Josef Sommer
Josef Sommer is credited on 51 movies and 11 TV shows, best known by TMDB votes for X-Men: The Last Stand, Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
Born June 26, 1934 in Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.
Filmography · 60 titles
The 60 best known of 62 credits on TMDB, by votes.
US streaming apps shown for the 12 best-known titles, checked October 5, 2026. Tap any title for where it streams and what it costs.
X-Men: The Last Stand
2006 · Movie
On Disney+ and fuboTV
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1977 · Movie
On Peacock and Sony Pictures Core
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · TV show
On Hulu and Peacock
The Other Guys
2010 · Movie
On Netflix and Starz
Patch Adams
1998 · Movie
Free with ads on YouTube Free
Dirty Harry
1971 · Movie
Not on a US subscription app
The Family Man
2000 · Movie
On Hulu
Witness
1985 · Movie
Free with ads on Kanopy
The Sum of All Fears
2002 · Movie
On Paramount+ and MGM
The Invasion
2007 · Movie
On Howdy
Shaft
2000 · Movie
On Paramount+ and Starz
Sophie's Choice
1982 · Movie
On Peacock and fuboTV
The Mighty Ducks
1992 · Movie
Law & Order
1990 · TV show
The West Wing
1999 · TV show
Malice
1993 · Movie
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001 · TV show
Shadows and Fog
1991 · Movie
Reds
1981 · Movie
The Stepford Wives
1975 · Movie
Silkwood
1983 · Movie
Ally McBeal
1997 · TV show
Nobody's Fool
1994 · Movie
D.A.R.Y.L.
1985 · Movie
Without a Trace
2002 · TV show
Chances Are
1989 · Movie
Stop-Loss
2008 · Movie
Bulworth
1998 · Movie
Absence of Malice
1981 · Movie
The Chamber
1996 · Movie
The Front
1976 · Movie
Early Edition
1996 · TV show
The Next Best Thing
2000 · Movie
Still of the Night
1982 · Movie
Iceman
1984 · Movie
Target
1985 · Movie
Don't Drink the Water
1994 · Movie
The Equalizer
1985 · TV show
Moonlight and Valentino
1995 · Movie
Hanky Panky
1982 · Movie
Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman
1989 · Movie
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983 · TV show
The Enemy Within
1994 · Movie
The Proposition
1998 · Movie
The Rosary Murders
1987 · Movie
Providence
1999 · TV show
Citizen Cohn
1992 · Movie
Bloodhounds of Broadway
1989 · Movie
Man on a Swing
1974 · Movie
Great Performances
1971 · TV show
Oliver's Story
1978 · Movie
Rollover
1981 · Movie
Mistrial
1996 · Movie
Dracula's Widow
1988 · Movie
The Elephant King
2006 · Movie
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change
2000 · Movie
Hide in Plain Sight
1980 · Movie
Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker
1994 · Movie
Sparkling Cyanide
1983 · Movie
Independence Day
1983 · Movie
About 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...
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