Actor

Josef Sommer

58 credited titles on WatchWise

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.

Associated lifetime gross

$173M

Combined reported budget

$62M

Gross / budget

2.8x

Bankability Index

34 / 100

Associated performance by genre

Worldwide gross by tagged contribution — US$.

Drama

$142M · 11 films · 55% hit

Thriller

$26M · 4 films · 50% hit

Sci-Fi

$4.1M · 2 films · 0% hit

Comedy

$1.4M · 1 film · 0% hit

Bankability assessment

34/100Developing verified track record

Films measured × gross-vs-budget efficiency, weighted by billing prominence — lead roles and directing count fully, minor roles fractionally. Association, not attribution — not a claim that this individual caused the revenue.