Rodd Christensen
Rodd Christensen is an American actor who portrayed Spencer the painter on the BBC children's television programme "Balamory". He was the show's only non-British lead actor. Christensen was born in Las Vegas, Nevada and trained as an actor. A devout Christian, in 1992 he moved to Scotland, and spent eleven years doing youth work with charity Scripture Union in Fife. Between 2002 and 2005, he appeared in "Balamory" in the role of Spencer, a painter and musician. Rodd presented a children’s educational programme called ‘Talkie Time’ for BBC Two, with episodes airing in 2010  and 2011. In 2014, Rodd starred as a presenter for BBC Two for a programme called ‘Counting With Rodd’, an educational programme teaching children all about maths and numbers. Christensen is married and has two daughters, one of whom is actress and singer Raylin Joy Christensen. He is a keen photographer.