Tyler Perry
Known for: Acting
Born: September 14, 1969
Place of birth: 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. 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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Filmography
84 movies · 63 TV shows, newest first
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Give Me Some Sugah
2026
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Doing Life
2026
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Route 187
2026
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Why Did I Get Married Again?
2026
7.6
Strung
2026
6.0
Joe's College Road Trip
2026
5.9
Tyler Perry's Finding Joy
2025
7.5
Ruth & Boaz
2025
2.1
Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television
2025
6.2
Madea's Destination Wedding
2025
8.0
Tyler Perry's Divorced Sistas
2025
7.7
STRAW
2025
4.1
Miss Governor
2025
6.6
Tyler Perry's Duplicity
2025
7.6
The Six Triple Eight
2024
8.4
Beauty in Black
2024
3.0
Hollywood Black
2024
7.2
Tyler Perry's Divorce in the Black
2024
5.7
Mea Culpa
2024
7.7
Maxine's Baby: The Tyler Perry Story
2023
7.6
Caught Up
2023
5.8
Harry & Meghan
2022
3.7
Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?
2022
7.9
Tyler Perry's Zatima
2022
7.5
A Jazzman's Blues
2022
2.6
Sherri
2022
6.7
Tyler Perry's A Madea Homecoming
2022
7.5
JANET JACKSON.
2022
7.1
Don't Look Up
2021
4.0
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2021
8.4
All the Queen's Men
2021
7.3
PAW Patrol: The Movie
2021
7.1
Hart to Heart
2021
6.6
Those Who Wish Me Dead
2021
6.1
Wahl Street
2021
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Directors on Directors
2021
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Tyler Perry: Man of Many Faces
2021
8.4
Tyler Perry's Assisted Living
2020
7.8
Tyler Perry's Madea's Farewell - The Play
2020
6.6
John Lewis: Celebrating a Hero
2020
6.3
Tyler Perry's Bruh
2020
5.9
#blackAF
2020
8.5
Tyler Perry's Ruthless
2020
7.7
Tyler Perry's Young Dylan
2020
7.0
A Fall from Grace
2020
8.2
Tyler Perry's The Oval
2019
8.4
Tyler Perry's Sistas
2019
3.4
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
2019
4.5
Tamron Hall
2019
6.3
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
6.0
A Madea Family Funeral
2019
4.0
Aretha! A Grammy Celebration for the Queen of Soul
2019
7.0
Vice
2018
6.0
Nobody's Fool
2018
6.7
Acrimony
2018
6.5
The Star
2017
5.8
Boo 2! A Madea Halloween
2017
5.0
OBJECTified
2017
6.0
Steve
2017
6.1
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
2017
7.0
Brain on Fire
2017
7.5
Tyler Perry's Madea on the Run - The Play
2017
5.8
Boo! A Madea Halloween
2016
7.1
Too Close to Home
2016
6.1
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
2016
5.1
Chelsea
2016
5.3
The Passion
2016
10.0
Taraji's White Hot Holidays
2015
7.3
Jay Leno's Garage
2015
5.1
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
6.7
Tyler Perry's Madea's Tough Love
2015
6.2
Tyler Perry's Hell Hath No Fury Like a Woman Scorned - The Play
2014
7.9
Gone Girl
2014
7.5
Tyler Perry's If Loving You Is Wrong
2014
7.1
Tyler Perry's Madea's Neighbors from Hell - The Play
2014
6.0
The Single Moms Club
2014
5.1
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
5.8
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
6.4
A Madea Christmas
2013
7.7
Deadline: Crime with Tamron Hall
2013
7.8
Tyler Perry's The Haves & The Have Nots - The Play
2013
7.3
Love Thy Neighbor
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Love Thy Neighbour
2013
7.5
Tyler Perry's The Haves and the Have Nots
2013
5.5
Peeples
2013
6.7
Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor
2013
6.0
Eddie Murphy: One Night Only
2012
7.3
Tyler Perry's I Don't Want to Do Wrong - The Play
2012
5.1
Alex Cross
2012
6.1
Madea's Witness Protection
2012
7.2
Tyler Perry's Aunt Bam's Place - The Play
2012
7.2
Tyler Perry's Madea Gets A Job - The Play
2012
6.3
Good Deeds
2012
7.3
Tyler Perry's For Better or Worse
2011
6.7
Tyler Perry's A Madea Christmas - The Play
2011
6.7
Madea's Big Happy Family
2011
7.4
Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family - The Play
2010
7.2
Conan
2010
6.7
For Colored Girls
2010
6.5
Why Did I Get Married Too?
2010
6.3
I Can Do Bad All By Myself
2009
4.9
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
7.4
Star Trek
2009
6.0
The Black List: Volume Two
2009
6.5
Madea Goes to Jail
2009
6.6
Tyler Perry's The Marriage Counselor - The Play
2009
7.2
Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns
2009
6.9
Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys
2008
6.7
Meet the Browns
2008
7.6
Tyler Perry's What's Done In The Dark - The Play
2008
6.5
Why Did I Get Married?
2007
7.5
Tyler Perry's House of Payne
2007
7.2
The Graham Norton Show
2007
6.9
Daddy's Little Girls
2007
5.1
Rachael Ray
2006
7.6
Madea Goes to Jail - The Play
2006
6.0
Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married - The Play
2006
6.3
Madea's Family Reunion
2006
5.0
The Tyra Banks Show
2005
5.1
Tyler Perry's Meet The Browns - The Play
2005
6.5
Diary of a Mad Black Woman
2005
6.8
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
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Madea’s Christmas Special
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The Tony Danza Show
2004
6.8
Madea's Class Reunion - The Play
2003
5.4
America's Next Top Model
2003
5.3
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
6.9
Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All By Myself - The Play
2002
6.6
Tyler Perry's Madea's Family Reunion - The Play
2002
7.1
Tyler Perry's Diary of a Mad Black Woman - The Play
2001
4.3
The View
1997
6.4
The Daily Show
1996
7.3
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
5.8
GMTV
1993
5.4
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
5.6
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
8.8
Kids' Choice Awards
1987
4.3
Entertainment Tonight
1981
9.2
People's Choice Awards
1975
7.0
The Oscars
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Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Family Affair
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I Am Yours
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Sisters in Italy
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Otra
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Tyler Perry's The Gospel of Christmas
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Sister Act 3
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