Rusty Cundieff

Rusty Cundieff

George Arthur "Rusty" Cundieff (born December 13, 1960) is an American film/television director, actor, and writer. His notable credits are as director/writer of and lead actor in the This Is Spinal Tap-like rap satire Fear of a Black Hat, as writer of the second installment to House Party, and as director of the horror anthology Tales from the Hood. He also directed the 1997 film, Sprung. He was also a director for Chappelle's Show and a correspondent on TV Nation. He also directed and starred in a U Can't Touch This parody titled Yes We Can, which focuses on Barack Obama. Cundieff was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the son of Christina and John A. Cundieff, both of whom appeared in Tales from the Hood. He is married to Trina Davis Cundieff with whom he has two children. Cundieff is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha, the first intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity established for African Americans. He also portrayed a fraternity brother (of the fictitious Gamma Phi Gamma) in Spike Lee's School Daze in which actual members of Alpha Phi Alpha were featured. Cundieff is a graduate of the University of Southern California. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rusty Cundieff, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Filmography

2024

Meet Me Next Christmas
Meet Me Next Christmas
as Christmas Mime
Movie - Released: 11/5/2024

2023

Doing the Hollywood Shuffle
Doing the Hollywood Shuffle
Movie - Released: 2/28/2023
57 Seconds
57 Seconds
as Detective
Movie - Released: 9/29/2023

2019

Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror
Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror
as Self
Movie - Released: 2/7/2019

2018

Tales from the Hood 2
Tales from the Hood 2
as Press Conference Reporter
Movie - Released: 7/13/2018
American Nightmares
American Nightmares
as Black Lawman
Movie - Released: 10/11/2018

2006

Movie
In Search of Charlie Chan
as Self
Movie - Released: 6/20/2006

1997

Sprung
Sprung
as Montel
Movie - Released: 5/14/1997

1995

Tales from the Hood
Tales from the Hood
as Richard (segment "Boys Do Get Bruised")
Movie - Released: 5/24/1995

1994

Fear of a Black Hat
Fear of a Black Hat
as Ice Cold
Movie - Released: 6/3/1994
TV Nation
TV Nation
TV - Released: 7/19/1994

1993

Eddie Presley
Eddie Presley
as Guard
Movie - Released: 5/20/1993

1988

School Daze
School Daze
as Chucky
Movie - Released: 2/12/1988

1987

Hollywood Shuffle
Hollywood Shuffle
as Audition Actor / Slave #1 / Zombie Pimp / Eddie Murphy-Type
Movie - Released: 3/20/1987

1985

MacGruder and Loud
MacGruder and Loud
as Perry
TV - Released: 1/21/1985
What's Happening Now!!
What's Happening Now!!
as J.B. Whitney
TV - Released: 9/7/1985