Biography

Was a semi-professional baseball player in high school and considered going full professional, before deciding to become an actor. Ironically, a major plot point of Take Me out to the Holosuite (1998) was that his character, Rom, was a bad baseball player. In fact, Grodénchik was literally incapable of playing as badly as he was supposed to, which is why Rom plays left-handed in the episode; it was the only way Grodénchik could avoid looking like a skilled player trying to play like a bad player.

Is fluent in German and French.

Before playing the part of Rom (or auditioning for the part of Quark) on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993), Max played the part of the Ferengi, Sovak, on the Captain's Holiday (1990) episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987).

Along with fellow DS9 co-stars Aron Eisenberg, Chase Masterson and the late Cecily Adams, he was part of the popular "Ferengi Family Hour" comedy sketch that frequented Star Trek conventions.

Before getting the recurring role of Rom on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993), he auditioned for the role of Rom's brother, Quark.