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 (May 2006)
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.
His last name is pronounced "Pom-er-antz."
Sophomore at McGill University in Montreal, Canada (November 2003)
He is of Polish Jewish and Russian Jewish descent.