Maximilian Josef Sommer (June 26, 1934) is a German-American actor best known for Dirty Harry, Strange Days, and Witness.
He is married to Nina Seely and they have one child.
Film Roles
- Dirty Harry as Rothko
- Man On A Swing as Pete Russell
- The Stepford Wives as Ted Van Sant
- Valley Forge as Brig. Gen. 'Dusty' Varnum (TV Movie)
- The Front as Committee Chairman
- Close Encounters of the Third Kind as Larry Butler
- Olivers Story as Dr. Dienhart
- Hide In Plain Sight as Jason R. Reid
- The Henderson Monster as Dr. Martin Grossman (TV Movie)
- Absence of Malice as McAdam
- Reds! as State Department Official
- Rollover as Roy Lefcourt
- Hanky Panky as Adrian Pruitt
- Still Of The Night as George Bynum
- Sophie's Choice as Narrator
- Independence Day 1983 as Sam Tyler
- Silkwood as Max Richter
- Iceman as Whitman
- Witness as Schaeffer
- D.A.R.Y.L. as Dr. Jeffrey Stewart
- Target as Taber
- The Rosary Murders as Lt. Koznicki
- Draculas Widow as Lannon
- Chances Are as Judge Fenwick
- Bloodhounds Of Broadway as Waldo Winchester
- Forced March as Father
- Shadows and Fog as Priest
- The Mighty Ducks as Gerald Ducksworth
- Malice as Lester Adams
- Nobody's Fool as Clive Peoples Jr.
- Strange Days as Palmer Strickland
- Moonlight Trager as Thomas Trager
- The Chamber as Phelps Bowen
- The Proposition as Father Dryer
- Bulworth as Doctor (Uncredited Role)
- Lulu On The Bridge as Peter Shine (uncredited, Deleted Role)
- Patch Adams as Dr. Eaton
- The Next Best Thing as Richard Whittaker
- Shaft (2000) as Curt Fleming
- The Family Man as Peter Lassiter
- The Sum of All Fears as Sen. Jessup
- Searching For Paradise as Carl Greenslate
- The Elephant King as Bill Hunt
- X-Men: The Last Stand as The President
- The Invasion as Dr. Henryk Belicec
- Stop-Loss as Sen. Orton Worrell
- The Other Guys as DA Radford (uncredited)
Television Roles
- The Doctors as Dave Davis (23 episodes)
- Search for Tomorrow as Dr. Hastings (1 episode)
- I Had Three Wives as McWilliams (1 episode)
- Screen Two as James Angleton (1 episode)
- Scarecrow and Mrs. King as Raoul Nesbitt (1 episode)
- American Playhouse as Doc (1 episode)
- The Equalizer as Ernest Rasher (1 episode)
- The Kennedys OF Massachusetts as Franklin D. Roosevelt
- A Woman Named Jackie as Joseph Kennedy Sr.
- The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles as Woodrow Wilson (1 episode)
- Law & Order as Defense Atty. Patrick Rumsey/Judge Lawrence Hellman (2 episodes)
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Patrick Rumsey (1 episode)
- Early Edition as John Dobbs (2 episodes)
- Ally McBeal as Henry Thompson (1 episode)
- Providence as Thomas Wheelock (1 episode)
- Benjamin Franklin as Cotton Mather
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Spencer Durning (1 episode)
- The West Wing as Steve Gaines (1 episode)
- Without a Trace as Peter Ducek (1 episode)
