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.
77 movies · 23 shows
The Other Guys
2010·6.3
Stop-Loss
2008·6.1
The Invasion
2007·6.0
X-Men: The Last Stand
2006·6.4
The Elephant King
2006·5.9
Searching for Paradise
2002·6.0
The Sum of All Fears
2002·6.4
The Family Man
2000·6.8
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change
2000·5.8
Shaft
2000·6.0
The Next Best Thing
2000·5.3
The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer
1999·4.8
Patch Adams
1998·7.3
Bulworth
1998·6.3
The Proposition
1998·6.1
Hidden in America
1996·5.1
Mistrial
1996·5.3
The Chamber
1996·5.9
Strange Days
1995·7.0
Moonlight and Valentino
1995·5.6
Letter to My Killer
1995·6.5
Kansas
1995·5.5
Nobody's Fool
1994·6.9
Don't Drink the Water
1994·5.5
The Enemy Within
1994·5.8
Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker
1994·6.3
Malice
1993·6.3
An American Story
1992·6.4
The Mighty Ducks
1992·6.6
Hostages
1992·6.1
Citizen Cohn
1992·6.3
Shadows and Fog
1991·6.7
Before the Storm
1991·9.0
Under Cover
1991·8.0
When Will I Be Loved?
1990·9.0
William Shakespeare's Hamlet
1990·0.0
Money, Power, Murder.
1989·5.4
Bloodhounds of Broadway
1989·5.7
Forced March
1989·6.6
Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman
1989·6.6
Bridge to Silence
1989·7.7
Chances Are
1989·6.6
Dracula's Widow
1988·4.6
The Rosary Murders
1987·5.6
A Special Friendship
1987·9.0
The Betty Ford Story
1987·0.0
Double Image
1986·5.4
The Execution of Raymond Graham
1985·6.6
Target
1985·5.9
D.A.R.Y.L.
1985·6.4
Brotherly Love
1985·7.3
Witness
1985·7.1
Iceman
1984·6.2
Silkwood
1983·6.9
Saigon: Year of the Cat
1983·5.3
Sparkling Cyanide
1983·5.9
Independence Day
1983·5.9
Sophie's Choice
1982·7.3
Still of the Night
1982·5.7
Hanky Panky
1982·5.3
Reds
1981·6.9
Absence of Malice
1981·6.6
Rollover
1981·5.2
The Henderson Monster
1980·6.0
Hide in Plain Sight
1980·5.7
Doctor Franken
1980·6.0
Too Far to Go
1979·3.5
Oliver's Story
1978·4.8
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1977·7.4
The Front
1976·7.0
Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys
1976·7.5
Valley Forge
1975·7.0
The Stepford Wives
1975·6.7
Man on a Swing
1974·5.9
Enemies
1974·0.0
The Witches of Salem: The Horror and the Hope
1972·10.0
Dirty Harry
1971·7.5