
Acting · 91 years old
Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
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.

A Woman Named Jackie
Joseph Kennedy Sr.

Hallmark Hall of Fame
Brig. Gen. Varnum

The West Wing
Steve Gaines

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Patrick Rumsey

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Spencer Durning

Dirty Harry
Rothko

Sophie's Choice
Narrator (voice)

Early Edition
John Dobbs

Law & Order
Defense Attorney Patrick Rumsey

Law & Order
Judge Lawrence Hellman

Patch Adams
Dr. Eaton

Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Larry Butler

Without a Trace
Peter Ducek

The Kennedys of Massachusetts
Franklin D. Roosevelt

The Equalizer
Ernest Rasher

Witness
Schaeffer

The Front
Committee Chairman

Strange Days
Palmer Strickland

Brotherly Love
Mr. Rafferty

Silkwood
Max Richter