Cast & creator
Rusty Cundieff
Best known for The Bernie Mac Show, The Wonderful World of Disney, Creepshow
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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film credits
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television credits
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1965–2025 · acting roles
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Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (48)
Showing 48 of 48 credits
The Bernie Mac Show
Director
2001
The Wonderful World of Disney
Director
1997
Creepshow
Director
2019
Days of Our Lives
Theo Carver
1965
Clueless
Director
1996
Chappelle's Show
Director
2003
TV Nation
1994
Movie 43
Director
2013
57 Seconds
Director
202357 Seconds
Screenplay
2023
Campus Ladies
Director
2006
MacGruder and Loud
Perry
1985
Meet Me Next Christmas
Christmas Mime
2024Meet Me Next Christmas
Director
2024
School Daze
Chucky
1988
Tales from the Hood
Richard (segment "Boys Do Get Bruised")
1995Tales from the Hood
Writer
1995Tales from the Hood
Director
1995
Tales from the Hood 3
Director
2020Tales from the Hood 3
Producer
2020Tales from the Hood 3
Writer
2020
House Party 2
Screenplay
1991House Party 2
Story
1991
Tales from the Hood 2
Press Conference Reporter
2018Tales from the Hood 2
Director
2018Tales from the Hood 2
Screenplay
2018Tales from the Hood 2
Producer
2018
Hollywood Shuffle
Audition Actor / Slave #1 / Zombie Pimp / Eddie Murphy-Type
1987
Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror
Self
2019
3:15 the Moment of Truth
M-16's
1986
White Water
Director
2015
Fear of a Black Hat
Ice Cold
1994Fear of a Black Hat
Director
1994Fear of a Black Hat
Writer
1994
Sprung
Montel
1997Sprung
Director
1997Sprung
Writer
1997
American Nightmares
Black Lawman
2018American Nightmares
Director
2018American Nightmares
Writer
2018American Nightmares
Producer
2018
The New Adventures of Spin and Marty: Suspect Behavior
Director
2000
In Search of Darkness: 1995-1999
Self
2025
A New Diva's Christmas Carol
Director
2022
Eddie Presley
Guard
1993
Christmas in Harmony
Director
2021
Doing the Hollywood Shuffle
2023In Search of Charlie Chan
Self
2006