Tyler Perry
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.
Acting (50 movies)
I Can Do Bad All By Myself
2009
Star Trek
2009
Madea's Class Reunion - The Play
2003
Why Did I Get Married Too?
2010
Adele One Night Only
2021
Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys
2008
Good Deeds
2012
Madea Goes to Jail
2009
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2021
Diary of a Mad Black Woman
2005
Meet the Browns
2008
Madea's Family Reunion
2006
Why Did I Get Married?
2007
Madea's Big Happy Family
2011
Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family - The Play
2010
Tyler Perry: Man of Many Faces
2021
Alex Cross
2012
Madea Goes to Jail - The Play
2006
Madea's Witness Protection
2012
Eddie Murphy: One Night Only
2012
Tyler Perry's Madea Gets A Job - The Play
2012
A Madea Christmas
2013
Gone Girl
2014
The Single Moms Club
2014
Tyler Perry's A Madea Christmas - The Play
2011
Maxine's Baby: The Tyler Perry Story
2023
Tyler Perry's Madea's Neighbors from Hell - The Play
2014
Tyler Perry's Madea's Tough Love
2015
Madea's Destination Wedding
2025
Brain on Fire
2017
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
2016
Boo! A Madea Halloween
2016
The Passion
2016
Tyler Perry's Madea on the Run - The Play
2017
The Black List: Volume Two
2009
The Star
2017
Boo 2! A Madea Halloween
2017
A Madea Family Funeral
2019
Vice
2018
Aretha! A Grammy Celebration for the Queen of Soul
2019
Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All By Myself - The Play
2002
Tyler Perry's Diary of a Mad Black Woman - The Play
2002
Tyler Perry's Madea's Family Reunion - The Play
2002
Those Who Wish Me Dead
2021
A Fall from Grace
2020
Tyler Perry's Madea's Farewell - The Play
2020
Don't Look Up
2021
PAW Patrol: The Movie
2021
Tyler Perry's A Madea Homecoming
2022
John Lewis: Celebrating a Hero
2020
Directing (48 movies)
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 The Marriage Counselor - The Play
2009
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 I Don't Want to Do Wrong - 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 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 Finding Joy
2025
Tyler Perry's Madea on the Run - The Play
2017
Mea Culpa
2024
Boo 2! A Madea Halloween
2017
Acrimony
2018
A Madea Family Funeral
2019
Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married - The Play
2006
Nobody's Fool
2018
Tyler Perry's The Haves & The Have Nots - The Play
2013
Tyler Perry's Duplicity
2025
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
Madea's Destination Wedding
2025
STRAW
2025
Tyler Perry's Madea's Neighbors from Hell - The Play
2014