Max 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, a recurring character on the television series "". Biography. Born to a Jewish family in New York City, Grodénchik 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." Television. Grodénchik is best known for his portrayal of the character Rom in "". He had previously auditioned for the role of Rom's brother Quark, but the role was given to Armin Shimerman. Grodénchik was instead hired to play the "Pit Boss" in charge of the gambling at Quark's Bar in the pilot episode, and his role gradually expanded from there. Shimerman and Grodénchik appeared on opposite teams on the short-lived British science fiction game show "Space Cadets" in 1997. Grodénchik played baseball in high school, and considered a career in professional  baseball before deciding to become an actor. In the "" episode "Take Me Out to the Holosuite", Grodénchik's character Rom is the clumsiest player on his team; during filming of the episode, the naturally right-handed Grodénchik played left-handed, as it was the only way he could convincingly play baseball poorly. Grodénchik played Sovak and Par Lenor in "" episodes "Captain's Holiday" and "The Perfect Mate", respectively. He is famous for being an expert on the Rules of Acquisition and can quote them by memory. He played Gint, the writer of those rules and the first Grand Nagus, in  a dream sequence involving Quark. In spring 2007, Grodénchik attended the annual Vulcan Spockdays ceremony. Voice work. In summer 2018, Grodénchik reprised the roles of Rom and Sovak in "Star Trek Online"s "Deep Space Nine"-themed expansion pack "Victory Is Life". Personal life and family. Max Grodénchik lives with his wife and daughter in Austria, in the small hamlet of Nußbach in the county Kirchdorf an der Krems. Grodénchik's brother Barry Grodenchik is a former New York State Assemblyman and Deputy Borough President of Queens. In December 2015, Barry was inaugurated to the New York City Council, representing District 23