TYLER PERRY
ACTING
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.
- I Can Do Bad All By Myself 2009
- Tyler Perry's Madea's Family Reunion - The Play 2002
- Why Did I Get Married Too? 2010
- Meet the Browns 2008
- Madea's Family Reunion 2006
- For Colored Girls 2010
- Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys 2008
- Good Deeds 2012
- Madea Goes to Jail 2009
- Why Did I Get Married? 2007
- Daddy's Little Girls 2007
- Madea's Big Happy Family 2011
- Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family - The Play 2010
- Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor 2013
- Madea's Witness Protection 2012
- Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All By Myself - The Play 2002
- Tyler Perry's A Madea Homecoming 2022
- Tyler Perry's Aunt Bam's Place - The Play 2012
- Tyler Perry's Madea Gets A Job - The Play 2012
- A Madea Christmas 2013
- The Single Moms Club 2014
- Tyler Perry's A Madea Christmas - The Play 2011
- Madea's Class Reunion - The Play 2003
- Tyler Perry's Madea's Neighbors from Hell - The Play 2014
- Tyler Perry's Meet The Browns - The Play 2005
- Tyler Perry's Divorce in the Black 2024
- A Jazzman's Blues 2022
- Boo! A Madea Halloween 2016
- The Six Triple Eight 2024
- Tyler Perry's Madea on the Run - The Play 2017
- Mea Culpa 2024
- Boo 2! A Madea Halloween 2017
- A Madea Family Funeral 2019
- Acrimony 2018
- Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married - The Play 2006
- Nobody's Fool 2018
- Madea Goes to Jail - The Play 2006
- Tyler Perry's Diary of a Mad Black Woman - The Play 2002
- Tyler Perry's What's Done In The Dark - The Play 2008
- Tyler Perry's Hell Hath No Fury Like a Woman Scorned - The Play 2014
- A Fall from Grace 2020
- House of Payne 2007
- Tyler Perry's The Haves and the Have Nots 2013
- Tyler Perry's Bruh 2020
- Tyler Perry's Zatima 2022
- Tyler Perry's Assisted Living 2020
- Beauty in Black 2024