Rodd Christensen
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Rodd Christensen is an American actor born in Las Vegas
Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous...

. A trained actor, he was engaged in youth work with the charity Scripture Union in Scotland for 11 years before he auditioned for the role of Spencer the painter
Painting
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 and musician
Musician
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 in the BBC One
BBC One
BBC One is the flagship television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service, and was the world's first regular television service with a high level of image resolution...

, Two
BBC Two
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 and CBeebies
CBeebies
CBeebies is the brand used by the BBC for programming aimed at children 6 years and under. It is used as a themed strand in the UK on terrestrial television, as a separate free-to-air domestic British channel and used for international varients supported by advertising, subscription or both...

 2002–05 children's programme Balamory
Balamory
Balamory was a live action television series on British television for pre-school children, based around the fictional small island community of Balamory in Scotland. It was produced between 2002 and 2005 by BBC Scotland, with 254 episodes made...

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Now married with two daughters, Rodd moved from the United States to Scotland in 1992 with a friend and has lived in Fife since then. Rodd is currently employed as a bus driver for Stagecoach Group
Stagecoach Group
Stagecoach Group plc is an international transport group operating buses, trains, trams, express coaches and ferries. The group was founded in 1980 by the current chairman, Sir Brian Souter, his sister, Ann Gloag, and her former husband Robin...

 following his part as a security guard in the 2009 film New Town Killers
New Town Killers
New Town Killers is a United Kingdom drama film written and directed by Richard Jobson, starring James Anthony Pearson and Dougray Scott. New Town Killers follows two business men, portrayed by Dougray Scott and Alastair Mackenzie, who play macabre cat and mouse games with people from the fringes...

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Rodd is a keen photographer.
Rodd has recently began driving the 355 bus to Woodmill High School in Dunfermline, Fife. School kids recognise him a lot, all he does his smile and talk.

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