
Rusty Cundieff
Born
December 13, 1960 (64 years old)
Known For
Directing
Place of Birth
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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.
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Known For

Meet Me Next Christmas
Christmas Mime
2024

57 Seconds
Detective
2023

Doing the Hollywood Shuffle
2023

Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror
Self
2019

American Nightmares
Black Lawman
2018

Tales from the Hood 2
Press Conference Reporter
2018
In Search of Charlie Chan
Self
2006

Sprung
Montel
1997

Tales from the Hood
Richard (segment "Boys Do Get Bruised")
1995

TV Nation
(17 episodes)
1994

Fear of a Black Hat
Ice Cold
1994

Eddie Presley
Guard
1993

School Daze
Chucky
1988

Hollywood Shuffle
Audition Actor / Slave #1 / Zombie Pimp / Eddie Murphy-Type
1987

What's Happening Now!!
J.B. Whitney · (1 episode)
1985

MacGruder and Loud
Perry · (1 episode)
1985