
Rusty Cundieff
Biography
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
Acting History
2024
Meet Me Next Christmas as Christmas Mime
202357 Seconds as Detective
2023Doing the Hollywood Shuffle
2019Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror as Self
2018American Nightmares as Black Lawman
2018Tales from the Hood 2 as Press Conference Reporter
2006In Search of Charlie Chan as Self
1997Sprung as Montel
1995Tales from the Hood as Richard (segment "Boys Do Get Bruised")
1994TV Nation
1994Fear of a Black Hat as Ice Cold
1993Eddie Presley as Guard
1988School Daze as Chucky
1987Hollywood Shuffle as Audition Actor / Slave #1 / Zombie Pimp / Eddie Murphy-Type
1985What's Happening Now!! as J.B. Whitney
1985MacGruder and Loud as Perry









