Rusty Cundieff

Born: 1960-12-13

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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57 Seconds

as Detective
Released: 2023-09-29

When a tech blogger lands an interview with a tech guru and stops an attack on him, he finds a...

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School Daze

as Chucky
Released: 1988-02-12

Fraternity and sorority members clash with other students at a historically black college during...

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Hollywood Shuffle

as Audition Actor / Slave #1 / Zombie Pimp / Eddie Murphy-Type
Released: 1987-03-20

Aspiring actor and hot-dog stand employee Bobby Taylor catches the ire of his grandmother for...

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Tales from the Hood

as Richard (segment "Boys Do Get Bruised")
Released: 1995-05-24

A strange mortician tells four horrific tales to three drug dealers that he traps in their local...

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Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror

as Self
Released: 2019-02-07

Delving into a century of genre films that by turns utilized, caricatured, exploited, sidelined,...

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Tales from the Hood 2

as Press Conference Reporter
Released: 2018-07-13

Mr. Simms returns to tell more eerie, unsettling tales involving dolls, psychics, possession and...

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American Nightmares

as Black Lawman
Released: 2018-10-11

Two voyeuristic nerds are hacking the devices of people as they themselves are hacked by the...

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Eddie Presley

as Guard
Released: 1992-12-08

An Elvis impersonator with a wounded psyche, unflinching in his quest to keep the King's spirit...

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Sprung

as Montel
Released: 1997-05-14

Two pairs of best friends - Montel & Clyde and Brandy & Adina meet at the party, where...

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Fear of a Black Hat

as Ice Cold
Released: 1994-06-03

Chronicling the controversial career of bad boys N.W.H. (Niggaz With Hats), this uproarious...

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Doing the Hollywood Shuffle

as uncredited
Released: 2023-02-28

Actors Rusty Cundieff, Anne-Marie Johnson, and Bobby McGee reflect on the production of...

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What's Happening Now!!

as J.B. Whitney
First aired: 1985-09-07

What's Happening Now!! is an American sequel series of What's Happening!! It ran in syndication...

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MacGruder and Loud

as Perry
First aired: 1985-01-21

MacGruder and Loud is an American crime drama from Aaron Spelling Productions that aired on ABC...

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TV Nation

as uncredited
First aired: 1994-07-19

TV Nation is a satirical newsmagazine television series written, directed and hosted by Michael...

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