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  • Birth Place: New Orleans, LA
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 09/13/1969, Virgo
  • Profession: Writer; director; actor
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  • Tyler Perry Sharpens the Anchor with Meet the Browns and House of Payne | Today's News: Our Take | 5/27/2009

    Networks' spring presentations to advertisers are scripted affairs. At TNT and TBS' announcements last week, known as "upfronts," stars major and minor walked onstage in a hall filled with advertising executives to deliver carefully worded talks about their shows. Almost all read from prompters.

    Until Tyler Perry took the stage.

    The playwright, filmmaker and actor spoke with no notes about his two series on TBS: House of Payne and Meet the Browns. read more 3 Comments

  • Halle Berry, Tyler Perry to Host 40th NAACP Image Awards | Today's News: Our Take | 12/16/2008

    Oscar-winning actress Halle Berry and director/writer/actor Tyler Perry have been selected to host the 40th NAACP Image Awards in February.

    Berry, who won an Academy Award for her role in Monster's Ball, and Perry, whose credits include Diary of a Mad Black Woman and TBS' House of Payne, are both former Image Award winners.

    The ceremony ... read more be the first to leave a comment

  • VIDEO: Tyler Perry: How Does He Do It All? | Today's News: Our Take | 9/24/2008
    Tyler Perry began as a humble playwright, but thanks to his insane work ethic, seemingly never-ending creative inspiration and knowing people in the right places (Oprah!), he's catapulted himself to mega-producer in both film and television. Erin Fox sat down with Perry to discuss his writing process, his new movie The Family That Preys and why he wanted to tackle television with The House of Payne. He definitely left us wondering, does he ever sleep? read more 4 Comments
  • TBS Wants Audience to Meet the Browns | Today's News: Our Take | 8/26/2008
    Tyler Perry is striking while the iron's hot. The actor is adding to his successful House of Payne track record with a spin-off based on the characters of his popular play and hit movie Meet the Browns.David Mann, who starred as Leroy Brown in Perry's hit film and appeared in several episodes of House of Payne, will star in the series that picks up after Brown inherits a rundown house from his deceased dad. TBS has ordered 10 episodes of Meet the Browns, and Perry is once again keeping busy serving as the executive producer, director and occasional writer. "Tyler Perry is an extraordinary talent who has turned House of Payne into a record-breaking hit," said Steve Koonin, president of Turner Entertainment Networks. "We’re thrilled at having the chance to repeat that success with Leroy Brown, a character already proven to be a big hit with audiences." — Gina DiNunno read more
  • Tyler Perry's Madea Brings Her 'Tude to a 'Toon | Today's News: Our Take | 2/19/2008
    This Madea doesn't rest. Tyler Perry will create, write and executive-produce a series of half-hours presenting his Mabel "Madea" Simmons alter ego as an animated truth-teller. The untitled project ("Tyler Perry's Untitled Project"?) would wind up on a network, on DVD, or both.Perry's objective is to take Madea, whose frank ways were born in a stage play before being fashioned into a series of box-office hits (the next of which hits theaters next month), and make her more kid-friendly. "I wanted to do something more appropriate, and this seems to be it," he tells the Reporter. read more

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BET Honors (Appearing) 2009 TV Show Series
NAACP Image Awards (Host) 2009 TV Show Series
Star Trek (Actor - Adm. Richard Barnett) 2009 Movie
The Black List: Volume Two (Appearing) 2009 TV Show Series
Tyler Perry's Madea Goes To Jail (Director) 2009 Movie

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