
Rusty Cundieff
Known for department: Directing
Birthday: 1960-12-13
Place of birth: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rusty Cundieff, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for

Fear of a Black Hat
1994Ice Cold
Doing the Hollywood Shuffle
2023
Sprung
1997Montel
Tales from the Hood 2
2018Press Conference ReporterIn Search of Charlie Chan
2006Self
Tales from the Hood
1995Richard (segment "Boys Do Get Bruised")
Hollywood Shuffle
1987Audition Actor / Slave #1 / Zombie Pimp / Eddie Murphy-Type
Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror
2019Self
American Nightmares
2018Black Lawman
School Daze
1988Chucky
Eddie Presley
1993Guard
Meet Me Next Christmas
2024Christmas Mime
In Search of Darkness: 1995-1999
2025Self