Tyler Perry

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1969-09-14 (56 years old)

Place of Birth

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

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 a...

Acting

2009

Star Trek

as Admiral Richard Barnett

2003

Madea's Class Reunion - The Play

as Mabel "Madea" Simmons / Dr. Willie Leroy Jones

2012

Good Deeds

as Wesley Deeds

2009

Madea Goes to Jail

as Madea / Joe / Brian

2005

Diary of a Mad Black Woman

as Madea / Brian / Joe

2008

Meet the Browns

as Madea / Joe

2006

Madea's Family Reunion

as Madea / Brian / Joe

2011

Madea's Big Happy Family

as Madea / Joe / Self

2012

Alex Cross

as Dr. Alex Cross

2012

Madea's Witness Protection

as Madea / Joe / Brian

2013

2014

Gone Girl

as Tanner Bolt

2015

Tyler Perry's Madea's Tough Love

as Madea / Joe / Brian

2025

Madea's Destination Wedding

as Madea / Brian / Joe

2017

Brain on Fire

as Richard

2016

Boo! A Madea Halloween

as Mabel "Madea" Simmons / Uncle Joe Simmons / Brian Simmons

2016

The Passion

as Narrator

2017

The Star

as Cyrus (voice)

2017

Boo 2! A Madea Halloween

as Madea/Joe/Brian

2019

A Madea Family Funeral

as Mabel "Madea" Simmons / Joe / Brian / Heathrow

2018

Vice

as Colin Powell

2002

Tyler Perry's Diary of a Mad Black Woman - The Play

as Daddy Charles / Mable 'Madea' Simmons

2021

Don't Look Up

as Jack Bremmer

2021

PAW Patrol: The Movie

as Gus (voice)

2022

Production

2018

Nobody's Fool

as Executive Producer

2008

Meet the Browns

as Producer

2008

Meet the Browns

as Director

2006

2006

Madea's Family Reunion

as Executive Producer

2010

2010

For Colored Girls

as Screenplay

2012

Good Deeds

as Director

2012

Good Deeds

as Screenplay

2009

2009

2009

2007

2007

2007

2013

Peeples

as Producer

2022

2013

2013

2013

A Madea Christmas

as Screenplay

2012

Good Deeds

as Producer

2014

2014

2016

2022

2022

2014

2018

Acrimony

as Screenplay

2018

Acrimony

as Producer

2022

2007

2005

2006

Madea's Family Reunion

as Theatre Play

2016

2005

Diary of a Mad Black Woman

as Executive Producer

2024

Mea Culpa

as Writer

2024

2024

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Joy Ridge

as Director

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Joy Ridge

as Writer

-

Joy Ridge

as Producer

2024

Mea Culpa

as Director

2024

Mea Culpa

as Producer

2018

Acrimony

as Director

2019

2018

Nobody's Fool

as Director

-

I Am Yours

as Producer

2018

Nobody's Fool

as Screenplay

2019

2007

2020

2020

2020

A Fall from Grace

as Executive Producer

-

R&B

as Producer

2008

2025

STRAW

as Director

2025

STRAW

as Writer

-

Sisters in Italy

as Director

-

Sisters in Italy

as Producer

-

Doing Life

as Director

-

Doing Life

as Producer

-

Doing Life

as Writer

-

T

as Executive Producer

-

Help

as Producer

-

Otra

as Executive Producer

2025

STRAW

as Producer

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