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 h...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Madea's Destination Wedding
2025
as Madea / Brian / Joe
Madea packs her best floral dresses and a whole lot of chaos when the Simmons family heads to the Bahamas for her grandniece's whirlwind wedding.

Madea's Destination Wedding
2025
Director, Producer, Writer
Madea packs her best floral dresses and a whole lot of chaos when the Simmons family heads to the Bahamas for her grandniece's whirlwind wedding.

STRAW
2025
Director, Writer, Producer
What will be her last straw? A devastatingly bad day pushes a hardworking single mother to the breaking point — and into a shocking act of desperation...

Tyler Perry's Duplicity
2025
Director, Writer, Producer
High-powered attorney Marley faces her most personal case yet when she is tasked with uncovering the truth behind the murder of her best friend Fela’s...

The Six Triple Eight
2024
Director, Producer, Writer
During World War II, the US Army's only all-Black, all-women battalion takes on an impossible mission: sorting through a three-year backlog of 17 mill...

Tyler Perry's Divorce in the Black
2024
Director, Writer, Producer
Ava, a young bank professional is devastated when her husband Dallas abandons a marriage she is determined to fight for until fate intervenes, reveali...

Mea Culpa
2024
Writer, Director, Producer
A criminal defense attorney must choose between family, duty and her own dangerous desires when she takes on the case of an artist accused of murder.

Maxine's Baby: The Tyler Perry Story
2023
as Self
Tyler Perry is America’s consummate multihyphenate. But underneath this entertainment behemoth is a man working humbly to heal his childhood trauma by...

A Jazzman's Blues
2022
Writer, Producer, Director
A tale of forbidden love and family drama unravels 40 years of secrets and lies against a soundtrack of juke joint blues in the Deep South.

Tyler Perry's A Madea Homecoming
2022
as Madea / Uncle Joe
Madea's back - hallelujer! And she's not putting up with any nonsense as family drama erupts at her great-grandson's college graduation celebration.

Tyler Perry's A Madea Homecoming
2022
Executive Producer, Director, Writer
Madea's back - hallelujer! And she's not putting up with any nonsense as family drama erupts at her great-grandson's college graduation celebration.

Don't Look Up
2021
as Jack Bremmer
Two astronomers go on a media tour to warn humankind of a planet-killing comet hurtling toward Earth. The response from a distracted world: Meh.

2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2021
as Self
Filmed at the Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse in Cleveland, Ohio, the 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony honors inductees: Tina Turner, Carol...

Adele One Night Only
2021
as Self
A primetime special with performances from the superstar including Adele’s first new material in six years plus her chart-topping hits. The special wi...

PAW Patrol: The Movie
2021
as Gus (voice)
Ryder and the pups are called to Adventure City to stop Mayor Humdinger from turning the bustling metropolis into a state of chaos.

Those Who Wish Me Dead
2021
as Arthur
A young boy finds himself pursued by two assassins in the Montana wilderness, with a survival expert determined to protect him, and a forest fire thre...

Tyler Perry: Man of Many Faces
2021
as Self
Despite humble beginnings, Tyler Perry established a successful career as a writer, director, and producer for stage, television and film. Perry's acc...

Tyler Perry's Madea's Farewell - The Play
2020
as Madea
In Tyler Perry's final performance as Madea, the beloved matriarch will grace the stage to help her family navigate their greatest challenge yet: each...

John Lewis: Celebrating a Hero
2020
Primetime special honoring the late civil rights leader John Lewis, featuring live musical performances and segments that examine his life, his work a...

A Fall from Grace
2020
as Rory
When a law-abiding woman gets indicted for murdering her husband, her lawyer soon realizes that a larger conspiracy may be at work.

A Fall from Grace
2020
Director, Writer, Executive Producer
When a law-abiding woman gets indicted for murdering her husband, her lawyer soon realizes that a larger conspiracy may be at work.

A Madea Family Funeral
2019
as Mabel "Madea" Simmons / Joe / Brian / Heathrow
A joyous family reunion becomes a hilarious nightmare as Madea and the crew travel to backwoods Georgia, where they find themselves unexpectedly plann...

A Madea Family Funeral
2019
Director, Writer, Producer
A joyous family reunion becomes a hilarious nightmare as Madea and the crew travel to backwoods Georgia, where they find themselves unexpectedly plann...

Aretha! A Grammy Celebration for the Queen of Soul
2019
as Self - Host
Tyler Perry hosts a tribute to the singer's legendary career, featuring performances from Yolanda Adams, Shirley Caesar, Alessia Cara, Kelly Clarkson,...

Vice
2018
as Colin Powell
George W. Bush picks Dick Cheney, the CEO of Halliburton Co., to be his Republican running mate in the 2000 presidential election. No stranger to poli...

Nobody's Fool
2018
Executive Producer, Director, Screenplay
After serving five years in prison, wild child Tanya looks to her buttoned-up, by-the-book sister Danica to help her get back on her feet. The feisty ...

Acrimony
2018
Screenplay, Producer, Director
Faithful wife Melinda, who is tired of standing by her devious husband Robert, is enraged when it becomes clear she has been betrayed. That's when she...

The Star
2017
as Cyrus (voice)
A small but brave donkey and his animal friends become the unsung heroes of the greatest story ever told: the first Christmas.

Boo 2! A Madea Halloween
2017
as Madea/Joe/Brian
Madea and the gang encounter monsters, goblins and boogeymen at a haunted campground.

Boo 2! A Madea Halloween
2017
Director, Writer, Producer
Madea and the gang encounter monsters, goblins and boogeymen at a haunted campground.

Brain on Fire
2017
as Richard
Susannah Cahalan, an up-and-coming journalist at the New York Post becomes plagued by voices in her head and seizures, causing a rapid descent into in...

Tyler Perry's Madea on the Run - The Play
2017
as Madea
In trouble with the local authorities, Mabel Simmons, notoriously known as Madea, is on the run from the law. With no place to turn, she moves in with...

Tyler Perry's Madea on the Run - The Play
2017
Director, Writer
In trouble with the local authorities, Mabel Simmons, notoriously known as Madea, is on the run from the law. With no place to turn, she moves in with...

Boo! A Madea Halloween
2016
as Mabel "Madea" Simmons / Uncle Joe Simmons / Brian Simmons
Madea winds up in the middle of mayhem when she spends a hilarious, haunted Halloween fending off killers, paranormal poltergeists, ghosts, ghouls, an...

Boo! A Madea Halloween
2016
Producer, Writer, Director
Madea winds up in the middle of mayhem when she spends a hilarious, haunted Halloween fending off killers, paranormal poltergeists, ghosts, ghouls, an...

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
2016
as Baxter Stockman
After supervillain Shredder escapes custody, he joins forces with mad scientist Baxter Stockman and two dimwitted henchmen, Bebop and Rocksteady, to u...

The Passion
2016
as Narrator
A two-hour musical event, airing live from New Orleans, that tells the 2000-year-old story of the last hours of Jesus Christ’s life on earth.

Tyler Perry's Madea's Tough Love
2015
as Madea / Joe / Brian
After a hilarious run-in with the law, Madea is sentenced to community service. Determined to do good for the 'hood, Madea enlists Aunt Bam and Uncle ...

Tyler Perry's Madea's Tough Love
2015
Producer
After a hilarious run-in with the law, Madea is sentenced to community service. Determined to do good for the 'hood, Madea enlists Aunt Bam and Uncle ...

Tyler Perry's Hell Hath No Fury Like a Woman Scorned - The Play
2014
Director, Writer, Producer
Anita is a successful, single woman who has it all - a great job, a loving family, and the ability to pay for her baby sister's wedding. According to ...

Gone Girl
2014
as Tanner Bolt
With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he m...

Tyler Perry's Madea's Neighbors from Hell - The Play
2014
as Madea
Madea's neighborhood takes a turn for the worse when a foster mother moves in with her unruly kids. Suspicious activity leads Madea to take justice in...

Tyler Perry's Madea's Neighbors from Hell - The Play
2014
Director, Executive Producer, Writer
Madea's neighborhood takes a turn for the worse when a foster mother moves in with her unruly kids. Suspicious activity leads Madea to take justice in...

The Single Moms Club
2014
as T.K.
A group of single moms are brought together in the aftermath of an incident at their children's school.

The Single Moms Club
2014
Director, Producer, Screenplay
A group of single moms are brought together in the aftermath of an incident at their children's school.

A Madea Christmas
2013
as Madea
Madea dispenses her unique form of holiday spirit on rural town when she's coaxed into helping a friend pay her daughter a surprise visit in the count...

A Madea Christmas
2013
Director, Screenplay, Producer
Madea dispenses her unique form of holiday spirit on rural town when she's coaxed into helping a friend pay her daughter a surprise visit in the count...

Tyler Perry's The Haves & The Have Nots - The Play
2013
Writer, Director
Grandma Hattie Mae's family is poor and struggling to save her home. The Willis family is filthy rich. When Hattie's daughter, Rose, and son-in-law, F...

Peeples
2013
Producer
The story follows what happens when a child psychologist surprises his girlfriend by showing up at her political family's annual get-together at their...

Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor
2013
Director, Producer, Screenplay
Judith has known her husband Brice since they were children, but now their marriage is growing stale. Having just completed her graduate work in psych...

Eddie Murphy: One Night Only
2012
as Self
Eddie Murphy: One Night Only pays homage to Murphy's journey from a 15-year-old aspiring comedian, through the record-breaking Raw, which remains the ...

Tyler Perry's I Don't Want to Do Wrong - The Play
2012
Director, Writer
Yolanda is a woman who is anxiously waiting for her new husband to return from fighting in Iraq. Financial struggles force her to move back home with ...

Alex Cross
2012
as Dr. Alex Cross
Alex Cross, a genius homicide detective/psychologist is trying to clean up the mean streets of Detroit while keeping his family out of the line of fir...

Madea's Witness Protection
2012
as Madea / Joe / Brian
For years, mild-mannered Wall Street banker George Needleman has meandered through life oblivious to his family's dysfunction and his company's malfea...

Madea's Witness Protection
2012
Director, Producer, Screenplay
For years, mild-mannered Wall Street banker George Needleman has meandered through life oblivious to his family's dysfunction and his company's malfea...

Tyler Perry's Aunt Bam's Place - The Play
2012
Director, Writer
One weekend, Aunt Bam's nephew-in-law Stewart is granted a court-ordered visitation with his children. Although his new, much-younger wife Mona is a b...

Tyler Perry's Madea Gets A Job - The Play
2012
as Madea
Tyler Perry's new musical stage play starring the infamous Mabel Simmons or "Madea" as her fans know her. When a judge orders Madea to do 20 hours of ...

Tyler Perry's Madea Gets A Job - The Play
2012
Writer, Director, Producer
Tyler Perry's new musical stage play starring the infamous Mabel Simmons or "Madea" as her fans know her. When a judge orders Madea to do 20 hours of ...

Good Deeds
2012
as Wesley Deeds
For all his life, wealthy businessman Wesley Deeds has done what's expected of him and has settled into a predictable routine. His scripted life begin...

Good Deeds
2012
Director, Screenplay, Producer
For all his life, wealthy businessman Wesley Deeds has done what's expected of him and has settled into a predictable routine. His scripted life begin...

Tyler Perry's A Madea Christmas - The Play
2011
as Madea
When a family meets for Christmas at their posh Cape Cod estate, family arguments and secrets cause a stir. It takes a real down-to-earth family - lik...

Tyler Perry's A Madea Christmas - The Play
2011
Director, Writer
When a family meets for Christmas at their posh Cape Cod estate, family arguments and secrets cause a stir. It takes a real down-to-earth family - lik...

Madea's Big Happy Family
2011
as Madea / Joe / Self
When Shirley, Madea's niece, receives distressing news about her health, the only thing she wants is her family gathered around her. However, Shirley'...

Madea's Big Happy Family
2011
Director, Writer, Producer
When Shirley, Madea's niece, receives distressing news about her health, the only thing she wants is her family gathered around her. However, Shirley'...

Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family - The Play
2010
as Madea
Shirley has important news for her family, but she has five grown children with different lifestyles and finds it difficult to get them and the kids a...

Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family - The Play
2010
Director, Writer
Shirley has important news for her family, but she has five grown children with different lifestyles and finds it difficult to get them and the kids a...

For Colored Girls
2010
Director, Screenplay
About existence from the perspective of 20 nameless black females. Each of the women portray one of the characters represented in the collection of tw...

Why Did I Get Married Too?
2010
as Terry
Four couples reunite for their annual vacation in order to socialize and to spend time analyzing their marriages. Their intimate week in the Bahamas i...

Why Did I Get Married Too?
2010
Director, Writer, Producer
Four couples reunite for their annual vacation in order to socialize and to spend time analyzing their marriages. Their intimate week in the Bahamas i...

I Can Do Bad All By Myself
2009
as Madea
When Madea catches teenage Jennifer and her two younger brothers looting her home, she decides to take matters into her own hands and delivers the you...

I Can Do Bad All By Myself
2009
Director, Writer, Producer
When Madea catches teenage Jennifer and her two younger brothers looting her home, she decides to take matters into her own hands and delivers the you...

Star Trek
2009
as Admiral Richard Barnett
The fate of the galaxy rests in the hands of bitter rivals. One, James Kirk, is a delinquent, thrill-seeking Iowa farm boy. The other, Spock, a Vulcan...

The Black List: Volume Two
2009
as Self
THE BLACK LIST: VOL. 2 profiles some of today's most fascinating African-Americans. From the childhood inspirations that shaped their ambitions, to th...

Madea Goes to Jail
2009
as Madea / Joe / Brian
After a high-speed car chase, Madea winds up behind bars because her quick temper gets the best of her. Meanwhile, Assistant District Attorney Josh Ha...

Madea Goes to Jail
2009
Director, Writer, Producer
After a high-speed car chase, Madea winds up behind bars because her quick temper gets the best of her. Meanwhile, Assistant District Attorney Josh Ha...

Tyler Perry's The Marriage Counselor - The Play
2009
Executive Producer, Writer, Producer
Roger Jackson (Tony Grant) made sacrifices so his wife, Judith (Tamar Davis), could set up practice as a marriage counselor. Now the most disastrous r...

Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys
2008
as Ben
Wealthy socialite Charlotte Cartwright and her dear friend Alice Pratt, a working class woman of high ideals, have enjoyed a lasting friendship throug...

Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys
2008
Director, Producer, Writer
Wealthy socialite Charlotte Cartwright and her dear friend Alice Pratt, a working class woman of high ideals, have enjoyed a lasting friendship throug...

Meet the Browns
2008
as Madea / Joe
A single mother living in inner city Chicago, Brenda has been struggling for years to make ends meet and keep her three kids off the street. When she'...

Meet the Browns
2008
Producer, Director, Writer
A single mother living in inner city Chicago, Brenda has been struggling for years to make ends meet and keep her three kids off the street. When she'...

Tyler Perry's What's Done In The Dark - The Play
2008
Director, Writer, Producer
Stage and screen multi-hyphenate Tyler Perry returns to the helm for this lively tale of emergency room bedlam that finds a group of doctors, nurses, ...

Why Did I Get Married?
2007
as Terry
Eight married college friends plus one other non-friend (all of whom have achieved middle to upper class economic status) go to Colorado for their ann...

Why Did I Get Married?
2007
Director, Writer, Producer
Eight married college friends plus one other non-friend (all of whom have achieved middle to upper class economic status) go to Colorado for their ann...

Daddy's Little Girls
2007
Producer, Director, Screenplay
Monty is a mechanic struggling to make ends meet as he raises his three young daughters. When the court awards custody of his daughters to his shady e...

Madea Goes to Jail - The Play
2006
as Madea
Madea returns in another hilarious story in which she gets sent to the big house. But regardless of the circumstances, she gives her trademark advice ...

Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married - The Play
2006
Director, Producer, Writer
From acclaimed and award-winning playwright Tyler Perry comes a sensational new stage play about love, faith and the joys--and trials--of marriage. Wh...

Madea Goes to Jail - The Play
2006
Director, Writer
Madea returns in another hilarious story in which she gets sent to the big house. But regardless of the circumstances, she gives her trademark advice ...

Madea's Family Reunion
2006
as Madea / Brian / Joe
Southern matriarch Madea has a lot on her plate. Her nieces, Vanessa and Lisa, have relationship troubles - Vanessa moves into Madea's house with her ...

Madea's Family Reunion
2006
Executive Producer, Director, Writer
Southern matriarch Madea has a lot on her plate. Her nieces, Vanessa and Lisa, have relationship troubles - Vanessa moves into Madea's house with her ...

Tyler Perry's Meet The Browns - The Play
2005
Director, Producer, Writer
A funeral can be a time for laughter (and lessons) when the kooky Brown family gathers to bury Brown's 107-year-old father. It's a foot-stomping sound...

Diary of a Mad Black Woman
2005
as Madea / Brian / Joe
Charles, an attorney, and Helen, his devoted wife, seem to have everything – money, a beautiful mansion – the American Dream. However, as Helen prepar...

Diary of a Mad Black Woman
2005
Theatre Play, Writer, Executive Producer
Charles, an attorney, and Helen, his devoted wife, seem to have everything – money, a beautiful mansion – the American Dream. However, as Helen prepar...

Madea's Class Reunion - The Play
2003
as Mabel "Madea" Simmons / Dr. Willie Leroy Jones
When Madea shows up for her 50th class reunion, you know it’s going to be a whopper! Between the belly laughs and the soulful songs are life lessons. ...

Madea's Class Reunion - The Play
2003
Director, Producer, Writer
When Madea shows up for her 50th class reunion, you know it’s going to be a whopper! Between the belly laughs and the soulful songs are life lessons. ...

Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All By Myself - The Play
2002
as Mable 'Madea' Simmons
When Madea gets sick, her family comes to her aid. What they don't realize is that they're the ones who need her help. As always, Madea's cockeyed out...

Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All By Myself - The Play
2002
Director, Writer, Producer
When Madea gets sick, her family comes to her aid. What they don't realize is that they're the ones who need her help. As always, Madea's cockeyed out...

Tyler Perry's Diary of a Mad Black Woman - The Play
2002
as Daddy Charles / Mable 'Madea' Simmons
Before it was a movie, it was a theatrical phenomenon! When Helen learns that her husband is leaving her for her best friend, the women in her family ...

Tyler Perry's Diary of a Mad Black Woman - The Play
2002
Director, Producer, Writer
Before it was a movie, it was a theatrical phenomenon! When Helen learns that her husband is leaving her for her best friend, the women in her family ...

Tyler Perry's Madea's Family Reunion - The Play
2002
as Mable 'Madea' Simmons
The fireworks begin when Madea’s family gathers for her granddaughter’s wedding. As usual, Madea rules the roost, as she and her neighbor, the wacky M...

Tyler Perry's Madea's Family Reunion - The Play
2002
Director, Writer
The fireworks begin when Madea’s family gathers for her granddaughter’s wedding. As usual, Madea rules the roost, as she and her neighbor, the wacky M...
Joe's College Road Trip
N/A
as Joe / Brian
Realizing he may have sheltered his son for too long, Brian begrudgingly agrees to send his son B.J. on a college tour with his grandfather in the hop...
Joe's College Road Trip
N/A
Director, Producer, Writer
Realizing he may have sheltered his son for too long, Brian begrudgingly agrees to send his son B.J. on a college tour with his grandfather in the hop...
Joy Ridge
N/A
Director, Writer, Producer
Joy, a successful designer, seeks a proposal at Christmas. In Wyoming's mountains, she finds what she truly needs when the man she loves sees her as j...
I Am Yours
N/A
Producer
Logline is under wraps besides that it involves a stalking element in the vein of “Fatal Attraction.”
R&B
N/A
Producer
The story of a young woman who escapes the Atlanta music scene to care for an elderly widowed woman and in the process finds the love of her life and ...
Sisters in Italy
N/A
Director, Producer
Two estranged sisters, after their mother’s death, are called to Italy to discover that their mom owned a bed and breakfast in the Italian countryside...
Doing Life
N/A
Director, Producer, Writer
A single mother fighting for survival and a reformed ex-con with untapped talents forge an unexpected bond.

T
N/A
Executive Producer
A jazzy ballet of vengeance set against Chicago’s towering skyline and deep shadows, this thrilling symphony of elevated action examines the edges of ...
Help
N/A
Producer
Plot TBA. Described as a horror thriller film.
Otra
N/A
Executive Producer
An emotionally charged new-age Latino musical that redefines the boundaries of the genre, shot entirely in a single, continuous take.