Hvem daterte Tyler Perry?

Tyler Perry (født Emmitt Perry jr. den 13. september 1969 i New Orleans, Louisiana) er en amerikansk skuespiller, regissør, dramatiker, produsent og forfatter av flere kjente film-manus og bøker.

Perry var en vellykket teaterartist, da han begynte å få en nasjonal kjendis-status i 2005 for utgivelsen av hans første film, Diary of a Mad Black Woman. I 2009 ble Perry rangert av Forbes Magazine som den sjette mest betalte mann i Hollywood. Per juli 2009 hadde Perrys filmer spilt inn nesten $ 400 000 000 på verdensbasis.

Perrys familie besto av hans foreldre og tre søsken. Hans barndom var langt fra ideell. Perry sa en gang om hans far: «hans eneste svar på alt, var å slå det ut av deg». Som barn gikk Perry en gang så langt som å forsøke å begå selvmord i et desperat forsøk på å unnslippe farens voldelige oppførsel. I motsetning til farens oppførsel, tok moren hans ham med til kirken hver uke, hvor han fikk en viss følelse av trygghet og tilfredshet. Som 16-åring, fikk han lovlig endret etternavnet sitt fra Emmitt til Tyler i et forsøk på å distansere seg fra sin far.

Enkelte kritikere, deriblant kjente afroamerikanere, har hevdet at Perrys film-arbeider opprettholder negative rasistiske stereotypier om afroamerikanere. Perry hevder å være en hengiven kristen. Han har blitt gode venner med andre kjente TV-personligheter som f.eks. Oprah Winfrey, Will Smith og Janet Jackson.

Den 8. desember 2009 døde Tylers mor, Willie Maxine Perry i en alder av 64 år, etter en periode med sykdom. Fra og med 2010, er Perry fortsatt ugift. Han bor og arbeider i det sørvestlige Atlanta hvor han driver sine egne TV-studioer. I august 2010 ble det rapportert at Perry hadde kjøpt en eiendom på ca. 230.000 kvadratmeter i forstaden Johns Creek, Atlanta. Perry skal angivelig ha planer om rive ned det allerede eksisterende herskapshuset og i stedet bygge et nytt, miljøvennlig hjem på eiendommen.

Tyler Perry (born Emmitt Perry Jr.; September 13, 1969) is an American actor, filmmaker, and playwright. He is the creator and performer of Mabel "Madea" Simmons, a tough elderly woman, and also portrays her brother Joe Simmons and her nephew Brian Simmons. Perry's films vary in style from orthodox filmmaking techniques to filmed productions of live stage plays, many of which have been subsequently adapted into feature films. Madea's first appearance was in I Can Do Bad All by Myself (1999) staged in Chicago.

Perry wrote and produced many stage plays, which were at their successful peak in the 1990s and the 2000s. His breakthrough performance came in 2005 with the film Diary of a Mad Black Woman, which he wrote and produced as an adaptation of his stage play of the same name. He also developed numerous television series, most notably Tyler Perry's House of Payne, which ran for eight seasons on TBS from 2006 to 2012, before being renewed in 2020. In 2011, Forbes listed him as the highest-paid man in entertainment, earning $130 million between May 2010 and May 2011. In 2012, Perry struck an exclusive multi-year partnership with Oprah Winfrey and her Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN). The deal featured scripted projects such as The Haves and the Have Nots. In 2019, he produced the political drama series The Oval for BET.

Outside of his own productions, Perry has been cast in numerous Hollywood films including Star Trek (2009), Alex Cross (2012), Gone Girl (2014), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016), Vice (2018), Those Who Wish Me Dead (2021), and Don't Look Up (2021). Perry has also done voice acting for animated films such as The Star (2017) and Paw Patrol: The Movie (2021).

Perry's films and shows have cumulatively grossed over $660 million, and his net worth is an estimated $1 billion, making him one of the richest people in the entertainment industry. Despite commercial success, his productions have received criticism from critics and scholars who believe his films perpetuate negative or offensive portrayals of African Americans, along with the critical reception itself being largely negative. In 2020, Perry was included in Time's list of the 100 most influential people and received the Governor's Award from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Additionally, he received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award from the Academy Awards in 2021, and was inducted into the Black Music & Entertainment Walk of Fame the following year.