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Rusty Cundieff
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Rusty Cundieff

Born December 13, 1960 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

7 films

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. C-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography 7

Meet Me Next Christmas (2024) movie poster
Meet Me Next Christmas2024
57 Seconds (2023) movie poster
57 Seconds2023
Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror (2019) movie poster
Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror2019
Tales from the Hood 2 (2018) movie poster
Tales from the Hood 22018
Movie 43 (2013) movie poster
Movie 432013
Tales from the Hood (1995) movie poster
Tales from the Hood1995
House Party 2 (1991) movie poster
House Party 21991