10 One-Off Star Trek Characters Who Never Left

10. Rom

Max Grodénchik was cast in Emissary under the slightly unassuming character name of 'Ferengi Pit Boss'. This unnamed grunt who worked for Quark would eventually rise to become the Grand Nagus of the Ferengi Alliance. Not bad for a day player.

Grodénchik had appeared in Star Trek before. He had even appeared as Ferengi before, playing Sovak in The Next Generation episode Captain's Holiday. While the Ferengi Pit Boss was a tiny role, affording him very little to do, the producers combined what they saw in him during the filming of Emissary with what they had seen from his previous performance.

In a way, it is thanks to the character of Nog that Grodénchik was spared from the day player pile. Nog was always envisaged as a Ferengi youth who would befriend Jake Sisko, while also being Quark's nephew. That left space for Nog's father. This role went to Grodénchik, was named Rom, and appeared in dozens of episodes after this. While never quite making main cast designation, Grodénchik was one of Deep Space Nine's many, many recurring guests over seven years.