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Birthday: Dec 13, 1960
Place of Birth: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

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.

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