Actor

Josef Sommer

1971–presentb. 1934DramaThrillerRomance

Chronicler of the Human Condition

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Known For

77 acting credits

as Larry Butler

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

as Larry Butler

1977

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

as Dr. Eaton

Patch Adams

as Dr. Eaton

1998

Patch Adams

Filmography

2010The Other GuysDistrict Attorney Radford (uncredited)6.3 2008Stop-LossSenator Orton Worrell6.1 2007The InvasionDr. Henryk Belicec6.0 2006The Elephant KingBill Hunt5.9 2006X-Men: The Last StandThe President6.4 2002Searching for ParadiseCarl Greenslate

About

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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