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Tyler Perry

Tyler Perry

Director, producer, writer, actor and composer · Born September 14, 1969 (57) · New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Oscar winner · Primetime Emmy winner · Screen Actors Guild Award nominee

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. 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.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
September 14, 1969 (57)
From
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Works as
Director, producer, writer, actor and composer
Titles
71 on MovieCove · 109 credits in all

What are Tyler Perry's films like?

Across their 59 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 52 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Light 20 · Serious 20 · Dark 12

A split, not a type: Grounded 32 · Stylized 12 · Heightened 8

Gentle 11 · Charged 27 · Intense 14

Steady 16 · Shifting 24 · Whiplash 12

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 20 · Some laughs 16 · Funny 16

Slow burn 22 · Even-paced 27 · Relentless 3

Casual 36 · Engaged 14 · Full focus 2

Easy watch 18 · Affecting 20 · Heavy 14

Resolved 47 · Open-ended 4 · Ambiguous 1

Roles they play

26 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 10 of 26 analyzed roles.

Hero
10 of 26
Mentor
8 of 26
Trickster
8 of 26
Show the 26 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
21
Melancholic
22
Hopeful
21
Joyful
16
Warm
17
Other
64

How their films end · 9 with a twist

  • Happy24
  • Bittersweet26
  • Tragic2
  • Ambiguous6
  • Cyclical1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Tyler Perry's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 66 of their 71 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (18).

Subscription and free streaming for Tyler Perry's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

109 credits, 71 with a MovieCove page; 42 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Give Me Some Sugah (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Producer

  • Doing Life(2026)

    Director · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
  • Route 187(2026)

    Show 4 episodes · Director · Producer · Production Executive

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all shows
  • Why Did I Get Married Again?(2026)

    Director · Producer · Writer · as Terry

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
  • Strung(2026)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
  • Tyler Perry's Joe's College Road Trip(2026)

    Director · Producer · Writer · as Joe / Madea / Brian

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
  • Tyler Perry's Finding Joy(2025)

    Director · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
  • Ruth & Boaz(2025)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
  • Madea's Destination Wedding(2025)

    Director · Producer · Writer · as Madea / Brian / Joe

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
  • Divorced Sistas(2025)

    Show 16 episodes · Director · Creator · Executive Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows
  • Straw(2025)

    Director · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
  • Miss Governor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Show 16 episodes · Creator · Producer

  • Tyler Perry's Duplicity(2025)

    Director · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
  • The Six Triple Eight(2024)

    Director · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
  • Beauty in Black(2024)

    Show 32 episodes · Director · Creator · Executive Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all shows
  • Tyler Perry's Divorce in the Black(2024)

    Director · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
  • Mea Culpa(2024)

    Director · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films
  • Caught Up (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Show 4 episodes · Executive Producer

  • Zatima(2022)

    Show 70 episodes · Director · Creator · Writer

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows
  • A Jazzman's Blues(2022)

    Director · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
  • Tyler Perry's A Madea Homecoming(2022)

    Director · Executive Producer · Writer · as Madea / Uncle Joe

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
  • Don't Look Up(2021)

    as Jack Bremmer

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
  • All the Queen's Men(2021)

    Show 2 episodes · Teleplay

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows
  • PAW Patrol: The Movie(2021)

    as Gus (voice)

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
  • Those Who Wish Me Dead(2021)

    as Arthur

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
  • Wahl Street(2021)

    Show 5 episodes · Thanks · as Self - Founder & CEO, Tyler Perry Studios

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all shows
  • Tyler Perry's Assisted Living(2020)

    Show 138 episodes · Director · Creator · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all shows
  • Tyler Perry's Madea's Farewell - The Play (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    as Madea

  • John Lewis: Celebrating a Hero (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Actor

  • Bruh(2019)

    Show 24 episodes · Director · Creator · Writer

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all shows
  • #BlackAF(2020)

    Show 1 episode · as Tyler Perry

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all shows
  • Ruthless(2020)

    Show Creator

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all shows
  • Young Dylan(2020)

    Show 14 episodes · Director · Creator · Writer

    Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all shows
  • A Fall from Grace(2020)

    Director · Executive Producer · Writer · as Rory

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
  • Sistas(2019)

    Show Creator

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all shows
  • The Oval(2019)

    Show Creator

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all shows
  • A Madea Family Funeral(2019)

    Director · Producer · Writer · as Mabel "Madea" Simmons / Joe / Brian / Heathrow

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
  • Vice(2018)

    as Colin Powell

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films
  • Nobody's Fool(2018)

    Director · Executive Producer · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
  • Acrimony(2018)

    Director · Producer · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
  • The Star(2017)

    as Cyrus (voice)

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
  • Boo 2! A Madea Halloween(2017)

    Director · Producer · Writer · as Madea/Joe/Brian

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films
  • Brain on Fire(2016)

    as Richard

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
  • Tyler Perry's Madea on the Run - The Play (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Director · Writer · as Madea

  • Boo! A Madea Halloween(2016)

    Director · Producer · Writer · as Mabel "Madea" Simmons / Uncle Joe Simmons / Brian Simmons

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
  • Too Close to Home (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Show Creator

  • Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
  • The Passion(2016)

    as Narrator

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
  • Madea's Tough Love(2015)

    Producer · Writer · as Madea / Joe / Brian

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
  • Tyler Perry's Hell Hath No Fury Like a Woman Scorned - The Play (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Director · Producer · Writer

  • Gone Girl(2014)

    as Tanner Bolt

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
  • Tyler Perry's If Loving You Is Wrong (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Show Creator

  • Tyler Perry's Madea's Neighbors from Hell - The Play (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Director · Executive Producer · Producer · Writer · as Madea

  • The Single Moms Club(2014)

    Director · Producer · Screenplay · as T.K.

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
  • A Madea Christmas(2013)

    Director · Producer · Screenplay · as Madea

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films
  • Deadline: Crime with Tamron Hall(2013)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows
  • Tyler Perry's The Haves & The Have Nots - The Play (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Director · Writer

  • Love Thy Neighbor(2013)

    Show 91 episodes · Director · Creator · Producer · Writer · as Madea

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all shows
  • Love Thy Neighbour (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Show Creator

  • The Haves and the Have Nots(2013)

    Show 61 episodes · Director · Creator · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all shows
  • Peeples(2013)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films
  • Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor(2013)

    Director · Producer · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
  • Tyler Perry's I Don't Want to Do Wrong - The Play (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Director · Writer

  • Alex Cross(2012)

    as Dr. Alex Cross

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films
  • Madea's Witness Protection(2012)

    Director · Producer · Screenplay · as Madea / Joe / Brian

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
  • Tyler Perry's Aunt Bam's Place - The Play (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Director · Writer

  • Tyler Perry's Madea Gets A Job - The Play (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Director · Producer · Writer · as Madea

  • Good Deeds(2012)

    Director · Producer · Screenplay · as Wesley Deeds

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
  • Tyler Perry's For Better or Worse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Show 86 episodes · Creator · Producer

  • A Madea Christmas(2011)

    Director · Producer · Writer · as Madea

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
  • Madea's Big Happy Family(2011)

    Director · Producer · Writer · as Madea / Joe / Self

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
  • Laugh to Keep from Crying(2011)

    Director · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
  • Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family - The Play (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Director · Writer · as Madea

  • For Colored Girls(2010)

    Director · Producer · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
  • Why Did I Get Married Too?(2010)

    Director · Producer · Writer · as Terry

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
  • I Can Do Bad All by Myself(2009)

    Director · Producer · Writer · as Madea

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
  • Star Trek(2009)

    as Admiral Richard Barnett

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
  • Madea Goes to Jail(2009)

    Director · Producer · Writer · as Madea / Joe / Brian

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
  • Tyler Perry's The Marriage Counselor - The Play (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Director · Executive Producer · Producer · Writer

  • Meet the Browns(2009)

    Show Creator

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all shows
  • Precious(2009)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
  • The Family That Preys(2008)

    Director · Producer · Writer · as Ben

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
  • Meet the Browns(2008)

    Director · Producer · Writer · as Madea / Joe

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
  • Tyler Perry's What's Done In The Dark - The Play (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Director · Producer · Writer

  • Why Did I Get Married?(2007)

    Director · Producer · Writer · as Terry

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
  • House of Payne(2006)

    Show 309 episodes · Director · Creator · Producer · Actor

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all shows
  • Daddy's Little Girls(2007)

    Director · Producer · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
  • Rachael Ray (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Madea Goes to Jail - The Play (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Director · Writer · as Madea

  • Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married - The Play (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Director · Producer · Writer

  • Madea's Family Reunion(2006)

    Director · Executive Producer · Theatre Play · Writer · as Madea / Brian / Joe

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
  • The Tyra Banks Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Tyler Perry's Meet The Browns - The Play (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Director · Producer · Writer

  • Diary of a Mad Black Woman(2005)

    Composer · Executive Producer · Theatre Play · Writer · as Madea / Brian / Joe

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
  • Madea’s Christmas Special (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Director · Writer · as Madea

  • Madea's Class Reunion - The Play (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Director · Producer · Writer · as Mabel "Madea" Simmons / Dr. Willie Leroy Jones

  • America's Next Top Model(2003)

    Show 1 episode · as Guest - Archive Footage · as Self - Guest

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all shows
  • Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All By Myself - The Play (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Director · Producer · Writer · as Mable 'Madea' Simmons

  • Tyler Perry's Madea's Family Reunion - The Play (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Director · Writer · as Mable 'Madea' Simmons

  • Tyler Perry's Diary of a Mad Black Woman - The Play (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Director · Producer · Writer · as Daddy Charles / Mable 'Madea' Simmons

  • The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Show 3 episodes · Actor

  • I Am Yours (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • Otra (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Executive Producer

  • Sister Act 3 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • Sisters in Italy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director · Producer

  • T (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Executive Producer

  • Tyler Perry's Confabulation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director · Producer · Writer

  • Tyler Perry's Madea's Family Affair (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Cinematographer · as Madea / Joe / Brian

  • Tyler Perry's The Gospel of Christmas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director · Executive Producer

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 107 titles, 98 of them dated from 1992 to 2026; peak year 2011.

Film career

MilestoneNomination
19922026

Peak 2011 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Top draw in 24 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

  • 2001Screen debut· Tyler Perry's Diary of a Mad Black Woman - The Play
  • 2001First top-billed film· Tyler Perry's Diary of a Mad Black Woman - The Play
  • 2019Career best· A Madea Family Funeral
  • 2021Screen Actors Guild Award nomination· Don't Look Up

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting55 of 107: 19 only acting, 36 with another role · typical Midcredits score36thDirecting63 of 107: 0 only directing, 63 with another role · typical Midcredits score35thWriting61 of 107: 1 only writing, 60 with another role · typical Midcredits score36thProducing63 of 107: 9 only producing, 54 with another role · typical Midcredits score36thCinematography1 of 107: 0 only cinematography, 1 with another roleOther crew20 of 107: 8 only other crew, 12 with another role · typical Midcredits score14th

107 titles, 70 with more than one role — directing and producing overlap on 49 of them.

By decade

1990s1 · acting2000s24 · 18 acting · 20 crew2010s40 · 24 acting · 32 crew2020s33 · 11 acting · 27 crew

Billing

usually 1st · top billed in 68% of 41 roles
0106111621

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

Awards

an Oscar and a Primetime Emmy from 3 major nominations, 2020–2022.

WinNomination
  1. 2022
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
  2. 2021
    • Oscar, won
  3. 2020
    • Primetime Emmy, won

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Tyler Perry's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 38th percentile, the median of all 52; across their 52 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 36th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

36thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 52

Approval · how many liked their films

43rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 52

Reach · how many have seen their films

89thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 52

Midcredits score across 71 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up8
  • 50th to 74th13
  • 25th to 49th31
  • Below 25th19

Shape of the crowd

22 of their 71 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Loved with Detractors1
  • Divisive21
  • Cult Classic15
  • Crowd Pleaser8
  • Broadly Agreed2
  • Mixed22

Reviewers score the atmosphere 51/100 and the pacing 39/100 in their films, across 47 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Tyler Perry's work okay for kids?

Across up to 31 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity, profanity and alcohol & drugs run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore21 titles28–77 · median 51 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity31 titles20–71 · median 44 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity24 titles40–88 · median 64 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs20 titles27–67 · median 45 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense18 titles18–74 · median 49 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Tyler Perry work with?

People who share at least 2 of Tyler Perry's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Maysie Hoy shares the most, 17.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

  • Maysie Hoy17 titles
    See newest 12 of 17 shared titles with Maysie Hoy
  • Aaron Zigman14 titles
    See newest 12 of 14 shared titles with Aaron Zigman
  • Larry Sexton10 titles
    See all 10 shared titles with Larry Sexton
  • Alexander Gruszynski9 titles
    See all 9 shared titles with Alexander Gruszynski

Producers

  • Will Areu16 titles
    See newest 12 of 16 shared titles with Will Areu
  • Ozzie Areu15 titles
    See newest 12 of 15 shared titles with Ozzie Areu
  • Michael Paseornek15 titles
    See newest 12 of 15 shared titles with Michael Paseornek
  • Angi Bones13 titles
    See newest 12 of 13 shared titles with Angi Bones

Mixed roles