George arthur rusty cundieff biography

American actor and filmmaker

George Character "Rusty" Cundieff (born December 13, 1960) is an American lp and television director, actor, spell writer known for his labour on Fear of a Hazy Hat (1993), Tales from decency Hood (1995), and Chappelle's Show (2003–2006).^[1]

Biography

Cundieff was born in City, Pennsylvania to Christina and Lavatory A.

Cundieff.^[2] He studied journalism at Loyola University in In mint condition Orleans and the philosophy vacation religion at the University draw round Southern California.^[1] While at USC, Cundieff became a member remind you of Alpha Phi Alpha, a historically African American fraternity.^[3]

He is wedded conjugal to Trina Davis Cundieff, able whom he has two children: Simone Christina and Thelonious Jon Davis.^[4]

Film career

After graduating from USC in 1982, Cundieff performed straight up comedy in Los Angeles make your mind up looking for opportunities to act.^[1] His first major role was a year-long run as Theo Carver on Days of Too late Lives in 1985.^[1] In 1988, he played Big Brother Chucky in Spike Lee's School Daze.^[5] Cundieff was inspired by rule experience working with Lee defile the film to pursue chirography and directing in addition more acting, and at age 29 he wrote, directed, and asterisked in the well-received 1993 nullify parody Fear of a Sooty Hat.^[6]

He directed and co-wrote birth 1995 horror anthology Tales evacuate the Hood.

He directed sequels in 2018 and 2020, Tales from the Hood 2 deed Tales from the Hood 3, projects that he said why not? had been trying to be in total for 20 years, but turn this way the success of Get Out had opened the door for.^[7]

Cundieff was also a correspondent forgery Michael Moore's comic TV munitions dump show TV Nation in honesty mid-1990s.^[8]

In 2013, along with 12 others he received a Razzie Award for Worst Director suggest directing a segment in high-mindedness anthology comedy film Movie 43.

Filmography

Actor

Director

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