Rusty Cundieff

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

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Gender

Male

Birthday

13-Dec-1960

Age

(66 years old)

Place of Birth

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Also Known As
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Rusty Cundieff

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.


Credits

Doing the Hollywood Shuffle Doing the Hollywood Shuffle (2023) Character: N/A
Actors Rusty Cundieff, Anne-Marie Johnson, and Bobby McGee reflect on the production of Hollywood Shuffle.
In Search of Charlie Chan In Search of Charlie Chan (2006) Character: Self
A documentary on the creation of the popular Charlie Chan detective character as well as the history of Chan films of the 1930s.
Eddie Presley Eddie Presley (1993) Character: Guard
Eddie Presley is a down on his luck ex-Elvis impersonator. With his days of fromer glory performing in small to medium-sized clubs behind him, he's stuck in a dead-end security job, making barely enough to live out of his van. But Eddie's luck is about to change when he's offered a comeback gig at a seedy Hollywood nightclub... until he has a breakdown on stage and gives the audience a powerful, improvised performance they'll not soon forget.
Fear of a Black Hat Fear of a Black Hat (1994) Character: Ice Cold
Chronicling the controversial career of bad boys N.W.H. (Niggaz With Hats), this uproarious 'mockumentary' lampoons all of hardcore rap's hot-button issues. This underground laugh riot recounts the rise, fall and resurrection of a clueless bunch of would-be rappers, Ice Cold, Tone-Def & Tasty Taste performing as N.W.H.
Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror (2019) Character: Self
Delving into a century of genre films that by turns utilized, caricatured, exploited, sidelined, and finally embraced them, this is the untold history of black Americans in Hollywood through their connection to the horror genre.
Meet Me Next Christmas Meet Me Next Christmas (2024) Character: Christmas Mime
On a quest to reconnect with the man of her dreams, Layla races across New York City to find a ticket to a sold-out Pentatonix Christmas Eve concert.
Tales from the Hood 2 Tales from the Hood 2 (2018) Character: Press Conference Reporter
Mr. Simms returns to tell more eerie, unsettling tales involving dolls, psychics, possession and ghosts.
Sprung Sprung (1997) Character: Montel
Two pairs of best friends - Montel & Clyde and Brandy & Adina meet at the party, where Clyde makes Adina think he is very rich and gets her into bed the same evening. When Adina finds out that she's been fooled, she becomes Clyde's worst enemy. Meanwhile Montel and Brandy fall in love and plan to marry, and Adina and Clyde try to do everything to stop them.
American Nightmares American Nightmares (2018) Character: Black Lawman
Two voyeuristic nerds are hacking the devices of people as they themselves are hacked by the feed from story tellers Mister Malevolent and Mystic Woman who have seven moralistic horror stories to tell.
Tales from the Hood Tales from the Hood (1995) Character: Richard (segment "Boys Do Get Bruised")
A strange mortician tells four horrific tales to three drug dealers that he traps in a local funeral parlor.
School Daze School Daze (1988) Character: Chucky
Fraternity and sorority members clash with other students at a historically black college during homecoming weekend.
Hollywood Shuffle Hollywood Shuffle (1987) Character: Audition Actor / Slave #1 / Zombie Pimp / Eddie Murphy-Type
Aspiring actor and hot-dog stand employee Bobby Taylor catches the ire of his grandmother for auditioning for a role in the regrettably titled exploitation film "Jivetime Jimmy's Revenge." When Tinseltown Studios casts Taylor in the title role, he has a series of conflicted dreams satirizing African-American stereotypes in Hollywood, and must reconcile his career goals with his desire to remain a positive role model for his little brother.
3:15 the Moment of Truth 3:15 the Moment of Truth (1986) Character: M-16's
Violent crime is routine. Organized drug trade runs rampant in the face of powerless authority. And a vicious street gang holds dominion with a savage reign of terror. Welcome to Lincoln High! Here the cobras rule the school and everyone in it. Everyone except for Jeff Hanna.
In Search of Darkness: 1995-1999 In Search of Darkness: 1995-1999 (2025) Character: Self
In Search of Darkness: 1995-1999 celebrates and explores the movies that defined the era: from Scream’s genre-shattering impact to J-Horror’s global emergence, from mind-bending twists to Y2K apocalyptic dread, and from blockbuster hits to straight-to-video gems.



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