Tyler Perry
- Acting
- September 14, 1969 · New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Biography
Tyler Perry (born Emmitt Perry, Jr.; September 13, 1969) is an African-American actor, director, playwright, screenwriter, producer, author, songwriter., and entrepreneur. Already a successful artist in Southern theater, Perry began to make national celebrity status in 2005 with the release of his first film, Diary of a Mad Black Woman. He has won critical praise for playing Madea, a mentally strong woman who handles adversity with optimism and happiness; his critically acclaimed portrayal of her in the award-winning "Madea" series has caused him to be one of the most respected black actors in Hollywood. He has produced multiple TV series as well as films, started a multiple year partnership with OWN (Oprah Winfrey Network), and opened his own film studio, Tyler Perry Studios, in Georgia. Perry was included in Time's list of the 100 most influential people of 2020. In 2022, he was inducted into the Black Music & Entertainment Walk of Fame.
Known for
Filmography
- Give Me Some Sugah · Producer
- Tyler Perry's The Gospel of Christmas · Executive producer, Director
- Doing Life · Director, Producer
- Route 187 · Director, Production Executive
- Why Did I Get Married Again? · Terry, Director
- Strung · Producer
- Joe's College Road Trip · Joe / Madea / Brian, Producer
- Tyler Perry's Finding Joy · Director, Writer
- Ruth & Boaz · Producer
- Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television · Self
- Madea's Destination Wedding · Madea / Brian / Joe, Director
- Tyler Perry's Divorced Sistas · Executive producer, Creator
- STRAW · Director, Writer
- Miss Governor · Producer, Creator
- Tyler Perry's Duplicity · Director, Writer
- The Six Triple Eight · Writer, Director
- Beauty in Black · Director, Writer
- Hollywood Black · Self
- Tyler Perry's Divorce in the Black · Writer, Director
- Mea Culpa · Writer, Director
- Maxine's Baby: The Tyler Perry Story · Self
- Caught Up · Executive producer
- Harry & Meghan · Self
- Who's Talking to Chris Wallace? · Self
- Tyler Perry's Zatima · Writer, Director
- A Jazzman's Blues · Writer, Producer
- Sherri · Self
- The Jennifer Hudson Show · Self
- Tyler Perry's A Madea Homecoming · Madea / Uncle Joe, Executive producer
- JANET JACKSON. · Self
- Don't Look Up · Jack Bremmer
- 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony · Self
- All the Queen's Men · Teleplay
- PAW Patrol: The Movie · Gus (Voice)
- Hart to Heart · Self
- Those Who Wish Me Dead · Arthur
- Wahl Street · Self, Thanks
- Directors on Directors · Self
- Tyler Perry: Man of Many Faces · Self
- Tyler Perry's Assisted Living · Writer, Director
- Tyler Perry's Madea's Farewell - The Play · Madea
- John Lewis: Celebrating a Hero
- Tyler Perry's Bruh · Director, Writer
- #blackAF · Tyler Perry
- Tyler Perry's Ruthless · Creator
- Tyler Perry's Young Dylan · Director, Writer
- A Fall from Grace · Rory, Director
- Tyler Perry's The Oval · Creator
- Tyler Perry's Sistas · Creator
- A Little Late with Lilly Singh · Self
- The Tamron Hall Show · Self
- The Kelly Clarkson Show · Self
- A Madea Family Funeral · Mabel "Madea" Simmons / Joe / Brian / Heathrow, Director
- Aretha! A Grammy Celebration for the Queen of Soul · Self
- Vice · Colin Powell
- Nobody's Fool · Executive producer, Director
- Acrimony · Screenplay, Producer
- The Star · Cyrus (Voice)
- Boo 2! A Madea Halloween · Madea/Joe/Brian, Director
- OBJECTified · Self
- Steve · Self
- Carpool Karaoke: The Series · Self
- Brain on Fire · Richard
- Tyler Perry's Madea on the Run - The Play · Madea, Writer
- Boo! A Madea Halloween · Mabel "Madea" Simmons / Uncle Joe Simmons / Brian Simmons, Producer
- Too Close to Home · Creator
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows · Baxter Stockman
- Chelsea · Self
- The Passion · Narrator
- Taraji's White Hot Holidays · Self
- Jay Leno's Garage · Self
- The Late Late Show with James Corden · Self
- Tyler Perry's Madea's Tough Love · Madea / Joe / Brian, Producer
- Tyler Perry's Hell Hath No Fury Like a Woman Scorned - The Play · Writer, Producer
- Gone Girl · Tanner Bolt
- Tyler Perry's If Loving You Is Wrong · Creator
- Tyler Perry's Madea's Neighbors from Hell - The Play · Madea, Director
- The Single Moms Club · T.K., Producer
- Late Night with Seth Meyers · Self
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon · Self