Born in Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany — Jun 26 1934

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.
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Patrick Rumsey

Defense Attorney Patrick Rumsey

Steve Gaines

Spencer Durning

Peter Ducek

Nikolai

John Dobbs

Ernest Rasher

Thomas Wheelock

Henry Thompson


Palmer Strickland

Rothko

Peter Lassiter

Larry Butler

Brig. Gen. Varnum

Senator Jessup

Dr. Henryk Belicec

Curt Flemming

Dr. Sam Garrison

District Attorney Radford (uncredited)

Schaeffer

Dr. Eaton

Benson Fisher

State Department Official

Narrator (voice)

Doctor (uncredited)

Joseph Kennedy Sr.

Dr. Jeffrey Stewart

Atty. Lester Adams

Phelps Bowen

Mr. Ducksworth
Stewart Merriman


Judge Fenwick

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Clive Peoples Jr.

Senator Orton Worrell

McAdam

Nick Mirsky

Committee Chairman

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Ted Van Sant

Whitman

Max Richter

Adrian Pruitt

Defence Secretary Charles Potter

Priest

Nikolai

Richard Whittaker

Lieutenant Koznicki

Pete Russell

George Bynum

Edward Millerton

Joseph 'Joe' Farley

Dryer

Ezra Mannon

Col. Morrow

Ambassador Magee

Tom Sutherland


Waldo Winchester

President Gerald Ford

Thomas Trager

Woodrow Wilson

Henry Meade

Mr. Parker

Jim Neal

Henry Mills

Richard Kline

Barney Taber

Dr. Martin Grossman

Dr. Dienhart

Charles Estiman

Albert Cohn

Roy Lefcourt

Martin Ransil

George Barton

Mr. Rafferty

Jack Ockham



Polonius

Jack Finley

Bill Hunt

James Angleton

Sam Taylor

Stewart Merriman

Stewart Merriman

Pomeroy

Lannon

Jason R. Reid

General Winder

Al Duffield

Carl Greenslate

The President

Proctor