Was listed as a potential nominee on the 2004 Razzie Award nominating
ballot. He was suggested in the Worst Supporting Actor category, as well
as Worst Screen Couple with co-star Dakota Fanning, in the film The Cat in the Hat (2003). He failed to receive either nomination.
His paternal grandfather was an Irish immigrant, and his paternal grandmother was born in New York, to Austrian Jewish parents. Spencer's mother has Irish and English ancestry.