Tyler Perry (born September 14, 1969), is an American playwright, screenwriter, actor and director and producer of the indie films and stage plays. His best known character is "Madea," who is a physically imposing and overbearing, but well intentioned woman who serves both as a comic relief and as the loud voice of the consicence for the protagonist of Perry's works....Perry was born Emmitt R. Perry, Jr. in New Orleans, Louisiana (he now lives in Atlanta, Georgia)... His father, Emmitt, Sr., was a carpenter and construction worker, and his mother, Maxine, was a pre-school teacher who worked at the New Orleans Jewish Commu
nity Center for most of her life.Perry dropped out of school when he was 16, but later went back to obtain his GED. Perry is a follower of the Christian faith and is good friends with rapper/actor Will Smith... (Read more)
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