
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Close Encounters of the Third Kind

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.
Born: 1934-06-26 in Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

The Invasion

The Other Guys

Dirty Harry

The Family Man

Patch Adams

Witness

The Sum of All Fears

Shaft

The Stepford Wives

Stop-Loss

Sophie's Choice

Strange Days

Nobody's Fool

Malice

D.A.R.Y.L.

Reds

The Mighty Ducks

Silkwood

Bulworth