Rusty Cundieff
Known for: Directing
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.
Filmography
Series
MacGruder and Loud
Perry
1985
Series
TV Nation
1994
Film
School Daze
Chucky
1988
Film
Tales from the Hood
Richard (segment "Boys Do Get Bruised")
1995
Film
Meet Me Next Christmas
Christmas Mime
2024
Film
3:15 the Moment of Truth
M-16's
1986
Film
Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror
Self
2019
Film
Hollywood Shuffle
Audition Actor / Slave #1 / Zombie Pimp / Eddie Murphy-Type
1987
Film
Sprung
Montel
1997
Film
Tales from the Hood 2
Press Conference Reporter
2018
Film
In Search of Darkness: 1995-1999
Self
2025
Film
American Nightmares
Black Lawman
2018
Film
Fear of a Black Hat
Ice Cold
1994
Film
Eddie Presley
Guard
1993
Film
Doing the Hollywood Shuffle
2023
In Search of Charlie Chan
Self
2006