Max Grodénchik

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Max Grodénchik (also credited as Michael Grodénchik) (born 12 November 1966; age 57) is an actor best known for his portrayal of Rom on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

Grodénchik was born in Queens, New York. Before getting the role of Rom, he auditioned for the role of Rom's brother, Quark. He was at one time romantically involved with production staff associate Lolita Fatjo.

He wrote and performed Rom's Song and performed the song The Lady is a Tramp in the Deep Space Nine episode "The Siege of AR-558".

Grodénchik made his first on-screen appearances as Michael Grodénchik in the '80s. He played a small role in the 1981 comedy Chu Chu and the Philly Flash, alongside the late Vincent Schiavelli, as well as in the drama Out (1982) and in the Night Cop episode The Cop and the Lady (1989).

In the '90s, he made guest appearances in the television series Civil Wars (1992, episode His Honor's Offer, with John Cothran, Jr., Ronny Cox, Juliana Donald, Robin Gammell, Anne Haney, and John Vickery), Tales from the Crypt (1994, episode The Bribe, written by Scott Nimerfro and alongside Terry O'Quinn, Wayne Grace, and John Kassir), Sliders (1996, episode Dragonslide, directed by David Livingston, with series regular John Rhys-Davies, and with Francis Guinan and Saxon Trainor), and The Drew Carey Show (1996, episode What the Zoning Inspector Saw, with Diedrich Bader).

Grodénchik appeared in the three time Academy Award nominated Barton Fink (1991), the comic adaptation The Rocketeer (1991), with William O. Campbell, Clint Howard, and DS9 co-star Tiny Ron, the comedy Sister Act (1992), starring Whoopi Goldberg and with Ellen Albertini Dow, Ron Howard's two time Academy Award winning Apollo 13 (1995), with Brett Cullen and Clint Howard, and in the leading role in the horror film Rumpelstiltskin (1996), alongside Sherman Augustus, Valerie Wildman, Mark Holton, Ousaun Elam, and Patrick Massett.

In 2000, he acted again with Whoopi Goldberg in The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (also with Jason Alexander) and played small parts in the comedy Bruce Almighty (2003), with Mark Kiely, and King of California (2007). Among the television series he guest starred in are ER (2003, episode Finders Keepers, with Jamie McShane, Jennifer Tung, and Michelle Bonilla), Crossing Jordan (2004, episode He Said, She Said, with Miguel Ferrer), Six Feet Under (2004, episode Parallel Play, alongside James Cromwell, James Black, Erica Mer and Mark L. Taylor), and Hustle (2007, with William Lucking).