Tyler Perry (I)
Director | Writer | Producer
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Filmography
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Known For
Diary of a Mad Black Woman Writer (2005) -
Gone Girl Tanner Bolt (2014) -
Madea Goes to Jail Director (2009) -
Known For
Madea's Family Reunion Director (2006) -
Producer
The Paynes (2018) -
Nobody's Fool (2018) -
Acrimony (2018) -
Boo 2! A Madea Halloween (2017) -
The Haves and the Have Nots (2013-2017) -
Too Close to Home (2017) -
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Boo! A Madea Halloween (2016) -
If Loving You Is Wrong (2014-2016) -
Madea's Tough Love (2015) -
![For Better or Worse]( "For Better or Worse")
For Better or Worse (2013-2014) -
![Madea's Neighbors from Hell]( "Madea's Neighbors from Hell")
Madea's Neighbors from Hell (2014) -
![The Single Moms Club]( "The Single Moms Club")
The Single Moms Club (2014) -
![Love Thy Neighbor]( "Love Thy Neighbor")
Love Thy Neighbor (2013) -
![A Madea Christmas]( "A Madea Christmas")
A Madea Christmas (2013) -
![Peeples]( "Peeples")
Peeples (2013) -
![Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor]( "Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor")
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![Madea Gets a Job]( "Madea Gets a Job")
Madea Gets a Job (2013) -
![House of Payne]( "House of Payne")
House of Payne (2007-2012) -
![Madea's Witness Protection]( "Madea's Witness Protection")
Madea's Witness Protection (2012) -
![Good Deeds]( "Good Deeds")
Good Deeds (2012) -
![A Madea Christmas]( "A Madea Christmas")
A Madea Christmas (2011) -
![Meet the Browns]( "Meet the Browns")
Meet the Browns (2010-2011) -
![Season of Death: Chasing the American Dream]( "Season of Death: Chasing the American Dream")
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![Laugh to Keep from Crying]( "Laugh to Keep from Crying")
Laugh to Keep from Crying (2011) -
![Madea's Big Happy Family]( "Madea's Big Happy Family")
Madea's Big Happy Family (2011) -
![Madea's Big Happy Family]( "Madea's Big Happy Family")
Madea's Big Happy Family (2010) -
![For Colored Girls]( "For Colored Girls")
For Colored Girls (2010) -
The Tyler Perry Show (2010)
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![Why Did I Get Married Too?]( "Why Did I Get Married Too?")
Why Did I Get Married Too? (2010) -
![I Can Do Bad All by Myself]( "I Can Do Bad All by Myself")
I Can Do Bad All by Myself (2009) -
![Madea Goes to Jail]( "Madea Goes to Jail")
Madea Goes to Jail (2009) -
![Precious]( "Precious")
Precious (2009) -
![The Family That Preys]( "The Family That Preys")
The Family That Preys (2008) -
![Meet the Browns]( "Meet the Browns")
Meet the Browns (2008) -
![What's Done in the Dark]( "What's Done in the Dark")
What's Done in the Dark (2008) -
![Why Did I Get Married?]( "Why Did I Get Married?")
Why Did I Get Married? (2007) -
![Daddy's Little Girls]( "Daddy's Little Girls")
Daddy's Little Girls (2007) -
![Why Did I Get Married?]( "Why Did I Get Married?")
Why Did I Get Married? (2006) -
![Madea Goes to Jail]( "Madea Goes to Jail")
Madea Goes to Jail (2006) -
![Madea's Family Reunion]( "Madea's Family Reunion")
Madea's Family Reunion (2006) -
![Diary of a Mad Black Woman]( "Diary of a Mad Black Woman")
Diary of a Mad Black Woman (2005) -
![Meet the Browns]( "Meet the Browns")
Meet the Browns (2004) -
![Madea's Class Reunion]( "Madea's Class Reunion")
Madea's Class Reunion (2003) -
![Diary of a Mad Black Woman]( "Diary of a Mad Black Woman")
Diary of a Mad Black Woman (2002) -
Producer
![I Can Do Bad All by Myself]( "I Can Do Bad All by Myself")
I Can Do Bad All by Myself (2002) -
Writer
![The Paynes]( "The Paynes")
The Paynes (2018) -
![Nobody's Fool]( "Nobody's Fool")
Nobody's Fool (2018) -
![The Haves and the Have Nots]( "The Haves and the Have Nots")
The Haves and the Have Nots (2013-2018) -
![Acrimony]( "Acrimony")
Acrimony (2018) -
![Love Thy Neighbor]( "Love Thy Neighbor")
Love Thy Neighbor (2013-2018) -
![Boo 2! A Madea Halloween]( "Boo 2! A Madea Halloween")
Boo 2! A Madea Halloween (2017) -
![If Loving You Is Wrong]( "If Loving You Is Wrong")
If Loving You Is Wrong (2014-2017) -
![Too Close to Home]( "Too Close to Home")
Too Close to Home (2016-2017) -
![Tyler Perry's: Madea on the Run]( "Tyler Perry's: Madea on the Run")
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![Boo! A Madea Halloween]( "Boo! A Madea Halloween")
Boo! A Madea Halloween (2016) -
![Madea's Tough Love]( "Madea's Tough Love")
Madea's Tough Love (2015) -
![For Better or Worse]( "For Better or Worse")
For Better or Worse (2013-2014) -
![Hell Hath No Fury Like a Woman Scorned]( "Hell Hath No Fury Like a Woman Scorned")
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![Madea's Neighbors from Hell]( "Madea's Neighbors from Hell")
Madea's Neighbors from Hell (2014) -
![The Single Moms Club]( "The Single Moms Club")
The Single Moms Club (2014) -
![A Madea Christmas]( "A Madea Christmas")
A Madea Christmas (2013) -
![The Haves and the Have Nots]( "The Haves and the Have Nots")
The Haves and the Have Nots (2013) -
![Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor]( "Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor")
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![Madea Gets a Job]( "Madea Gets a Job")
Madea Gets a Job (2013) -
![I Don't Want to Do Wrong]( "I Don't Want to Do Wrong")
I Don't Want to Do Wrong (2012) -
![Aunt Bam's Place]( "Aunt Bam's Place")
Aunt Bam's Place (2012) -
![Madea's Witness Protection]( "Madea's Witness Protection")
Madea's Witness Protection (2012) -
![Good Deeds]( "Good Deeds")
Good Deeds (2012) -
![House of Payne]( "House of Payne")
House of Payne (2008-2012) -
![A Madea Christmas]( "A Madea Christmas")
A Madea Christmas (2011) -
![Laugh to Keep from Crying]( "Laugh to Keep from Crying")
Laugh to Keep from Crying (2011) -
![Madea's Big Happy Family]( "Madea's Big Happy Family")
Madea's Big Happy Family (2011) -
![Madea's Big Happy Family]( "Madea's Big Happy Family")
Madea's Big Happy Family (2010) -
![For Colored Girls]( "For Colored Girls")
For Colored Girls (2010) -
![Why Did I Get Married Too?]( "Why Did I Get Married Too?")
Why Did I Get Married Too? (2010) -
![Meet the Browns]( "Meet the Browns")
Meet the Browns (2009-2010) -
![I Can Do Bad All by Myself]( "I Can Do Bad All by Myself")
I Can Do Bad All by Myself (2009) -
![Madea Goes to Jail]( "Madea Goes to Jail")
Madea Goes to Jail (2009) -
![The Family That Preys]( "The Family That Preys")
The Family That Preys (2008) -
![Meet the Browns]( "Meet the Browns")
Meet the Browns (2008) -
![What's Done in the Dark]( "What's Done in the Dark")
What's Done in the Dark (2008) -
![Why Did I Get Married?]( "Why Did I Get Married?")
Why Did I Get Married? (2007) -
![Daddy's Little Girls]( "Daddy's Little Girls")
Daddy's Little Girls (2007) -
![Why Did I Get Married?]( "Why Did I Get Married?")
Why Did I Get Married? (2006) -
![Madea Goes to Jail]( "Madea Goes to Jail")
Madea Goes to Jail (2006) -
![Madea's Family Reunion]( "Madea's Family Reunion")
Madea's Family Reunion (2006) -
![Diary of a Mad Black Woman]( "Diary of a Mad Black Woman")
Diary of a Mad Black Woman (2005) -
![Meet the Browns]( "Meet the Browns")
Meet the Browns (2004) -
![Madea's Class Reunion]( "Madea's Class Reunion")
Madea's Class Reunion (2003) -
![Diary of a Mad Black Woman]( "Diary of a Mad Black Woman")
Diary of a Mad Black Woman (2002) -
![I Can Do Bad All by Myself]( "I Can Do Bad All by Myself")
I Can Do Bad All by Myself (2002) -
Writer
![Madea's Family Reunion]( "Madea's Family Reunion")
Madea's Family Reunion (2002) -
Director
![Nobody's Fool]( "Nobody's Fool")
Nobody's Fool (2018) -
![The Paynes]( "The Paynes")
The Paynes (2018) -
![The Haves and the Have Nots]( "The Haves and the Have Nots")
The Haves and the Have Nots (2013-2018) -
![Acrimony]( "Acrimony")
Acrimony (2018) -
![Love Thy Neighbor]( "Love Thy Neighbor")
Love Thy Neighbor (2013-2018) -
![Boo 2! A Madea Halloween]( "Boo 2! A Madea Halloween")
Boo 2! A Madea Halloween (2017) -
![If Loving You Is Wrong]( "If Loving You Is Wrong")
If Loving You Is Wrong (2014-2017) -
![Too Close to Home]( "Too Close to Home")
Too Close to Home (2016-2017) -
![Tyler Perry's: Madea on the Run]( "Tyler Perry's: Madea on the Run")
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![Boo! A Madea Halloween]( "Boo! A Madea Halloween")
Boo! A Madea Halloween (2016) -
![For Better or Worse]( "For Better or Worse")
For Better or Worse (2013-2014) -
![Hell Hath No Fury Like a Woman Scorned]( "Hell Hath No Fury Like a Woman Scorned")
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![Madea's Neighbors from Hell]( "Madea's Neighbors from Hell")
Madea's Neighbors from Hell (2014) -
![The Single Moms Club]( "The Single Moms Club")
The Single Moms Club (2014) -
![A Madea Christmas]( "A Madea Christmas")
A Madea Christmas (2013) -
![The Haves and the Have Nots]( "The Haves and the Have Nots")
The Haves and the Have Nots (2013) -
![Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor]( "Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor")
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![Madea Gets a Job]( "Madea Gets a Job")
Madea Gets a Job (2013) -
![I Don't Want to Do Wrong]( "I Don't Want to Do Wrong")
I Don't Want to Do Wrong (2012) -
![House of Payne]( "House of Payne")
House of Payne (2007-2012) -
![Aunt Bam's Place]( "Aunt Bam's Place")
Aunt Bam's Place (2012) -
![Madea's Witness Protection]( "Madea's Witness Protection")
Madea's Witness Protection (2012) -
![Good Deeds]( "Good Deeds")
Good Deeds (2012) -
![A Madea Christmas]( "A Madea Christmas")
A Madea Christmas (2011) -
![Laugh to Keep from Crying]( "Laugh to Keep from Crying")
Laugh to Keep from Crying (2011) -
![Madea's Big Happy Family]( "Madea's Big Happy Family")
Madea's Big Happy Family (2011) -
![Madea's Big Happy Family]( "Madea's Big Happy Family")
Madea's Big Happy Family (2010) -
![For Colored Girls]( "For Colored Girls")
For Colored Girls (2010) -
![Why Did I Get Married Too?]( "Why Did I Get Married Too?")
Why Did I Get Married Too? (2010) -
![Meet the Browns]( "Meet the Browns")
Meet the Browns (2009-2010) -
![I Can Do Bad All by Myself]( "I Can Do Bad All by Myself")
I Can Do Bad All by Myself (2009) -
![Madea Goes to Jail]( "Madea Goes to Jail")
Madea Goes to Jail (2009) -
![The Family That Preys]( "The Family That Preys")
The Family That Preys (2008) -
![Meet the Browns]( "Meet the Browns")
Meet the Browns (2008) -
![What's Done in the Dark]( "What's Done in the Dark")
What's Done in the Dark (2008) -
![Why Did I Get Married?]( "Why Did I Get Married?")
Why Did I Get Married? (2007) -
![Daddy's Little Girls]( "Daddy's Little Girls")
Daddy's Little Girls (2007) -
![Why Did I Get Married?]( "Why Did I Get Married?")
Why Did I Get Married? (2006) -
![Madea Goes to Jail]( "Madea Goes to Jail")
Madea Goes to Jail (2006) -
![Madea's Family Reunion]( "Madea's Family Reunion")
Madea's Family Reunion (2006) -
![Meet the Browns]( "Meet the Browns")
Meet the Browns (2004) -
![Madea's Class Reunion]( "Madea's Class Reunion")
Madea's Class Reunion (2003) -
![Diary of a Mad Black Woman]( "Diary of a Mad Black Woman")
Diary of a Mad Black Woman (2002) -
![I Can Do Bad All by Myself]( "I Can Do Bad All by Myself")
I Can Do Bad All by Myself (2002) -
Director
![Madea's Family Reunion]( "Madea's Family Reunion")
Madea's Family Reunion (2002) -
Actor
![The Star]( "The Star")
The Star Cyrus (2017) -
![Boo 2! A Madea Halloween]( "Boo 2! A Madea Halloween")
Boo 2! A Madea Halloween Madea / Joe (2017) -
![Tyler Perry's: Madea on the Run]( "Tyler Perry's: Madea on the Run")
Tyler Perry's: Madea on the Run Madea (2017) -
![Boo! A Madea Halloween]( "Boo! A Madea Halloween")
Boo! A Madea Halloween Madea / Joe (2016) -
![Brain on Fire]( "Brain on Fire")
Brain on Fire Richard (2016) -
![Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows]( "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows")
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows Baxter Stockman (2016) -
![The Passion]( "The Passion")
The Passion Narrator (2016) -
![Madea's Tough Love]( "Madea's Tough Love")
Madea's Tough Love Madea / Joe (2015) -
![Gone Girl]( "Gone Girl")
Gone Girl Tanner Bolt (2014) -
![Madea's Neighbors from Hell]( "Madea's Neighbors from Hell")
Madea's Neighbors from Hell Madea (2014) -
The Tyler Perry Show (2014)
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![The Single Moms Club]( "The Single Moms Club")
The Single Moms Club TK (2014) -
![Sit Down with the Stars]( "Sit Down with the Stars")
Sit Down with the Stars (2014) -
![A Madea Christmas]( "A Madea Christmas")
A Madea Christmas Madea (2013) -
![Madea Gets a Job]( "Madea Gets a Job")
Madea Gets a Job Madea (2013) -
![Alex Cross]( "Alex Cross")
Alex Cross Alex Cross (2012) -
![Madea's Witness Protection]( "Madea's Witness Protection")
Madea's Witness Protection Madea / Joe (2012) -
![Good Deeds]( "Good Deeds")
Good Deeds Wesley Deeds (2012) -
![A Madea Christmas]( "A Madea Christmas")
A Madea Christmas Madea (2011) -
Ties That Bind (2011)
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Byreeen: The Baby Mama from Hell Madea (2011)
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![Madea's Big Happy Family]( "Madea's Big Happy Family")
Madea's Big Happy Family Madea / Joe (2011) -
![Madea's Big Happy Family]( "Madea's Big Happy Family")
Madea's Big Happy Family Madea (2010) -
![Why Did I Get Married Too?]( "Why Did I Get Married Too?")
Why Did I Get Married Too? Terry (2010) -
![I Can Do Bad All by Myself]( "I Can Do Bad All by Myself")
I Can Do Bad All by Myself Madea / Joe (2009) -
![Star Trek]( "Star Trek")
Star Trek Admiral Richard Barnett (2009) -
![Madea Goes to Jail]( "Madea Goes to Jail")
Madea Goes to Jail Madea / Joe (2009) -
![The Family That Preys]( "The Family That Preys")
The Family That Preys Ben (2008) -
![Meet the Browns]( "Meet the Browns")
Meet the Browns Madea / Joe (2008) -
![House of Payne]( "House of Payne")
House of Payne Madea (2007-2008) -
![Why Did I Get Married?]( "Why Did I Get Married?")
Why Did I Get Married? Terry (2007) -
![Madea Goes to Jail]( "Madea Goes to Jail")
Madea Goes to Jail Madea (2006) -
![Madea's Family Reunion]( "Madea's Family Reunion")
Madea's Family Reunion Madea / Brian (2006) -
![Diary of a Mad Black Woman]( "Diary of a Mad Black Woman")
Diary of a Mad Black Woman Madea / Brian (2005) -
![Madea's Class Reunion]( "Madea's Class Reunion")
Madea's Class Reunion Madea / Dr. Willy Leroy Jones (2003) -
![Diary of a Mad Black Woman]( "Diary of a Mad Black Woman")
Diary of a Mad Black Woman Daddy Charles / Mable 'Madea' Simmons (2002) -
![I Can Do Bad All by Myself]( "I Can Do Bad All by Myself")
I Can Do Bad All by Myself Mable 'Madea' Simmons (2002) -
Actor
![Madea's Family Reunion]( "Madea's Family Reunion")
Madea's Family Reunion Mable "Madea" Simmons (2002) -
Soundtrack
![The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon]( "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon")
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2016-2017) -
![Boo! A Madea Halloween]( "Boo! A Madea Halloween")
Boo! A Madea Halloween (2016) -
![Madea's Big Happy Family]( "Madea's Big Happy Family")
Madea's Big Happy Family (2011) -
![The Family That Preys]( "The Family That Preys")
The Family That Preys (2008) -
![Meet the Browns]( "Meet the Browns")
Meet the Browns (2008) -
Soundtrack
![Diary of a Mad Black Woman]( "Diary of a Mad Black Woman")
Diary of a Mad Black Woman (2005) -
Archive footage
![Entertainment Tonight]( "Entertainment Tonight")
Entertainment Tonight (2014-2018) -
![The Cinema Snob]( "The Cinema Snob")
The Cinema Snob (2016) -
![The Insider]( "The Insider")
The Insider (2016) -
![Extra]( "Extra")
Extra (2016) -
![Fox and Friends]( "Fox and Friends")
Fox and Friends (2014) -
![Survivor: Cagayan Preview]( "Survivor: Cagayan Preview")
Survivor: Cagayan Preview (2014) -
![Live! with Kelly]( "Live! with Kelly")
Live! with Kelly (2013) -
![Chelsea Lately]( "Chelsea Lately")
Chelsea Lately (2012) -
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![Made in Hollywood]( "Made in Hollywood")
Made in Hollywood (2012) -
Archive footage
![Made in Hollywood: Teen Edition]( "Made in Hollywood: Teen Edition")
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![60 Minutes]( "60 Minutes")
60 Minutes (2010) -
Art Department
![Madea Goes to Jail]( "Madea Goes to Jail")
Madea Goes to Jail (2006) -
Miscellaneous Crew
![Precious]( "Precious")
Precious (2009) -
Composer
![Madea Goes to Jail]( "Madea Goes to Jail")
Madea Goes to Jail (2006)
All Filmography
Awards
13 wins & 41 nominations.Did You Know
Trivia
Friends with comedian Steve Harvey.
Quotes
He who has the gold makes the rules. (60 Minutes (1968), 25 October 2009)
Trademark
Sets his film/TV productions in Atlanta, Georgia or Louisiana
Star Sign
Virgo
Personal Details
Born
Emmitt Perry Jr.
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Height:
6' 5" (1.96 m)User Polls
Tall and Funny - Part II
Film directors who direct themselves.
I Want My Lawyer
Least Deserving Razzie Awards 2013 Nominee
Golden Raspberry 2018 — Most Deserved Razzie
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