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Tyler Perry
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Tyler Perry (born Emmitt Perry, Jr.; September 13, 1969) is an African-American actor, director, playwright, screenwriter, producer, author, songwriter., and entrepreneur. Alread…
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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.
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2026
Give Me Some Sugah
Movie Producer
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2026
Doing Life
Movie Director
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2026
Route 187
TV show Director
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2026
Why Did I Get Married Again?
Movie Terry
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2026
Strung
Movie Producer
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2026
Joe's College Road Trip
Movie Joe / Madea / Brian
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2025
Tyler Perry's Finding Joy
Movie Director
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2025
Ruth & Boaz
Movie Producer
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2025
Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television
TV show Self
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2025
Madea's Destination Wedding
Movie Madea / Brian / Joe
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2025
Tyler Perry's Divorced Sistas
TV show Executive Producer
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2025
STRAW
Movie Director
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2025
Miss Governor
TV show Producer
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2025
Tyler Perry's Duplicity
Movie Director
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2024
The Six Triple Eight
Movie Director
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2024
Beauty in Black
TV show Executive Producer
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2024
Hollywood Black
TV show Self (archive footage)
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2024
Tyler Perry's Divorce in the Black
Movie Director
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2024
Mea Culpa
Movie Writer
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2023
Maxine's Baby: The Tyler Perry Story
Movie Self
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2023
Caught Up
TV show Executive Producer
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2022
Harry & Meghan
TV show Self
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2022
Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?
TV show Self
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2022
Tyler Perry's Zatima
TV show Creator
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2022
A Jazzman's Blues
Movie Writer
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2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show
TV show Self - Guest
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2022
The Sherri Shepherd Show
TV show Self - Guest
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2022
Tyler Perry's A Madea Homecoming
Movie Madea / Uncle Joe
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2022
JANET JACKSON.
TV show Self
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2021
Don't Look Up
Movie Jack Bremmer
- 2021
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2021
All the Queen's Men
TV show Teleplay
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2021
PAW Patrol: The Movie
Movie Gus (voice)
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2021
Hart to Heart
TV show Self
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2021
Those Who Wish Me Dead
Movie Arthur
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2021
Wahl Street
TV show Self - Founder & CEO, Tyler Perry Studios
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2021
Directors on Directors
TV show Self
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2021
Tyler Perry: Man of Many Faces
Movie Self
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2020
Tyler Perry's Assisted Living
TV show Writer
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2020
Tyler Perry's Madea's Farewell - The Play
Movie Madea
