Early development

Slate is in active development, so things change fast and might occasionally break.

Home Search Discover

A home for everything you watch.

In active development. Things change fast.

Explore

Home
Search
Discover
Trending
Showing

About

Privacy
Terms
TMDB

Support us

Ko-fi

Film and series data from TMDB, where to watch from JustWatch. This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.

A passion project by Christian Pedersen

Slate

Sign in

We'll email you a code to sign in, or to create your account if you're new.

Josef Sommer | Slate

Josef Sommer

Photo

Josef Sommer

Photo

Josef Sommer

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: Acting
Born: 26 Jun 1934
Age: 92
Place of birth: Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

Known for

X-Men: The Last Stand2006
Close Encounters of the Third Kind1977

6.3

The Other Guys2010

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999

Patch Adams1998

Actor

The Other Guys2010
Stop-Loss2008
The Invasion2007
X-Men: The Last Stand2006
The Elephant King2006
Without a Trace2002
Without a Trace
Season 3
S3E9Trials
Searching for Paradise2002
The Sum of All Fears2002
Law & Order: Criminal Intent2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Season 2
S2E17Cold Comfort
The Family Man2000
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change2000
Shaft2000
The Next Best Thing2000
The West Wing1999
The West Wing
Season 5
S5E12Slow News Day
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Season 1
S1E15Entitled (I)
The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer1999
The Hunt For The Unicorn Killer1999
Providence1999
Providence
Season 3
S3E18Magician
Patch Adams1998
Bulworth1998
The Proposition1998
Ally McBeal1997
Ally McBeal
Season 4
S4E17The Pursuit of Unhappiness
Hidden in America1996
Mistrial1996
The Chamber1996
Early Edition1996
Early Edition
Season 1
S1E14The Wall (1)
S1E15The Wall (2)
Strange Days1995
Moonlight and Valentino1995
Letter to My Killer1995
Kansas1995
Nobody's Fool1994
Don't Drink the Water1994
The Enemy Within1994
Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker1994
Malice1993
An American Story1992
The Mighty Ducks1992
Hostages1992
Citizen Cohn1992
Shadows and Fog1991
A Woman Named Jackie1991
Before the Storm1991
Under Cover1991
Under Cover1991
When Will I Be Loved?1990
William Shakespeare's Hamlet1990
Law & Order1990
Law & Order
Season 7
S7E5Corruption
Season 10
S10E14Entitled (II)
The Kennedys of Massachusetts1990
Money, Power, Murder.1989
Bloodhounds of Broadway1989
Forced March1989
Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman1989
Bridge to Silence1989
Chances Are1989
Dracula's Widow1988
Hothouse1988
The Rosary Murders1987
A Special Friendship1987
The Betty Ford Story1987
Double Image1986
The Execution of Raymond Graham1985
Target1985
The Equalizer1985
The Equalizer
Season 4
S4E21Endgame
D.A.R.Y.L.1985
Brotherly Love1985
Witness1985
Screen Two1985
Screen Two
Season 2
S2E13Double Image
Iceman1984
Silkwood1983
Saigon: Year of the Cat1983
Sparkling Cyanide1983
Scarecrow and Mrs. King1983
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
Season 4
S4E10Need to Know
Independence Day1983
Sophie's Choice1982
Still of the Night1982
Hanky Panky1982
American Playhouse1982
American Playhouse
Season 6
S6E3The Wide Net
Season 9
S9E14Bloodhounds of Broadway
Reds1981
Absence of Malice1981
Rollover1981
The Henderson Monster1980
Hide in Plain Sight1980
Doctor Franken1980
Too Far to Go1979
The Scarlet Letter1979
The Scarlet Letter
Season 1
S1E1Episode 1
S1E2Episode 2
S1E3Episode 3
S1E4Episode 4
Oliver's Story1978
Mourning Becomes Electra1978
Close Encounters of the Third Kind1977
The Andros Targets1977
The Andros Targets
Season 1
S1E1The Killing of a Porno Queen
The Front1976
Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys1976
The Adams Chronicles1976
The Adams Chronicles
Season 1
S1E6Chapter 6: John Adams, President
Valley Forge1975
The Stepford Wives1975
Man on a Swing1974
Enemies1974
The Witches of Salem: The Horror and the Hope1972
Dirty Harry1971
Great Performances1971
Great Performances
Season 3
S3E1Episode 1
Season 19
S19E2Episode 2
Hallmark Hall of Fame1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Season 25
S25E3Valley Forge