Suli McCullough is an American comic-actor and screenwriter. He is perhaps best known for his portrayal of "Crazy Legs" in the spoof movie Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood, and for his recurring role as Dwayne "Mouse" Abercrombie on the WB sitcom The Jamie Foxx Show. McCullough has also had several dramatic roles depicting real-life individuals. He portrayed Tina Turner's oldest biological son Craig Turner in the 1993 biopic What's Love Got to Do with It, as well as civil rights icon Terrence Roberts in the 1993 Disney Channel movie The Ernest Green Story. Additionally, he was a writer on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and has been the head writer for ESPN's "ESPY" Awards. Suli has two children with ex-wife Donyell McCullough. The oldest daughter, Kennedy Rue is an up and coming actress and has been featured in various acting roles and commercials. His son, Nahzi Rue, is a successful child model.
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Biography from TMDB.
- January 12, 1968 (58)
- Cupertino, California, USA
- Actor, also producer
- 20 on MovieCove · 23 credits in all
Known for
What are Suli McCullough's films like?
Across their 7 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Self.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
A split, not a type: Ironic 1 · Wry 1 · Earnest 3
Light 4 · Serious 1 · Dark 0
Grounded 2 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 1
Gentle 5 · Charged 0 · Intense 0
A split, not a type: Steady 3 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 4
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 1
Casual 5 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 4 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 0
Resolved 5 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
- Tricksteras Mouse in The Jamie Foxx Show (1996)
Moods and endings
- Happy5
- Bittersweet1
- Ambiguous1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Suli McCullough's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 17 of their 20 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (6).
Subscription and free streaming for Suli McCullough's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
23 credits, 20 with a MovieCove page; 3 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Dying Laughing(2016)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
Run Ronnie Run(2002)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
Scary Movie 2(2001)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
Angel(1999)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows
The Party Crashers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films
The Jamie Foxx Show(1996)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all shows
The Cable Guy(1996)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
Encino Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows
Terminal Velocity(1994)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
The Ernest Green Story(1993)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
Martin(1992)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows
The Larry Sanders Show(1992)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows
Seinfeld(1989)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
A Different World(1987)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all shows
Married... with Children(1987)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows
Career shape
Star power in the 82nd percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 20 titles from 1987 to 2002; peak year 1995.
Biggest box office
Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996)
Highest rated
Dying Laughing (2016)
Most popular right now
The Jamie Foxx Show (1996)
Film career
Peak 1995 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 1993Screen debut· What's Love Got to Do with It
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.
How do Suli McCullough's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 55th percentile, the median of all 11; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 69th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up8
- 50th to 74th7
- 25th to 49th3
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
8 of their 20 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved4
- Crowd Pleaser8
- Broadly Agreed2
- Mixed6
Reviewers score the acting 65/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles; fans 71, detractors 55. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Suli McCullough work with?
People who share at least 2 of Suli McCullough's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Chris Spencer shares the most, 3.
Actors
- Chris SpencerShared titles: Black Comedy in America (2024), Jamie Foxx: I Might Need Security (2002), Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996)See all 3 shared titles with Chris Spencer
- Faizon LoveShared titles: Dying Laughing (2016), Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996)See all 2 shared titles with Faizon Love
- Jamie FoxxShared titles: Jamie Foxx: I Might Need Security (2002), The Jamie Foxx Show (1996)See all 2 shared titles with Jamie Foxx
Producers
- Mark BurgShared titles: Run Ronnie Run (2002), Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996)See all 2 shared titles with Mark Burg
