| Spencer Rice | |
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| Born | August 17, 1973 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation | Actor, director, screenwriter, and producer |
| Years active | 1993–present |
| Website | |
| http://spenny.tv/ | |
Spencer "Spenny" Nolan Rice (born August 17, 1963) is a Canadian writer, director, producer, and comedian. He was the co-star of Kenny vs. Spenny along with Kenny Hotz.
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Rice was born in Toronto, Ontario. He also started taking courses in Second City. Rice claims to have spent much of his high school days watching movies in his room.[1]
One of his cousins is Lauren Collins, one of the stars of Degrassi: The Next Generation. He is also first cousin to the late Seinfeld writer Marjorie Gross.
He attended Crescent School, a Toronto boys' independent school, for elementary school and then went to high school at Forest Hill Collegiate Institute.
Rice attended Glendon College, York University for undergraduate studies in Toronto.
His film Telewhore appeared at the Toronto International Film Festival and was purchased by Channel Four in the United Kingdom. His short film Something Anything won a Tele-Fest award for best comedy.
In 1994, Rice and Hotz, who had been friends since childhood, collaborated on the short film It Don't Cost Nothin' to Say Good Morning. Their first feature-length film was Pitch, which won Best Film Award from the Toronto Independent Arts Festival.
In 2003, Hotz and Rice created the show Kenny vs. Spenny, which finished its sixth season in 2010 and resulted in an hour-long series finale on December 23, 2010. The show was nominated for Gemini Awards in 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2008.
In 2008, Spencer Rice wrote and starred in the mockumentary film Confessions of a Porn Addict in which he played the character Mark Tobias.[2]
Rice's next project was called Single White Spenny He is playing himself, and it is inspired by genuine events in his life, but exaggerated for comedic effect. The show chronicles the misadventures Rice has dating various women after his wife divorced him for being "an immature man-child emotionally incapable of a serious relationship."
| Year | Production | Role | Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Telewhore | Writer, Director | N/A[3] |
| 1994 | It Don't Cost Nothin' to Say Good Morning | Director | Short film[4] |
| 1997 | Pitch | Writer, Director | As himself[5] |
| 2003–2010 | Kenny vs. Spenny | Writer, Actor, Director, Executive Producer | As himself[6] |
| 2005 | Lingo | Actor | One episode |
| 2007 | Stump | Executive Producer | N/A |
| 2008 | Testees | Actor | Testee Applicant |
| 2008 | Confessions of a Porn Addict | Concept, Story, Actor, Executive Producer | As Mark Tobias[7] |
| 2010 | Kenny vs. Spenny Christmas Special | As himself | |
| 2011 | Single White Spenny | Actor, concept | As himself |
| Year | Film | Production | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Pitch | Writer, Performer[6] |
| Date | Media |
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| September 30, 2004 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien |
| March 14, 2008 | Jimmy Kimmel Live![8] |
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