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Josef Sommer
Highest Rated: 93% Witness (1985)
Lowest Rated: 11% The Proposition (1998)
Birthday: Jun 26, 1934
Birthplace: Greifswald, Germany
Sturdy, stage-trained character actor who made his debut as the district attorney in "Dirty Harry" (1971) and went on to lend solid support to a number of excellent productions, including "The Front" (1976), "Reds" (1981), "Silkwood" (1983) and "Witness" (1985).
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Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20% | 40% | The Invasion | Dr. Henryk Belicec (Character) | $15.1M | 2007 |
| 18% | 64% | The Elephant King | Bill Hunt (Character) | - | 2006 |
| 71% | 33% | Searching for Paradise | Carl Greenslate (Character) | - | 2002 |
| 59% | 49% | The Sum of All Fears | Senator Jessup (Character) | $118.5M | 2002 |
| 53% | 67% | The Family Man | Lassiter (Character) | $75.8M | 2000 |
| 67% | 41% | Shaft | Curt Fleming (Character) | $70.3M | 2000 |
| 19% | 35% | The Next Best Thing | Richard Whittaker (Character) | $15.0M | 2000 |
| 11% | 50% | The Proposition | Father Dryer (Character) | $121.9K | 1998 |
| 21% | 73% | Patch Adams | Dr. Eaton (Character) | $135.0M | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | 69% | Hidden in America | Edward Millerton (Character) | - | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | 5% | Mistrial | Nick Mirsky (Character) | - | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kansas | Joseph "Joe" Farley (Character) | - | 1995 |
| 13% | 51% | Moonlight and Valentino | Thomas Trager (Character) | $2.1M | 1995 |
| 68% | 73% | Strange Days | Palmer Strickland (Character) | $7.3M | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Letter to My Killer | Martin Prescott (Character) | - | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | 34% | The Enemy Within | Defence Secretary Charles Potter (Character) | - | 1994 |
| 91% | 81% | Nobody's Fool | Clive Peoples, Jr. (Character) | $38.3M | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cultivating Charlie | Prescott Putney (Character) | - | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | 27% | Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker | Col. Morrow (Character) | - | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | 67% | Hostages | Tom Sutherland (Character) | - | 1993 |
| 57% | 46% | Malice | Atty. Lester Adams (Character) | $46.0M | 1993 |
| No Score Yet | 62% | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: The Winds of Change | Woodrow Wilson (Character) | - | 1993 |
| No Score Yet | 61% | Citizen Cohn | Albert Cohn (Character) | - | 1992 |
| 54% | 55% | Shadows and Fog | Priest (Character) | $2.4M | 1992 |
| 23% | 65% | The Mighty Ducks | Mr. Gerald Ducksworth (Character) | $50.7M | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | 80% | An American Story | Henry Meade (Character) | - | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Under Cover | Stewart Merriman (Character) | - | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | When Will I Be Loved? | Martin Ransil (Character) | - | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | 56% | Bridge to Silence | Al Duffield (Character) | - | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Forced March | Father (Character) | - | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | 22% | Bloodhounds of Broadway | Waldo Winchester (Character) | $25.8K | 1989 |
| 67% | 65% | Chances Are | Judge Fenwick (Character) | $15.7M | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Money, Power, Murder | Jack Finley (Character) | - | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | 28% | Dracula's Widow | Lannon (Character) | - | 1988 |
| No Score Yet | 36% | The Rosary Murders | Lieutenant Koznicki (Character) | $1.7M | 1987 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Betty Ford Story | President Gerald Ford (Character) | - | 1987 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Yuri Nosenko, KGB | James Angleton (Character) | - | 1986 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Brotherly Love | Mr. Rafferty (Character) | - | 1985 |
| 53% | 55% | D.A.R.Y.L. | Dr. Jeffrey Stewart (Character) | - | 1985 |
| 62% | 35% | Target | Taber (Character) | $9.0M | 1985 |
| 93% | 80% | Witness | Chief Paul Schaeffer (Character) | $65.3M | 1985 |
| No Score Yet | 48% | Iceman | Whitman (Character) | - | 1984 |
| No Score Yet | 60% | Independence Day | Sam Taylor (Character) | - | 1983 |
| No Score Yet | 44% | Agatha Christie's Sparkling Cyanide | George Barton (Character) | - | 1983 |
| 76% | 79% | Silkwood | Max Richter (Character) | - | 1983 |
| 63% | 48% | Still of the Night | George Bynum (Character) | - | 1982 |
| 45% | 31% | Hanky Panky | Adrian Pruitt (Character) | - | 1982 |
| 76% | 85% | Sophie's Choice | Narrator | - | 1982 |
| 81% | 63% | Absence of Malice | McAdam (Character) | - | 1981 |
| 70% | 33% | Rollover | Roy Lefcourt (Character) | - | 1981 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Henderson Monster | Dr. Martin Grossman (Character) | - | 1980 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Doctor Franken | Mr. Parker (Character) | - | 1980 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Too Far to Go | Henry (Character) | - | 1979 |
| 25% | 24% | Oliver's Story | Dr. Dienhart (Character) | - | 1978 |
| 69% | 74% | The Front | Committee Chairman (Character) | - | 1976 |
| No Score Yet | 11% | Man on a Swing | Pete Russell (Character) | - | 1974 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Without a Trace | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | 71% | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Providence | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2001 |
| 61% | 74% | Ally McBeal | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | 83% | Law & Order | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 2000 |
| 78% | 81% | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Patrick Rumsey (Guest Star) | 2000 |
| 88% | No Score Yet | Michael Hayes | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Early Edition | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997 |
| 78% | 87% | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1993 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Equalizer | Ernest Rasher (Guest Star) | 1989 |