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 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
★6.4X-Men: The Last Stand
★7.4Close Encounters of the Third Kind
★6.3The Other Guys
★8.0Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
★7.3Patch Adams
★7.5Dirty Harry
★6.8The Family Man
★6.4The Sum of All Fears
★7.1Witness
★6.1The Invasion
★7.0Strange Days
★6.0Shaft
★6.6The Mighty Ducks
★7.3Law & Order
★8.3The West Wing
★6.3Malice
★6.7Shadows and Fog
★7.6Law & Order: Criminal Intent
★6.9Reds
★6.7The Stepford Wives
★6.5Ally McBeal
★6.4D.A.R.Y.L.
★6.9Silkwood
★6.9Nobody's Fool