Rusty Cundieff

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

Birth Location Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Born 1960-12-13

Movies

57 Seconds as Detective
2023
American Nightmares as Black Lawman
2018
Tales from the Hood 2 as Press Conference Reporter
2018
Sprung as Montel
1997
Tales from the Hood as Richard (segment "Boys Do Get Bruised")
1995
Fear of a Black Hat as Ice Cold
1994
Eddie Presley as Guard
1992
School Daze as Chucky
1988
Hollywood Shuffle as Audition Actor / Slave #1 / Zombie Pimp / Eddie Murphy-Type
1987

Movies

57 Seconds Screenplay
2023
57 Seconds Director
2023
2021
2020
2020
2020
2018
2018
2018
2018
2018
2018
White Water Director
2015
Movie 43 Director
2013
Sprung Writer
1997
Sprung Director
1997
1995
1995
1994
1994
1991
House Party 2 Screenplay
1991