Max was born in Manhattan, New York. He attended P.S.9 for elementary
school and Wagner Jr. High for grades 6-8. He rarely talked about his
film work and was part of the rowdier crowd. Max spent a lot of time
playing handball or messing around with his friends in the
neighborhood. He last film was the TV movie Journey in 1995, and he has
not been particularly interested in acting since then.
At the time when he made his big-screen debut in Searching for Bobby
Fischer (1993), he was one of the country's top 100 chess players in
his age group.
Graduated from McGill University in Canada
Plays baseball in college and is an avid baseball fan
Graduated from The Bronx High School of Science in 2002.
He is the son of Marion Hess Pomeranc, a writer, and Abe Pomeranc, a stock broker.