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Tyler Perry

American actor and filmmaker · United States · On the map · Actors · Born 1969 · age 57

Tyler Perry is an American filmmaker, comedian, playwright, actor, and entrepreneur. His films vary in style from orthodox filmmaking techniques to filmed productions of live stage plays, many of which have been subsequently adapted into feature films.

Tyler Perry is read about 5,890 times a day, in 50 languages.

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A life in dates

2026StrungFilm, Producer2025Madea's Destination WeddingFilm, Director, Writer2024Beauty in BlackSeries, Director, Writer2022A Jazzman's BluesFilm, Director, Writer2021Jean Hersholt Humanitarian AwardAwardDon't Look UpFilm, 2021Jack Bremmer2019“…when I come to work here and every black person that comes to work here they go, 'Oh my God, it's heaven. Here we are. We're represented.' Where everybody's represented.”In their wordsOn what he hopes for the Tyler Perry Studios in “Tyler Perry tells Gayle King: "I'm ignored in Hollywood" in CBS News (2019 Oct 7)

“(My mother) loved Madea…She told me whatever you do, don't stop playing this character. She loved Madea.”In their wordsOn his mother’s love for his popular character Madea in “Tyler Perry explains why he's retiring his beloved Madea character” in CNN (2019

A Little Late with Lilly SinghSeries, 2019A Madea Family FuneralFilm, 2019Director, Writer2018AcrimonyFilm, Director, Writer2017Boo 2! A Madea HalloweenFilm, Director, Writer2015The Late Late Show with James CordenSeries2014Gone GirlFilm, Tanner Bolt2013Golden Raspberry Award for Worst ActressAwardTyler Perry's The Haves and the Have NotsSeries, 2013Director, WriterA Madea ChristmasFilm, 2013Director, Writer2012Alex CrossFilm, Dr. Alex Cross2010“Those audiences are my critics. They tell me right away! I learnt very early on how far I can go, what I can and can’t say on stage.”In their words21 August 2010Interview: Tyler Perry, movie mogul

“That has never been heard of in the history of television. It takes a week to do a sitcom in Hollywood. I do a show a day in my studio, three or four shows a week.”In their words21 August 2010Interview: Tyler Perry, movie mogul

“I didn’t want to be the kind of man that my father was. So I’ve tried, my entire life, to be the complete and utter opposite of that.”In their words21 August 2010Interview: Tyler Perry, movie mogul

Why Did I Get Married Too?Film, 2010Director, Writer2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy CohenSeriesI Can Do Bad All By MyselfFilm, 2009Director, Writer2007The Graham Norton ShowSeries2006“When you put on your shortest dress, please leave some mystery in it. That's the difference between a miniskirt and a ho-skirt. A ho-skirt shows your frisbee.”In their wordsDon't Make a Black Woman Take Off Her Earrings: Madea's Uninhibited Comments on Love and Life (2006)

Madea's Family ReunionFilm, 2006Director, Writer2005Diary of a Mad Black WomanFilm, Writer, Producer2003America's Next Top ModelSeries1996The Daily ShowSeries1993GMTVSeries1988LIVE with Kelly and MarkSeries1969Born13 September 1969

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Known for

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  • Gone Girl 2014
  • STRAW 2025
  • Strung 2026
  • The Six Triple Eight 2024
  • Ruth & Boaz 2025

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Filmography 40

311 credits on file

Television 24

Media & music

In their own words 2

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Tyler Perry
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2 statements, newest first

  1. Children love their mothers. Especially with a boy child and his mother, there's a bond that's unbreakable. I love my mother to this day.

    Interview with Oprah Winfrey, Own words

  2. What I know beyond a shadow of a doubt is that God is with me. I know that. I know that He's always been with me.

    Interview with Oprah Winfrey, Own words

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Awards

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award2021
Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress2013
NAACP Image Award - Chairman's Award
Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

About this person

Perry is the creator and performer of Mabel "Madea" Simmons, a tough elderly woman, and also portrays her brother Joe Simmons and her nephew Brian Simmons. Madea's first appearance was in I Can Do Bad All by Myself (1999) staged in Chicago.

Country
United States
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1969 · age 57

In the same film or series as Tyler

Kelly RowlandAlso in Mea Culpa (2024)Brandy NorwoodAlso in Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor (2013)Bow WowAlso in Madea's Big Happy Family (2011)Kat GrahamAlso in Tyler Perry's Duplicity (2025)

Actors from the United States 1

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