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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| # | Name | Character | Rating | |
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| 1 | The Other Guys (2010) | District Attorney Radford (uncredited) | 6.8 | |
| 2 | Stop-Loss (2008) | Senator Orton Worrell | 5.8 | |
| 3 | The Invasion (2007) | Dr. Henryk Belicec | 6.1 | |
| 4 | X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) | The President | 6.7 | |
| 5 | The Sum of All Fears (2002) | Senator Jessup | 6.5 | |
| 6 | The Family Man (2000) | Peter Lassiter | 6.8 | |
| 7 | The Next Best Thing (2000) | Richard Whittaker | 5 | |
| 8 | Shaft (2000) | Curt Flemming | 6.3 | |
| 9 | The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer (1999) | - | - | - |
| 10 | Patch Adams (1998) Oscars 1999 | Dr. Eaton | 6.7 | |
| 11 | Bulworth (1998) Oscars 1999 | Doctor (uncredited) | 6.2 | |
| 12 | The Chamber (1996) | Phelps Bowen | 6 | |
| 13 | Moonlight and Valentino (1995) | Thomas Trager | - | - |
| 14 | Strange Days (1995) | Palmer Strickland | 6.7 | |
| 15 | Don't Drink the Water (1994) | Ambassador Magee | 5 | |
| 16 | Nobody's Fool (1994) | Clive Peoples Jr. | 7.5 | |
| 17 | The Enemy Within (1994) | Defence Secretary Charles Potter | 7 | |
| 18 | Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker (1994) | Col. Morrow | - | - |
| 19 | Malice (1993) | Atty. Lester Adams | 5.8 | |
| 20 | An American Story (1992) | Henry Meade | - | - |
| 21 | Hostages (1992) | Tom Sutherland | - | - |
| 22 | The Mighty Ducks (1992) | Mr. Ducksworth | 7.1 | |
| 23 | Shadows and Fog (1991) | Priest | 6.2 | |
| 24 | William Shakespeare's Hamlet (1990) | Polonius | 6 | |
| 25 | Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman (1989) | Charles Estiman | - | - |
| 26 | Chances Are (1989) | Judge Fenwick | 5 | |
| 27 | Dracula's Widow (1988) | Lannon | - | - |
| 28 | The Execution of Raymond Graham (1985) | Jim Neal | - | - |
| 29 | D.A.R.Y.L. (1985) | Dr. Jeffrey Stewart | 7.4 | |
| 30 | Witness (1985) | Schaeffer | 6.6 | |
| 31 | Iceman (1984) | Whitman | 7.5 | |
| 32 | Independence Day (1983) | Sam Taylor | 8 | |
| 33 | Silkwood (1983) | Max Richter | 6 | |
| 34 | Still of the Night (1982) | George Bynum | 2 | |
| 35 | Sophie's Choice (1982) | Narrator (voice) | 6.9 | |
| 36 | Hanky Panky (1982) | Adrian Pruitt | - | - |
| 37 | Reds (1981) | State Department Official | 8.5 | |
| 38 | Absence of Malice (1981) | McAdam | 8.5 | |
| 39 | Rollover (1981) | Roy Lefcourt | - | - |
| 40 | Hide in Plain Sight (1980) | Jason R. Reid | - | - |
| 41 | Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) | Larry Butler | 7.7 | |
| 42 | The Front (1976) | Committee Chairman | 7 | |
| 43 | The Stepford Wives (1975) | Ted Van Sant | 7.2 | |
| 44 | Man on a Swing (1974) | Pete Russell | - | - |
| 45 | The Witches of Salem: The Horror and the Hope (1972) | Proctor | - | - |
| 46 | Dirty Harry (1971) | Rothko | 7.6 |
