He was bitten by the acting bug as a young boy, and continued working in television and film in Greece.
He is a very well known Greek celebrity appearing in numerous magazines and commercials as a model before participating in big screen film productions such as Brides by Pantelis Voulgaris, The Boston Strangler, A Breath's Distance, Golden Beach and Extreme Sommer.
He currently lives between Athens and Los Angeles Sommer made a guest appearance during the April 2006 Miss Star Hellas, (Greek: Μις Σταρ Ελλάς) pageant.
[2] Parallel to his acting career he was also a successful, globally very well connected businessman, entrepreneur while owning different sorts of restaurants, clubs and concierge companies etc.
Sommer is also an active member/founder in various philanthropic and nonprofit environmental organizations such as allforblue (cleaning oceans, shores and beaches).