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 Myself2009
- Tyler Perry's Madea's Family Reunion - The Play2002
- Why Did I Get Married Too?2010
- Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys2008
- Good Deeds2012
- Madea Goes to Jail2009
- For Colored Girls2010
- Daddy's Little Girls2007
- Meet the Browns2008
- Madea's Family Reunion2006
- Why Did I Get Married?2007
- Madea's Big Happy Family2011
- Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family - The Play2010
- Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All By Myself - The Play2002
- Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor2013
- Madea's Witness Protection2012
- Tyler Perry's Aunt Bam's Place - The Play2012
- Tyler Perry's Madea Gets A Job - The Play2012
- A Madea Christmas2013
- Tyler Perry's A Madea Christmas - The Play2011
- The Single Moms Club2014
- Madea's Class Reunion2003
- Tyler Perry's Madea's Neighbors from Hell - The Play2014
- Tyler Perry's Meet The Browns - The Play2005
- Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married - The Play2006
- Boo! A Madea Halloween2016
- Tyler Perry's Madea on the Run - The Play2017
- Boo 2! A Madea Halloween2017
- A Madea Family Funeral2019
- Acrimony2018
- Nobody's Fool2018
- Tyler Perry's Diary of a Mad Black Woman - The Play2002
- Tyler Perry's What's Done In The Dark - The Play2008
- Tyler Perry's Hell Hath No Fury Like a Woman Scorned - The Play2014
- A Fall from Grace2020
- Tyler Perry's A Madea Homecoming2022
- A Jazzman's Blues2022
- Mea Culpa2024
- House of Payne2007
- Tyler Perry's The Haves and the Have Nots2013
- Tyler Perry's Bruh2020
- Tyler Perry's Zatima2022
- Tyler Perry's Assisted Living2020