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Who is Tyle Perry?
Tyle Perry is an American actor and filmmaker. He’s the performer and creator of the Madea character, a tough older woman. Tyle’s films vary in style, from live stage plays to orthodox filmmaking techniques.
He has written and produced many stages plays throughout the 1990s and 200s. Tyle Perry has also developed various television series, the most notable of which is Tyler Perry’s House of Payne, a series that ran for eight seasons on TBS. He was also listed as the highest-paid man in entertainment in a 2011 Forbes list, earning approximately $130 million from 2010-2011. He is also the co-creator and partner of Oprah Winfrey for her show on the Oprah Winfrey Network. He has also created multiple TV series, such as Haves and the Have Nots, a crime drama series. The series gave the network they were broadcast the biggest ratings they had seen during the eight-year run.
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New Orleans, LA, USA
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Early life before fame:
Tyle Perry was born in New Orleans to Emmit Perry Sr., a carpenter, and Willie Maxine Perry. Tyle has a total of three siblings. Perry once stated that his father always answered with “beat it out of you.” to every question. Tyler, as a child, even attempted suicide just to escape his father’s aggression. Unlike his dad, his mother took the young Tyler to church every week, where he felt he could escape the torture that happened at home.
When Tyler was 16, he changed his name to Tyler in order to distance himself from his biological father.
Tyle didn’t complete high school, although he did earn General Educational Development (GED). When he was in his early twenties, he saw an episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show; he heard that writing things down and working with yourself can be therapeutic, which he implemented, and it changed his life.
Professional career:
Tyler began acting on stage and performing professionally at the age of 22 when he played in the play I Know I’ve Been Changed. When Tyler was 28, he acted in his self-written musical, which he had worked on in retooling and restaging. He opened at the House of Blues, after which he performed it at the Fox Theatre. The play turned out to be a success.
His film career began when Perry raised 5 million dollars to produce, direct and star in Diary of a Mad Black Woman, which grossed 56 million domestically. He then also wrote Daddy’s Little Girl, which was released in 2007, and grossed 31 million. Recently, he’s been involved in such projects as Madea’s Tough Love, Boo! A Madea Halloween, as well as Nativity of Jesus, was released on November 17, 2017.
Personal life:
Tyler Perry has been married to Gelila Bekele since 2009, and they have a son together. The pair sadly divorced in December of 2020. He is currently single.
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