Tyler Perry
78 movies · 21 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Sep 14, 1969 (age 57)
- Place of birth
- New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
- Also known as
- Emmitt Perry, Jr.
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.
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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.
Known for
Tyler Perry: movies and TV shows
Acting (49)
- Upcoming Tyler Perry's Madea's Family Affair
as Madea / Joe / Brian
- 2026 Why Did I Get Married Again?
as Terry
- 2026 Joe's College Road Trip
as Joe / Madea / Brian
- 2025 Madea's Destination Wedding
as Madea / Brian / Joe
- 2022 Tyler Perry's A Madea Homecoming
as Madea / Uncle Joe
- 2021 Don't Look Up
as Jack Bremmer
- 2021 PAW Patrol: The Movie
as Gus (voice)
- 2021 Those Who Wish Me Dead
as Arthur
- 2020
- 2020
- 2020
- 2020 A Fall from Grace
as Rory
- 2019 A Madea Family Funeral
as Mabel "Madea" Simmons / Joe / Brian / Heathrow
- 2018 Vice
as Colin Powell
- 2017 The Star
as Cyrus (voice)
- 2017 Boo 2! A Madea Halloween
as Madea/Joe/Brian
- 2017 Brain on Fire
as Richard
- 2017
- 2016 Boo! A Madea Halloween
as Mabel "Madea" Simmons / Uncle Joe Simmons / Brian Simmons
- 2016 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
as Baxter Stockman
- 2016 The Passion
as Narrator
- 2015 Tyler Perry's Madea's Tough Love
as Madea / Joe / Brian
- 2014 Gone Girl
as Tanner Bolt
- 2014
- 2014 The Single Moms Club
as T.K.
- 2013 A Madea Christmas
as Madea
- 2013
- 2012 Alex Cross
as Dr. Alex Cross
- 2012 Madea's Witness Protection
as Madea / Joe / Brian
- 2012
- 2012 Good Deeds
as Wesley Deeds
- 2011
- 2010
- 2010 Why Did I Get Married Too?
as Terry
- 2009 I Can Do Bad All By Myself
as Madea
- 2009 Star Trek
as Admiral Richard Barnett
- 2009 Madea Goes to Jail
as Madea / Joe / Brian
- 2008
- 2008 Meet the Browns
as Madea / Joe
- 2007 Why Did I Get Married?
as Terry
- 2007
- 2006 Madea Goes to Jail - The Play
as Madea
- 2006 Madea's Family Reunion
as Madea / Brian / Joe
- 2005 Diary of a Mad Black Woman
as Madea / Brian / Joe
- 2004 Madea’s Christmas Special
as Madea
- 2003 Madea's Class Reunion - The Play
as Mabel "Madea" Simmons / Dr. Willie Leroy Jones
- 2002 Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All By Myself - The Play
as Mable 'Madea' Simmons
- 2002 Tyler Perry's Madea's Family Reunion - The Play
as Mable 'Madea' Simmons
- 2001 Tyler Perry's Diary of a Mad Black Woman - The Play
as Daddy Charles / Mable 'Madea' Simmons
Behind the camera (88)
- Upcoming Give Me Some Sugah
Producer
- Upcoming Tyler Perry's Madea's Family Affair
Director of Photography
- Upcoming I Am Yours
Producer
- Upcoming Sisters in Italy
Director, Producer
- Upcoming T
Executive Producer
- Upcoming Otra
Executive Producer
- Upcoming Tyler Perry's The Gospel of Christmas
Executive Producer, Director
- Upcoming Sister Act 3
Producer
- Upcoming Tyler Perry's Confabulation
Director, Writer, Producer
- 2026 Doing Life
Director, Producer, Writer
- 2026
- 2026 Why Did I Get Married Again?
Director, Writer, Producer
- 2026 Strung
Producer
- 2026 Joe's College Road Trip
Producer, Director, Writer
- 2025 Tyler Perry's Finding Joy
Producer, Writer, Director
- 2025 Ruth & Boaz
Producer
- 2025 Madea's Destination Wedding
Director, Producer, Writer
- 2025
- 2025 STRAW
Director, Writer, Producer
- 2025
- 2025 Tyler Perry's Duplicity
Producer, Writer, Director
- 2024 The Six Triple Eight
Writer, Director, Producer
- 2024
- 2024 Tyler Perry's Divorce in the Black
Director, Writer, Producer
- 2024 Mea Culpa
Writer, Director, Producer
- 2023
- 2022
- 2022 A Jazzman's Blues
Producer, Writer, Director
- 2022 Tyler Perry's A Madea Homecoming
Executive Producer, Director, Writer
- 2021
- 2021
- 2020
- 2020
- 2020
- 2020
- 2020 A Fall from Grace
Director, Writer, Executive Producer
- 2019
- 2019
- 2019 A Madea Family Funeral
Director, Writer, Producer
- 2018 Nobody's Fool
Executive Producer, Director, Screenplay
- 2018 Acrimony
Screenplay, Producer, Director
- 2017 Boo 2! A Madea Halloween
Director, Writer, Producer
- 2017 Tyler Perry's Madea on the Run - The Play
Director, Writer
- 2016 Boo! A Madea Halloween
Producer, Writer, Director
- 2016
- 2015 Tyler Perry's Madea's Tough Love
Producer
- 2014 Tyler Perry's Hell Hath No Fury Like a Woman Scorned - The Play
Writer, Producer, Director
- 2014
- 2014 Tyler Perry's Madea's Neighbors from Hell - The Play
Director, Executive Producer, Writer, Producer
- 2014 The Single Moms Club
Director, Producer, Screenplay
- 2013 A Madea Christmas
Director, Producer, Screenplay
- 2013 Tyler Perry's The Haves & The Have Nots - The Play
Writer, Director
- 2013
- 2013
- 2013
- 2013 Peeples
Producer
- 2013 Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor
Director, Producer, Screenplay
- 2012 Tyler Perry's I Don't Want to Do Wrong - The Play
Director, Writer
- 2012 Madea's Witness Protection
Director, Screenplay, Producer
- 2012 Tyler Perry's Aunt Bam's Place - The Play
Director, Writer
- 2012 Tyler Perry's Madea Gets A Job - The Play
Director, Writer, Producer
- 2012 Good Deeds
Screenplay, Director, Producer
- 2011
- 2011 Tyler Perry's A Madea Christmas - The Play
Director, Writer
- 2011 Madea's Big Happy Family
Director, Writer, Producer
- 2010 Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family - The Play
Director, Writer
- 2010 For Colored Girls
Director, Screenplay, Producer
- 2010 Why Did I Get Married Too?
Director, Writer, Producer
- 2009 I Can Do Bad All By Myself
Director, Writer, Producer
- 2009 Madea Goes to Jail
Producer, Writer, Director
- 2009 Tyler Perry's The Marriage Counselor - The Play
Executive Producer, Writer, Producer, Director
- 2009
- 2008 Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys
Director, Producer, Writer
- 2008 Meet the Browns
Director, Producer, Writer
- 2008 Tyler Perry's What's Done In The Dark - The Play
Director, Producer, Writer
- 2007 Why Did I Get Married?
Director, Writer, Producer
- 2007
- 2007 Daddy's Little Girls
Director, Producer, Screenplay
- 2006 Madea Goes to Jail - The Play
Director, Writer
- 2006 Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married - The Play
Director, Producer, Writer
- 2006 Madea's Family Reunion
Executive Producer, Director, Theatre Play, Writer
- 2005 Tyler Perry's Meet The Browns - The Play
Writer, Producer, Director
- 2005 Diary of a Mad Black Woman
Writer, Theatre Play, Executive Producer
- 2004 Madea’s Christmas Special
Director, Writer
- 2003 Madea's Class Reunion - The Play
Director, Producer, Writer
- 2002 Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All By Myself - The Play
Director, Writer, Producer
- 2002 Tyler Perry's Madea's Family Reunion - The Play
Director, Writer
- 2001 Tyler Perry's Diary of a Mad Black Woman - The Play
Producer, Director, Writer
Talk shows and appearances (47)
- 2025
- 2024 Hollywood Black
4 episodes
- 2023
- 2022 Harry & Meghan
1 episode
- 2022 Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?
1 episode
- 2022 Sherri
3 episodes
- 2022 The Jennifer Hudson Show
1 episode
- 2022 JANET JACKSON.
1 episode
- 2021
- 2021 Hart to Heart
1 episode
- 2021 Directors on Directors
1 episode
- 2021
- 2019 A Little Late with Lilly Singh
1 episode
- 2019 The Tamron Hall Show
2 episodes
- 2019 The Kelly Clarkson Show
5 episodes
- 2019
- 2017 OBJECTified
1 episode
- 2017 Steve
2 episodes
- 2017 Carpool Karaoke: The Series
1 episode
- 2016 Chelsea
1 episode
- 2015 Taraji's White Hot Holidays
1 episode
- 2015 Jay Leno's Garage
1 episode
- 2015 The Late Late Show with James Corden
1 episode
- 2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers
1 episode
- 2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
7 episodes
- 2013 Deadline: Crime with Tamron Hall
1 episode
- 2012
- 2010 Conan
1 episode
- 2009 Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
3 episodes
- 2009
- 2007 The Graham Norton Show
1 episode
- 2006 Rachael Ray
1 episode
- 2005 The Tyra Banks Show
1 episode
- 2005 The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
1 episode
- 2004 The Tony Danza Show
1 episode
- 2003 America's Next Top Model
2 episodes
- 2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live!
4 episodes
- 1997 The View
7 episodes
- 1996 The Daily Show
1 episode
- 1993 Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1 episode
- 1993 GMTV
1 episode
- 1992 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
4 episodes
- 1988 LIVE with Kelly and Mark
6 episodes
- 1987 Kids' Choice Awards
1 episode
- 1981 Entertainment Tonight
1 episode
- 1975 People's Choice Awards
1 episode
- 1953 The Oscars
3 episodes