassiter
 
2000 Shaft
Curt Fleming
 
2000 The Next Best Thing
Richard Whittaker
 
2000 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV series)
Patrick Rumsey
– Entitled (2000) … Patrick Rumsey
 
1996-2000 Law & Order (TV series)
Judge Lawrence Hellman / Patrick Rumsey
– Entitled: Part 2 (2000) … Patrick Rumsey
– Corruption (1996) … Judge Lawrence Hellman
 
1999 The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer (TV movie)
Corporate Man
 
1998 Patch Adams
Dr. Eaton
 
1998 Lulu on the Bridge
Peter Shine (DVD deleted scene) (uncredited)
 
1998 Bulworth
Doctor (uncredited)
 
1998 The Proposition
Father Dryer
 
1997 Early Edition (TV series)
John Dobbs
– The Wall: Part 2 (1997) … John Dobbs
– The Wall: Part 1 (1997) … John Dobbs
 
1996 Hidden in America (TV movie)
Edward Millerton
 
1996 Mistrial (TV movie)
Nick Mirsky
 
1996 The Chamber
Phelps Bowen
 
1995 Strange Days
Palmer Strickland
 
1995 Moonlight and Valentino
Thomas Trager
 
1995 Letter to My Killer (TV movie)
Martin Prescott
 
1995 Kansas (TV movie)
Joseph 'Joe' Farley
 
1994 Nobody's Fool
Clive Peoples Jr.
 
1994 Don't Drink the Water (TV movie)
Ambassador Magee
 
1994 Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker (TV movie)
Col. Morrow
 
1994 The Enemy Within (TV movie)
Defence Secretary Charles Potter
 
1994 Cultivating Charlie
Prescott Putney
 
1993 Malice
Atty. Lester Adams
 
1993 The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (TV series)
Woodrow Wilson
– Paris, May 1919 (1993) … Woodrow Wilson
 
1992 An American Story (TV movie)
Henry Meade
 
1992 Hostages (TV movie)
Tom Sutherland
 
1992 The Mighty Ducks
Mr. Gerald Ducksworth
 
1992 Citizen Cohn (TV movie)
Albert Cohn
 
1991 Shadows and Fog
Priest
 
1991 A Woman Named Jackie (TV mini-series)
Joseph Kennedy Sr.
 
1991 Under Cover (TV series)
Stewart Merriman
 
1991 Under Cover (TV movie)
Stewart Merriman
 
1991 Before the Storm (TV movie)
 
1990 When Will I Be Loved? (TV movie)
Martin Ransil
 
1990 The Kennedys of Massachusetts (TV mini-series)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
 
1974-1990 Great Performances (TV series)
Nikolai / Polonius
– Hamlet (1990) … Polonius
– Enemies (1974) … Nikolai
 
1989 Money, Power, Murder. (TV movie)
Jack Finley
 
1989 The Equalizer (TV series)
Ernest Rasher
– Endgame (1989) … Ernest Rasher
 
1989 Forced March
Father
 
1989 Bloodhounds of Broadway
Waldo Winchester
 
1989 Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman (TV movie)
Charles Estiman
 
1989 Bridge to Silence (TV movie)
Al Duffield
 
1989 Chances Are
Judge Fenwick
 
1988 Dracula's Widow
Lannon
 
1988 Hothouse (TV series)
Dr. Sam Garrison
– 'Love and Taxes' (1988) … Dr. Sam Garrison
– His Mother (1988) … Dr. Sam Garrison
– Nancy: Part 2 (1988) … Dr. Sam Garrison
– Nancy: Part 1 (1988) … Dr. Sam Garrison
– The Actress (1988) … Dr. Sam Garrison
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1987 The Rosary Murders
Lieutenant Koznicki
 
1987 A Special Friendship (TV movie)
General Winder
 
1987 The Betty Ford Story (TV movie)
President Gerald Ford
 
1987 American Playhouse (TV series)
Doc
– The Wide Net (1987) … Doc
 
1986 Scarecrow and Mrs. King (TV series)
Raoul Nesbitt
– Need to Know (1986) … Raoul Nesbitt
 
1986 Yuri Nosenko, KGB (TV movie)
James Angleton
 
1985 The Execution of Raymond Graham (TV movie)
Jim Neal
 
1985 Target
Taber
 
1985 I Had Three Wives (TV series)
McWilliams
– Runaround Sue (1985) … McWilliams
 
1985 D.A.R.Y.L.
Dr. Jeffrey Stewart
 
1985 Brotherly Love (TV movie)
Mr. Rafferty
 
1985 Witness
Schaeffer
 
1984 Iceman
Whitman
 
1983 Silkwood
Max Richter
 
1983 Saigon: Year of the Cat (TV movie)
Jack Ockham
 
1983 Sparkling Cyanide (TV movie)
George Barton
 
1983 Independence Day
Sam Taylor
 
1982 Sophie's Choice
Narrator (voice)
 
1982 Still of the Night
George Bynum
 
1982 Hanky Panky
Adrian Pruitt
 
1981 Rollover
Roy Lefcourt
 
1981 Reds
State Department Official
 
1981 Absence of Malice
McAdam
 
1980 The Henderson Monster (TV movie)
Dr. Martin Grossman
 
1980 Hide in Plain Sight
Jason R. Reid, Justice Dept. Strike Force
 
1980 Doctor Franken (TV movie)
Mr. Parker
 
1979 The Scarlet Letter (TV mini-series)
Nathaniel Hawthorne
 
1979 Too Far to Go (TV movie)
Henry
 
1978 Oliver's Story
Dr. Dienhart
 
1978 Mourning Becomes Electra (TV mini-series)
Ezra Mannon
 
1977 Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Larry Butler
 
1977 The Best of Families (TV mini-series)
Jacob Riis
 
1977 The Andros Targets (TV series)
Benson Fisher
– The Killing of a Porno Queen (1977) … Benson Fisher
 
1976 The Front
Committee Chairman (as M. Josef Sommer)
 
1976 The Adams Chronicles (TV mini-series)
Charles Lee
– Chapter VI: John Adams, President (1976) … Charles Lee
 
1975 Valley Forge (TV movie)
Brig. Gen. 'Dusty' Varnum
 
1975 The Stepford Wives
Ted Van Sant (as Josef Somer)
 
1974 Man on a Swing
Pete Russell
 
1971 Dirty Harry
Dist. Atty. William T. Rothko
 
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2001 The Impressionists (TV documentary) (voice)
 
1989 The Infinite Voyage (TV series documentary)
Narrator ('Fires of the Mind')
 
1982 The Making of 'Absence of Malice' (TV documentary)
Himself
 
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Personal Details

Other Works:

Played Anton Schill in Friedrich Dürrenmatt's play "The Visit" in Chicago in Goodman Theater's 1990-1991 season.

Alternate Names:

Josef Somer | M. Josef Sommer
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Personal Quote:

There are two things that go on in a professional actor's life. The first is finding work, making a living, pursuing a career. The other thing is the art of acting. It's so easy to lose that in the urgency of a career. Sometimes the struggle is just staying active, when you wish the struggle would be over great roles and great plays... See more »

Trivia:

He has played 3 different historical American presidents; Gerald Ford in The Betty Ford Story (1987), Franklin D. Roosevelt in The Kennedys of Massachusetts (1990), Woodrow Wilson in The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles - Paris, May 1919 (1993) as well as 1 fictional president in X-Men: The Last Stand (2006). See more »

Star Sign:

Cancer