Tyler Perry
Highest Rated: 92% Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire (2009)
Lowest Rated: 0% Divorce in the Black (2024)
Birthday: Sep 13, 1969
Birthplace: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Powerhouse American actor, director, writer and producer Tyler Perry became best known for creating the immensely popular Madea character, a no-nonsense elderly African-American woman, who was played by Perry in a string of widely successful films from 2005 to 2022. Born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana, Perry grew up in an abusive household. His father would often beat him, which sunk Perry into a deep depression as a teenager. In later years, Perry would also reveal that he was sexually abused at the age of 10 by a friend's mother, a deeply traumatic event that only added to his depression. Perry never finished high school but did earn his GED, and in 1990, when he was 20 years-old, he fled New Orleans and moved to Atlanta. It was in Atlanta, while scraping by working in an office, that Perry just happened to catch an episode of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" (Syndicated, 1986-2011). Oprah was interviewing a guest who spoke about the healing powers of writing to overcome traumatic events in one's life. Intrigued, Perry picked up a pen and began writing a series of letters to himself which would go on to become his first musical play "I Know I've Been Changed." Perry eventually saved $12,000 to put the play on at a community theater in Atlanta in 1992. The show flopped, however, with Perry failing to recoup his investment. Determined to share his play with a wide audience, Perry spent the next 6 years endlessly rewriting the play until he got it absolutely right. Finally satisfied with the version he came up with, Perry put on the retooled version of "I Know I've Been Changed" at the House of Blues in Atlanta. This time, the play was a hit, and over the next several years Perry gained a devoted following in the African-American community for writing and appearing in a series of popular plays he toured the country with. With the money he earned from touring, Perry decided to write, produce and star in his very first film, 2005's "Diary of a Mad Black Woman." That film, which was made for $5.5 million, introduced the Madea character to the world, and was a hit at the box office, making over $50 million. More Madea films followed, including "Madea's Family Reunion" (2006), "Madea's Witness Protection" (2012), "A Madea Family Funeral" (2019). Perry retired the character in 2019, saying "A Madea Family Reunion" would be the last of his films the character would appear in. Throughout his time focusing on the Madea film franchise, the inexhaustible Perry made a name for himself outside the character by acting in numerous films, writing and directing his own projects, and producing various films and TV shows. As an actor, Perry wowed audiences for his impressive work in films like "Alex Cross" (2012), "Gone Girl" (2014), and "Vice" (2018). He also was the producer behind several successful television shows, including "House of Payne" (TBS, 2007-2012), "The Haves and Have Nots" (OWN, 2013- ), and "The Paynes" (OWN/BET, 2018- ). In 2012, Perry's entertainment career came full circle when he signed a partnership deal with the Oprah Winfrey Network to produce scripted shows to OWN. In his partnership with OWN, Perry has produced a number of successful shows like "The Haves and Have Not" and "The Paynes." In 2019 Perry began producing shows for Viacom, including "The Oval" (BET, 2019- ) and "Sistas" (BET, 2019- ). Both shows premiered in the fall of 2019 on BET.
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Tyler Perry
Filmography
Movies
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0% |
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Divorce in the Black |
Director, Screenwriter, Producer |
- | 2024 |
17% |
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Mea Culpa |
Director, Screenwriter, Producer |
- | 2024 |
82% |
|
Maxine's Baby: The Tyler Perry Story | Self | - | 2023 |
65% |
|
A Jazzman's Blues |
Director, Screenwriter, Producer |
- | 2022 |
36% |
|
Tyler Perry's A Madea Homecoming |
Madea/ Director, Screenwriter, Executive Producer |
- | 2022 |
55% |
|
Don't Look Up | Jack Bremmer (Character) | - | 2021 |
80% |
|
PAW Patrol: The Movie | Gus (Voice) | $40.0M | 2021 |
62% |
|
Those Who Wish Me Dead | Arthur (Character) | $7.3M | 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tyler Perry: Man of Many Faces | Self | - | 2021 |
15% |
|
Tyler Perry's A Fall From Grace |
Rory (Character), Director, Screenwriter |
- | 2020 |
No Score Yet |
|
Love on the Rise | Protestor Stan (Character) | - | 2020 |
11% |
|
Tyler Perry's A Madea Family Funeral |
Madea/ Director, Screenwriter, Producer |
$73.2M | 2019 |
64% |
|
Vice | Colin Powell (Character) | $47.8M | 2018 |
25% |
|
Nobody's Fool |
Director, Screenwriter, Executive Producer |
$31.7M | 2018 |
18% |
|
Acrimony |
Director, Screenwriter, Producer |
$43.5M | 2018 |
44% |
|
The Star | Cyrus (Voice) | $40.4M | 2017 |
5% |
|
Tyler Perry's Boo 2! A Madea Halloween |
Madea/ Director, Screenwriter, Producer |
$47.3M | 2017 |
13% |
|
Brain on Fire | Richard (Character) | - | 2016 |
19% |
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Tyler Perry's Boo! A Madea Halloween |
Madea/ Director, Screenwriter, Producer |
$73.1M | 2016 |
38% |
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows | Baxter Stockman (Character) | $82.0M | 2016 |
60% |
|
The Passion | Unknown (Character) | - | 2016 |
No Score Yet |
|
Tyler Perry's Madea's Tough Love |
Madea / Producer |
- | 2015 |
88% |
|
Gone Girl | Tanner Bolt (Character) | $167.8M | 2014 |
18% |
|
Tyler Perry's The Single Moms Club |
T.K. (Character), Director, Screenwriter, Producer |
$16.0M | 2014 |
21% |
|
Tyler Perry's A Madea Christmas |
Madea (Character), Director, Screenwriter, Producer |
$52.5M | 2013 |
40% |
|
Peeples | Producer | $9.1M | 2013 |
21% |
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Tyler Perry's Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor |
Director, Screenwriter, Producer |
$52.0M | 2013 |
No Score Yet |
|
Tyler Perry's Madea Gets a Job |
Madea (Character), Director, Screenwriter, Producer |
- | 2012 |
11% |
|
Alex Cross | Dr. Alex Cross (Character) | $25.9M | 2012 |
19% |
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Tyler Perry's Madea's Witness Protection |
Madea/ Director, Screenwriter, Producer |
$65.6M | 2012 |
36% |
|
Tyler Perry's Good Deeds |
Wesley Deeds (Character), Director, Screenwriter, Producer |
$35.0M | 2012 |
38% |
|
Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family |
Madea/ Director, Screenwriter, Producer |
$53.3M | 2011 |
32% |
|
For Colored Girls |
Director, Screenwriter |
$37.7M | 2010 |
27% |
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Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married Too? |
Terry (Character), Director, Screenwriter, Producer |
$60.1M | 2010 |
92% |
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Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire | Executive Producer | $47.5M | 2009 |
29% |
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Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail |
Madea/ Director, Screenwriter |
$90.5M | 2009 |
61% |
|
I Can Do Bad All By Myself |
Madea (Character), Director, Screenwriter, Producer |
$51.7M | 2009 |
53% |
|
Tyler Perry's the Family That Preys |
Ben (Character), Director, Screenwriter, Producer |
$37.0M | 2008 |
33% |
|
Meet the Browns |
Madea/ Director, Screenwriter, Producer |
$41.9M | 2008 |
No Score Yet |
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Tyler Perry's What's Done in the Dark - The Play | Director | - | 2008 |
26% |
|
Daddy's Little Girls |
Director, Writer, Producer |
$31.3M | 2007 |
48% |
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Why Did I Get Married? |
Terry (Character), Director, Writer, Producer |
$55.2M | 2007 |
No Score Yet |
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Celebration of Gospel: Taking You Higher | Unknown (Character) | - | 2007 |
26% |
|
Madea's Family Reunion |
Madea/ Director, Writer, Producer, Original Music |
$63.2M | 2006 |
16% |
|
Diary of a Mad Black Woman |
Brian (as Madea) (Character), Producer, Writer |
$50.4M | 2005 |
TV
Credit | ||||
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No Score Yet | 99% | Zatima |
Director, Writer, Creator, Executive Producer |
2022-2024 |
No Score Yet | 89% | Tyler Perry's Sistas |
Unknown (Character), Creator, Executive Producer, Director, Writer |
2019-2024 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tyler Perry's House of Payne |
Madea (Character), Unknown (Guest Star), Creator, Executive Producer, Writer, Director |
2006-2012 2020-2024 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Beauty in Black |
Producer, Creator |
2024 |
No Score Yet | 91% | Tyler Perry's Ruthless |
Writer, Creator, Executive Producer, Director |
2020-2024 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tyler Perry's The Oval |
Unknown (Character), Creator, Executive Producer, Director, Writer |
2019-2024 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tyler Perry's Assisted Living |
Unknown (Character), Writer, Creator, Executive Producer, Director |
2020-2024 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tyler Perry's Bruh |
Writer, Creator, Executive Producer, Director |
2020-2024 |
No Score Yet | 61% | Late Night With Seth Meyers | Guest | 2018-2019 2024 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Perimeter | Executive Producer | 2024 |
No Score Yet | 62% | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Guest | 2019 2022 2024 |
No Score Yet | 44% | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2014 2016-2022 2024 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tyler Perry's Young Dylan |
Creator, Executive Producer |
2020-2024 |
No Score Yet | 12% | The View | Guest | 2014 2016-2020 2022-2023 |
No Score Yet | 77% | All the Queen's Men |
Director, Executive Producer, Writer |
2021-2023 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Never Seen Again | Self | 2022 |
No Score Yet | 28% | The Drew Barrymore Show | Guest | 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Who's Talking to Chris Wallace? | Guest | 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hart to Heart | Guest | 2022 |
No Score Yet | 41% | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Guest | 2009 2018-2019 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Guest | 2013 2016 2019 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Haves and the Have Nots |
Executive Producer, Director, Writer |
2013-2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | If Loving You Is Wrong |
Creator, Executive Producer |
2014-2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rachael Ray | Guest | 2008-2010 2017 2019-2020 |
82% | 16% | A Little Late With Lilly Singh | Guest | 2019 |
No Score Yet | 19% | The Late Late Show With James Corden | Guest | 2016 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Paynes | Executive Producer | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen | Guest | 2013 2016 2018 |
No Score Yet | 49% | The Late Show With Stephen Colbert | Guest | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Harry | Guest | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Talk | Guest | 2011-2012 2014 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Carpool Karaoke: The Series | Music Performer | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Love Thy Neighbor | Executive Producer | 2013-2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tyler Perry's For Better or Worse |
Director, Writer, Executive Producer |
2012-2017 |
No Score Yet | 62% | Too Close to Home | Executive Producer | 2016-2017 |
41% | 61% | Chelsea | Guest | 2016 |
29% | 56% | Best Time Ever With Neil Patrick Harris | Guest | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Dr. Oz Show | Guest | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Tonight Show With Jay Leno | Guest | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Late Night With Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2009-2010 2012-2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Colbert Report | Guest | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | America's Next Top Model | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns |
Director, Writer, Creator, Executive Producer |
2009-2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lopez Tonight | Guest | 2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Conan | Guest | 2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Graham Norton Show | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Extreme Makeover: Home Edition | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dr. Phil | Guest | 2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Late Night With Conan O'Brien | Guest | 2008 |