Josef Sommer
Biography
Josef Sommer is a retired German-American actor who worked in theater, film and television. Born in Greifswald, Germany, he emigrated in 1938 and later attended the Carnegie Institute of Technology to study theater, followed by training at the American Shakespeare Festival in Connecticut. His acting debut came as a child in a Carolina Playmakers production, and he later performed with the Seattle Repertory Theatre. His Broadway debut came in 1970, when he played Brabantio in Othello, and he won Obie Awards for off-Broadway work in Lydie Breeze (1982) and Largo Desolato (1986). A 1991 Drama Desk nomination followed for Hamlet. His first film was Dirty Harry (1971), and he went on to appear in The Front (1976), Still of the Night (1982), Silkwood (1983), Witness (1985), Target (1985), The Mighty Ducks (1992), Malice (1993), Nobody's Fool (1994), Patch Adams (1998) and X-Men: The Last Stand (2006). On television he played President Gerald Ford in The Betty Ford Story (1987).
92years old
Turns 93 on June 26in 257 days
- Born Greifswald
- Star sign: CancerThe sign runs June 21 to July 22
- Also credited as Maximilian Josef Sommer
Movie Career
- Films
- 36
- Career span
- 37 years1971 to 2008
Genres
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First role
In 1943, when he was nine years old, Sommer first acted in a Carolina Playmakers staging of Lillian Hellman's Watch on the Rhine.
Early training
Sommer served in the U.S. Army. After that, he trained at the American Shakespeare Festival in Connecticut to become an actor.
Josef Sommer movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Brett Ratner directed two of these films, Robert Benton two. Two actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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All films by Brett Ratner
Robert BentonDirector, 2 films, 1982 to 1994
All films by Robert Benton
Also two films together30 more actors
- Meryl StreepSilkwood (1983) and Still of the Night (1982)
- Bill PullmanMistrial (1996) and Malice (1993)
- Paul NewmanNobody's Fool (1994) and Absence of Malice (1981)
- Robert LoggiaThe Proposition (1998) and Mistrial (1996)
- Matt DillonBloodhounds of Broadway (1989) and Target (1985)
- Jeffrey WrightThe Invasion (2007) and Shaft (2000)
- Philip Seymour HoffmanPatch Adams (1998) and Nobody's Fool (1994)
- Peter CoyotePatch Adams (1998) and Moonlight and Valentino (1995)
- Bob GuntonPatch Adams (1998) and Rollover (1981)
- Woody AllenDon't Drink the Water (1994) and The Front (1976)
- Michael MurphyX-Men: The Last Stand (2006) and The Front (1976)
- Pat HingleShaft (2000) and Citizen Cohn (1992)
- Gwyneth PaltrowMoonlight and Valentino (1995) and Malice (1993)
- Philip BoscoShaft (2000) and Nobody's Fool (1994)
- Richard EdsonStrange Days (1995) and Bloodhounds of Broadway (1989)
- James TolkanIceman (1984) and Hanky Panky (1982)
- Robert ProskyThe Chamber (1996) and Hanky Panky (1982)
- MadonnaThe Next Best Thing (2000) and Bloodhounds of Broadway (1989)
- Neil Patrick HarrisThe Next Best Thing (2000) and The Proposition (1998)
- Ryan O'NealChances Are (1989) and Oliver's Story (1978)
- Jessica TandyNobody's Fool (1994) and Still of the Night (1982)
- Mary Beth HurtThe Family Man (2000) and D.A.R.Y.L. (1985)
- David Marshall GrantThe Chamber (1996) and Citizen Cohn (1992)
- James GreenePatch Adams (1998) and Hanky Panky (1982)
- Ron FrazierD.A.R.Y.L. (1985) and Rollover (1981)
- Ken CheesemanThe Proposition (1998) and Malice (1993)
- Frederick RolfDon't Drink the Water (1994) and Witness (1985)
- Henderson ForsytheChances Are (1989) and Silkwood (1983)
- John BentleyStill of the Night (1982) and The Front (1976)
- Stephen D. NewmanDouble Image (1986) and Hanky Panky (1982)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Josef Sommer's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$1.4 billion
25 of the 36 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 36 films: 25 worldwide figure; 3 us gross only; 6 never in cinemas; 2 figure not found.
- 25Worldwide figure
- 3US gross only
- 6Never in cinemas
- 2Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 80% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$459M32.2% of the total
- 2$202M14.2% of the total
- 3$125M8.7% of the total
- 4$116M8.1% of the total
- 5$108M7.5% of the total
- 6$51M3.6% of the total
- 7$46M3.2% of the total
- 8$41M2.9% of the total
$280 millionfrom the other 17 films with a worldwide figure, 20% of the total
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.