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Acting

Josef Sommer

Career: Active from 1978 to 2008, busiest in 1989 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles: 9
top three billing

Average score: 56/100

Highest rated: Witness
79/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 71 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Josef Sommer Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Dark Humor
2.0, average 2.8
Scare
1.8, average 2.6
Physical Comedy
1.6, average 2.4
Fantasy
1.0, average 1.7

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 9
Character Study 4
Suspenseful 4
Historical Biography 2
Family Saga 2
American History 2
Coming-of-Age 2
Social Commentary 2
Emotional Storytelling 2
Period Piece 2
Murder Mystery 2
Cultural Clash 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

98

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2010s

1 title · average score 68

The Other Guys

68

as District Attorney Radford (uncredited)

2000s

12 titles · average score 56

Stop-Loss

60

as Senator Orton Worrell

The Invasion

43

as Dr. Henryk Belicec

The Elephant King

39

as Bill Hunt

X-Men: The Last Stand

59

as The President

Without a Trace

71

TV show · as Peter Ducek

The Sum of All Fears

55

as Senator Jessup

Searching for Paradise

60

as Carl Greenslate

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

68

TV show · as Spencer Durning

The Family Man

58

as Peter Lassiter

The Next Best Thing

37

as Richard Whittaker

Shaft

57

as Curt Flemming

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change

65

as Woodrow Wilson

1990s

33 titles · average score 61

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

73

TV show · as Patrick Rumsey

The West Wing

83

TV show · as Steve Gaines

Patch Adams

46

as Dr. Eaton

Ally McBeal

69

TV show · as Henry Thompson

Early Edition

73

TV show · as John Dobbs

Hidden in America

62

as Edward Millerton

Don't Drink the Water

59

as Ambassador Magee

The Enemy Within

51

as Defence Secretary Charles Potter

The Mighty Ducks

51

as Mr. Ducksworth

A Woman Named Jackie

77

TV show · as Joseph Kennedy Sr.

Law & Order

74

TV show · as Defense Attorney Patrick Rumsey / Judge Lawrence Hellman

The Kennedys of Massachusetts

74

TV show · as Franklin D. Roosevelt

1980s

35 titles · average score 60

Chances Are

64

as Judge Fenwick

Forced March

as Richard Kline

Dracula's Widow

41

as Lannon

Hothouse

TV show · as Dr. Sam Garrison

The Betty Ford Story

as President Gerald Ford

Double Image

as James Angleton

Witness

79

as Schaeffer

D.A.R.Y.L.

55

as Dr. Jeffrey Stewart

Iceman

54

as Whitman

Still of the Night

55

as George Bynum

Hanky Panky

44

as Adrian Pruitt

Absence of Malice

70

as McAdam

1970s

16 titles · average score 65

The Scarlet Letter

53

TV show · as Nathaniel Hawthorne

Too Far to Go

as Henry Mills

Mourning Becomes Electra

TV show · as Ezra Mannon

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

84

as Larry Butler

The Andros Targets

TV show · as Benson Fisher

The Front

69

as Committee Chairman

The Adams Chronicles

78

TV show · as Charles Lee

The Stepford Wives

60

as Ted Van Sant

Valley Forge

as Brig. Gen. Varnum

Man on a Swing

55

as Pete Russell

Great Performances

70

TV show · as Polonius / Nikolai

Dirty Harry

83

as Rothko

1950s

1 title · average score 85

Hallmark Hall of Fame

85

TV show · as Brig. Gen. Varnum