| Max Grodénchik | |
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| Born | November 12, 1952 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Other names | Michael Grodénchik |
Max Grodénchik (born November 12, 1952), also known as Michael Grodénchik, is an American stage, film, and television actor, best known for his role as Rom on the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
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Grodénchik was born in the Bronx, New York City, New York and lived in Queens New York. He attended the University of Buffalo from 1970-1974. His father's name was Nathan.
Max worked in theater during the 1980s as Michael Grodénchik, where his performances received notice. Of his 1980 performance in John O'Keefe's All Night Long, Sarasota Herald-Tribune art reviewer Marcia Corbino wrote that Grodénchik was an intriguing actor who had "an enchanting, mobile comic face on which aberrant emotions flicker, spread, retreat, retrench and explode with a single instant."[1]
Grodénchik is better known for his portrayal of the fictional character Rom on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.[2][3] He had previously auditioned for the role of Rom's brother Quark, but the role was given to Armin Shimerman. The two both guest-appeared on opposite teams in the short lived British Sci-Fi Quiz show Space Cadets, in 1997.
He played Sovak and Par Lenor in Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes "Captain's Holiday" and "The Perfect Mate". He is famous for being an expert on the Rules of Acquisition and can quote them by memory.
In Spring 2007, Grodénchik attended the annual Vulcan Spockdays ceremony.
His brother Barry is a former New York State Assemblyman[4] and was appointed Deputy Borough President of Queens in 2010.[5]