---
name: "Tyler Perry"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/tyler-perry"
fi1m_id: "tyler-perry"
imdb_id: "nm1347153"
tmdb_id: 80602
wikidata_id: "Q686301"
roles: ["Actor","Director","Producer"]
born: "14 September 1969"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 70
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-22T02:11:56.790649+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Tyler Perry

## Identity

Tyler Perry

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/tyler-perry
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** tyler-perry
- **IMDb ID:** nm1347153
- **TMDB ID:** 80602
- **Wikidata ID:** Q686301
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyler_Perry, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q686301, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1347153/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/80602

Actor and director. Born 14 September 1969 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor, Director, Producer
- **Born:** 14 September 1969, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
- **Active:** 2009–present
- **Also known as:** Emmitt Perry, Jr.
- **Average Fi1m score:** 70, as actor, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 81 (1), 2010s 72 (2), 2020s 52 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 70 to 72 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 2 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Comedy 2, Science Fiction 2, Action 1, Adventure 1, History 1
- **Screen time:** 9 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $835m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyler_Perry, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q686301, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1347153/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/80602

## Coming up

- *Give Me Some Sugah* (2026-12-16), Producer

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Gone Girl*](https://film.one/film/gone-girl.md) (84), [*Don't Look Up*](https://film.one/film/dont-look-up.md) (52)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Tyler Perry is an American actor, director, writer and producer. Born Emmitt Perry, Jr. on 14 September 1969 in New Orleans, Louisiana, he began his career in Southern theatre before making his feature directorial debut with Diary of a Mad Black Woman (2005).

He played Tanner Bolt in Gone Girl (2014). Perry has directed, written and produced numerous films and television series, including Route 187 (2026) and Doing Life (2026). He operates Tyler Perry Studios in Georgia and has maintained a partnership with the Oprah Winfrey Network.

*Sources: imdb.com, vanityfair.com, variety.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Don't Look Up* (2021), Fi1m 52, as Jack Bremmer — [page](https://film.one/film/dont-look-up.md)
- *Vice* (2018), Fi1m 61, as Colin Powell — [page](https://film.one/film/vice.md)
- *Gone Girl* (2014), Fi1m 84, as Tanner Bolt — [page](https://film.one/film/gone-girl.md)
- *Star Trek* (2009), Fi1m 81, as Admiral Richard Barnett — [page](https://film.one/film/star-trek.md)

## Complete filmography (100)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Give Me Some Sugah* (2026), Producer
- *Doing Life* (2026), Director, Producer, Writer — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/film/doing-life.md)
- *Route 187* (2026), series, Director, Production Executive — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/tv/route-187.md)
- *Why Did I Get Married Again?* (2026), as Terry · Director, Writer, Producer
- *Strung* (2026), Producer
- *Joe's College Road Trip* (2026), as Joe / Madea / Brian · Producer, Director, Writer
- *Tyler Perry's Finding Joy* (2025), Producer, Writer, Director
- *Ruth & Boaz* (2025), Producer
- *Madea's Destination Wedding* (2025), as Madea / Brian / Joe · Director, Producer, Writer
- *Tyler Perry's Divorced Sistas* (2025), series, Executive Producer, Creator
- *STRAW* (2025), Director, Writer, Producer
- *Miss Governor* (2025), series, Producer, Creator
- *Tyler Perry's Duplicity* (2025), Producer, Writer, Director
- *The Six Triple Eight* (2024), Writer, Director, Producer
- *Beauty in Black* (2024), series, Director, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
- *Tyler Perry's Divorce in the Black* (2024), Director, Writer, Producer
- *Mea Culpa* (2024), Writer, Director, Producer
- *Caught Up* (2023), series, Executive Producer
- *Tyler Perry's Zatima* (2022), series, Director, Creator, Writer
- *A Jazzman's Blues* (2022), Producer, Writer, Director
- *Tyler Perry's A Madea Homecoming* (2022), as Madea / Uncle Joe · Executive Producer, Director, Writer
- *Don't Look Up* (2021), as Jack Bremmer — Fi1m 52, [page](https://film.one/film/dont-look-up.md)
- *All the Queen's Men* (2021), series, Teleplay
- *PAW Patrol: The Movie* (2021), as Gus (voice)
- *Those Who Wish Me Dead* (2021), as Arthur
- *Wahl Street* (2021), series, Thanks
- *Tyler Perry's Assisted Living* (2020), series, Director, Writer, Creator
- *Tyler Perry's Madea's Farewell - The Play* (2020), as Madea
- *John Lewis: Celebrating a Hero* (2020), Actor
- *Tyler Perry's Bruh* (2020), series, Writer, Director, Creator
- *#blackAF* (2020), series, as Tyler Perry
- *Tyler Perry's Ruthless* (2020), series, Creator
- *Tyler Perry's Young Dylan* (2020), series, Director, Writer, Creator
- *A Fall from Grace* (2020), as Rory · Director, Writer, Executive Producer
- *Tyler Perry's Sistas* (2019), series, Creator
- *Tyler Perry's The Oval* (2019), series, Creator
- *A Madea Family Funeral* (2019), as Mabel "Madea" Simmons / Joe / Brian / Heathrow · Director, Writer, Producer
- *Vice* (2018), as Colin Powell — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/vice.md)
- *Nobody's Fool* (2018), Executive Producer, Director, Screenplay
- *Acrimony* (2018), Screenplay, Producer, Director
- *The Star* (2017), as Cyrus (voice)
- *Boo 2! A Madea Halloween* (2017), as Madea/Joe/Brian · Director, Writer, Producer
- *Brain on Fire* (2017), as Richard
- *Tyler Perry's Madea on the Run - The Play* (2017), as Madea · Director, Writer
- *Boo! A Madea Halloween* (2016), as Mabel "Madea" Simmons / Uncle Joe Simmons / Brian Simmons · Producer, Writer, Director
- *Too Close to Home* (2016), series, Creator
- *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows* (2016), as Baxter Stockman
- *The Passion* (2016), as Narrator
- *Tyler Perry's Madea's Tough Love* (2015), as Madea / Joe / Brian · Producer
- *Tyler Perry's Hell Hath No Fury Like a Woman Scorned - The Play* (2014), Writer, Producer, Director
- *Gone Girl* (2014), as Tanner Bolt — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/gone-girl.md)
- *Tyler Perry's If Loving You Is Wrong* (2014), series, Creator
- *Tyler Perry's Madea's Neighbors from Hell - The Play* (2014), as Madea · Director, Executive Producer, Writer, Producer
- *The Single Moms Club* (2014), as T.K. · Director, Producer, Screenplay
- *A Madea Christmas* (2013), as Madea · Director, Producer, Screenplay
- *Tyler Perry's The Haves & The Have Nots - The Play* (2013), Writer, Director
- *Love Thy Neighbor* (2013), series, as Madea · Creator
- *Tyler Perry's The Haves and the Have Nots* (2013), series, Producer, Writer, Director, Creator
- *Peeples* (2013), Producer
- *Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor* (2013), Director, Producer, Screenplay
- *Tyler Perry's I Don't Want to Do Wrong - The Play* (2012), Director, Writer
- *Alex Cross* (2012), as Dr. Alex Cross
- *Madea's Witness Protection* (2012), as Madea / Joe / Brian · Director, Screenplay, Producer
- *Tyler Perry's Aunt Bam's Place - The Play* (2012), Director, Writer
- *Tyler Perry's Madea Gets A Job - The Play* (2012), as Madea · Director, Writer, Producer
- *Good Deeds* (2012), as Wesley Deeds · Screenplay, Director, Producer
- *Tyler Perry's For Better or Worse* (2011), series, Producer, Creator
- *Tyler Perry's A Madea Christmas - The Play* (2011), as Madea · Director, Writer
- *Madea's Big Happy Family* (2011), as Madea / Joe / Self · Director, Writer, Producer
- *Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family - The Play* (2010), as Madea · Director, Writer
- *For Colored Girls* (2010), Director, Screenplay, Producer
- *Why Did I Get Married Too?* (2010), as Terry · Director, Writer, Producer
- *I Can Do Bad All By Myself* (2009), as Madea · Director, Writer, Producer
- *Star Trek* (2009), as Admiral Richard Barnett — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/star-trek.md)
- *Madea Goes to Jail* (2009), as Madea / Joe / Brian · Producer, Writer, Director
- *Tyler Perry's The Marriage Counselor - The Play* (2009), Executive Producer, Writer, Producer, Director
- *Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns* (2009), series, Creator
- *Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys* (2008), as Ben · Director, Producer, Writer
- *Meet the Browns* (2008), as Madea / Joe · Director, Producer, Writer
- *Tyler Perry's What's Done In The Dark - The Play* (2008), Director, Producer, Writer
- *Why Did I Get Married?* (2007), as Terry · Director, Writer, Producer
- *Tyler Perry's House of Payne* (2007), series, Producer, Director, Creator
- *Daddy's Little Girls* (2007), Director, Producer, Screenplay
- *Madea Goes to Jail - The Play* (2006), as Madea · Director, Writer
- *Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married - The Play* (2006), Director, Producer, Writer
- *Madea's Family Reunion* (2006), as Madea / Brian / Joe · Executive Producer, Director, Theatre Play, Writer
- *Tyler Perry's Meet The Browns - The Play* (2005), Writer, Producer, Director
- *Diary of a Mad Black Woman* (2005), as Madea / Brian / Joe · Writer, Theatre Play, Executive Producer
- *Madea’s Christmas Special* (2004), as Madea · Director, Writer
- *Madea's Class Reunion - The Play* (2003), as Mabel "Madea" Simmons / Dr. Willie Leroy Jones · Director, Producer, Writer
- *Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All By Myself - The Play* (2002), as Mable 'Madea' Simmons · Director, Writer, Producer
- *Tyler Perry's Madea's Family Reunion - The Play* (2002), as Mable 'Madea' Simmons · Director, Writer
- *Tyler Perry's Diary of a Mad Black Woman - The Play* (2001), as Daddy Charles / Mable 'Madea' Simmons · Producer, Director, Writer
- *Tyler Perry's Madea's Family Affair*, as Madea / Joe / Brian · Director of Photography
- *Sisters in Italy*, Director, Producer
- *T*, Executive Producer
- *Otra*, Executive Producer
- *Tyler Perry's The Gospel of Christmas*, Executive Producer, Director
- *Sister Act 3*, Producer
- *I Am Yours*, Producer

## Gallery

- ![Tyler Perry mixes it up with the media on the red carpet at the 82nd Academy Awards. (2010)](https://film.one/media/person/93911/gallery-03519d4d5be6.jpg) Tyler Perry mixes it up with the media on the red carpet at the 82nd Academy Awards. (2010) — Sgt. Michael Connors - 302nd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/82nd_Academy_Awards%2C_Tyler_Perry_-_army_mil-66455-2010-03-09-180359.jpg/1280px-82nd_Academy_Awards%2C_Tyler_Perry_-_army_mil-66455-2010-03-09-180359.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Tyler Perry mixes it up with the media on the red carpet at the 82nd Academy Awards. (2011)](https://film.one/media/person/93911/gallery-fdb4cd3c6fa8.jpg) Tyler Perry mixes it up with the media on the red carpet at the 82nd Academy Awards. (2011) — 82nd_Academy_Awards,_Tyler_Perry_-_army_mil-66455-2010-03-09-180359.jpg: Sgt. Michael Connors - 302nd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment
derivative work: Beao, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/71/82nd_Academy_Awards%2C_Tyler_Perry_-_army_mil-66455-2010-03-09-180359_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![“A Fall From Grace” Cast Joins The Circle (2020)](https://film.one/media/person/93911/gallery-1d865545d00a.jpg) “A Fall From Grace” Cast Joins The Circle (2020) — Sister Circle TV, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/A_Fall_From_Grace_cast.jpg/1280px-A_Fall_From_Grace_cast.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Gone Girl Premiere at the 52nd New York Film Festival, October 2014.](https://film.one/media/person/93911/gallery-c7debdf1c7b6.jpg) Gone Girl Premiere at the 52nd New York Film Festival, October 2014. — aphrodite-in-nyc from new york city, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Gone_Girl_Premiere_at_the_52nd_New_York_Film_Festival_P1070590_%2815184166367%29.jpg/1280px-Gone_Girl_Premiere_at_the_52nd_New_York_Film_Festival_P1070590_%2815184166367%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Tyler Perry](https://film.one/media/person/93911/gallery-6829e0b0fa0a.jpg) Tyler Perry — Image via TMDB
- ![Tyler Perry](https://film.one/media/person/93911/gallery-76d86f6aa1f9.jpg) Tyler Perry — Image via TMDB
- ![Tyler Perry](https://film.one/media/person/93911/gallery-20c7627fa5be.jpg) Tyler Perry — Image via TMDB
- ![Gone Girl Premiere at the 52nd New York Film Festival, October 2014.](https://film.one/media/person/93911/gallery-ff337c455483.jpg) Gone Girl Premiere at the 52nd New York Film Festival, October 2014. — aphrodite-in-nyc from new york city, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Gone_Girl_Premiere_at_the_52nd_New_York_Film_Festival_P1070597_%2815370660505%29.jpg/1280px-Gone_Girl_Premiere_at_the_52nd_New_York_Film_Festival_P1070597_%2815370660505%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Gone Girl Premiere at the 52nd New York Film Festival, October 2014.](https://film.one/media/person/93911/gallery-9f0a9d3ec10e.jpg) Gone Girl Premiere at the 52nd New York Film Festival, October 2014. — aphrodite-in-nyc from new york city, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Gone_Girl_Premiere_at_the_52nd_New_York_Film_Festival_P1070608_%2815184150767%29.jpg/1280px-Gone_Girl_Premiere_at_the_52nd_New_York_Film_Festival_P1070608_%2815184150767%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 2 won

- Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award 2021: Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award (won)
- Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress 2013: Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress (won), for *A Madea Christmas*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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