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Tyler Perry

Tyler PerryAKA Emmitt Perry, Jr.

Born: 13-Sep-1969
Birthplace: New Orleans, LA

Gender: Male
Religion: Christian
Race or Ethnicity: Black
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Film Director, Playwright

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Diary of a Mad Black Woman

Enormously successful African-American playwright and movie-maker.

Father: Emmitt Perry, Sr.
Mother: Willie Maxine Perry (inspiration for "Madea", b. 12-Feb-1945, d. 8-Dec-2009)
Girlfriend: Gelila Bekele (model, together since 2009 on and off, one son)
Son: Son Aman Tyler Perry (b. 30-Nov-2014)

    High School: (dropped out, GED)

    NAACP $1M donation
    Obama for America
    Raped by a friend's mother, age 10
    Suicide Attempt as a child

    FILMOGRAPHY AS DIRECTOR
    A Madea Family Funeral (28-Feb-2019)
    Boo! A Madea Halloween (21-Oct-2016)
    The Single Moms Club (14-Mar-2014)
    A Madea Christmas (13-Dec-2013)
    Tyler Perry's Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor (29-Mar-2013)
    Madea's Witness Protection (29-Jun-2012)
    Good Deeds (24-Feb-2012)
    Madea's Big Happy Family (22-Apr-2011)
    For Colored Girls (5-Nov-2010)
    Why Did I Get Married Too? (2-Apr-2010)
    I Can Do Bad All by Myself (11-Sep-2009)
    Madea Goes to Jail (16-Feb-2009)
    The Family That Preys (12-Sep-2008)
    Meet the Browns (21-Mar-2008)
    Why Did I Get Married? (12-Oct-2007)
    Daddy's Little Girls (12-Feb-2007)
    Madea's Family Reunion (24-Feb-2006)

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    A Madea Family Funeral (28-Feb-2019)
    Vice (12-Dec-2018)
    Boo! A Madea Halloween (21-Oct-2016)
    Brain on Fire (14-Sep-2016)
    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (22-May-2016)
    Gone Girl (26-Sep-2014)
    The Single Moms Club (14-Mar-2014)
    A Madea Christmas (13-Dec-2013)
    Alex Cross (15-Oct-2012)
    Madea's Witness Protection (29-Jun-2012)
    Good Deeds (24-Feb-2012)
    Madea's Big Happy Family (22-Apr-2011)
    Why Did I Get Married Too? (2-Apr-2010) · Terry
    I Can Do Bad All by Myself (11-Sep-2009) · Madea
    Star Trek (6-Apr-2009) · Admiral Richard Barnett
    Madea Goes to Jail (16-Feb-2009) · Madea
    The Family That Preys (12-Sep-2008)
    Meet the Browns (21-Mar-2008)
    Why Did I Get Married? (12-Oct-2007)
    Madea's Family Reunion (24-Feb-2006)
    Diary of a Mad Black Woman (25-Feb-2005)

Official Website:
http://www.tylerperry.com/

Wrote plays:
I Know I've Been Changed (1992)
Woman Thou Art Loosed (1999)
Madea's Family Reunion (2002)
Meet the Browns (2004)


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