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American actor (b. 1934)
Josef Sommer
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Born
| Maximilian Josef Sommer
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1934-06-26
)
June 26, 1934
(age 89)
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Education
| Carnegie Mellon University
(
BFA
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Years active
| 1971?2010
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Children
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Maximilian Josef Sommer
(born June 26, 1934) is a German-American retired stage, television, and film actor.
Early life
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He was born in
Greifswald
, Germany, and raised in North Carolina, the son of Elisabeth and Clemens Sommer, a professor of Art History at the University of North Carolina.
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He studied at the
Carnegie Institute of Technology
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He has a daughter, Maria.
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Career
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Sommer made his acting debut at the age of nine in a North Carolina production of
Watch on the Rhine
. He made his film debut in
Dirty Harry
(1971) and appeared in films such as
The Stepford Wives
(1975),
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
(1977),
Still of the Night
(1982),
Silkwood
(1983),
Peter Weir
's thriller
Witness
(1985) opposite
Harrison Ford
(where he played a dirty
cop
),
Target
(1985),
Malice
(1993),
Patch Adams
(1998), and
X-Men: The Last Stand
(2006). He appeared as President
Gerald Ford
opposite
Gena Rowlands
in the TV movie
The Betty Ford Story
(1987).
In 1974, he appeared in the role of Roy Mills on
The Guiding Light
, and played George Barton in the 1983 TV version of
Agatha Christie
's
Sparkling Cyanide
. He had starring roles in two short-lived series:
Hothouse
(1988) and
Under Cover
(1991). As of 2007, he had appeared in almost 100 films. He lent his talents as the poignant narrator in
Sophie's Choice
(1982). He played a rare leading role opposite
Sylvia Kristel
, as the
film noir
-esque detective in the quirky horror comedy
Dracula's Widow
(1988).
Filmography
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