
Rusty Cundieff
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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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Meet Me Next Christmas (2024)
as Christmas Mime

Tales from the Hood (1995)
as Richard (segment "Boys Do Get Bruised")

School Daze (1988)
as Chucky

Sprung (1997)
as Montel

Tales from the Hood 2 (2018)
as Press Conference Reporter

Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror (2019)
as Self

American Nightmares (2018)
as Black Lawman

Fear of a Black Hat (1994)
as Ice Cold

Eddie Presley (1993)
as Guard

In Search of Darkness: 1995-1999 (2025)
as Self

Hollywood Shuffle (1987)
as Audition Actor / Slave #1 / Zombie Pimp / Eddie Murphy-Type

3:15 the Moment of Truth (1986)
as M-16's
In Search of Charlie Chan (2006)
as Self

Doing the Hollywood Shuffle (2023)
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