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Hollywood Archive: Tyler Perry

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Tyler Perry is an American actor, writer, producer, comedian and director. In 2011, Forbes listed him as the highest-paid man in entertainment, earning US$130 million between May 2010 and May 2011.

Perry created and performs the Madea character, a tough elderly woman. Perry’s films vary in style from orthodox filmmaking techniques to filmed productions of live stage plays. Many of Perry’s stage-play films have been subsequently adapted as films.

Perry wrote and produced many stage plays during the 1990s and early 2000s. Perry has developed several television series, most notably Tyler Perry’s House of Payne, which ran for eight seasons on TBS from June 21, 2006, to August 10, 2012. On October 2, 2012, Perry struck an exclusive multi-year partnership with Oprah Winfrey and her Oprah Winfrey Network. The partnership was largely for the sake of bringing scripted television to OWN, based on Perry’s previous success in this area. Perry has created multiple scripted series for the network, The Haves and the Have Nots being its most successful. The Haves and the Have Nots has given OWN its highest ratings to date as of 2014, with the series also referred to as “one of OWN’s biggest success stories with its weekly dose of soapy fun, filled with the typical betrayals, affairs, and manipulations.”

Perry has additionally acted in films not directed or produced by himself, including as Admiral Barnett in Star Trek (2009), the titular character in Alex Cross (2012), Tanner Bolt in Gone Girl (2014), Baxter Stockman in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016) and Colin Powell in Vice (2018).


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Hollywood Archive: Tyler Perry

Tyler Perry es un actor, escritor, productor, comediante y director estadounidense. En 2011, Forbes lo nombró como el hombre mejor pagado en entretenimiento, ganando US $ 130 millones entre mayo de 2010 y mayo de 2011. Perry creó y interpreta al personaje de Madea, una mujer anciana y dura. Las películas de Perry varían en estilo, desde técnicas de filmación ortodoxa hasta producciones filmadas de obras de teatro en vivo. […]

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