Emmitt Perry Jr., better known as Tyler Perry, is an American screenwriter, actor, film and television director, film producer and playwright. How rich is Tyler Perry? According to sources, Tyler Perry’s net worth is estimated to be $400 million. Perry gathered the majority of his net worth due to his successfully produced movies and television series. Named a highest paid man in entertainment by Forbes in 2011, Tyler Perry was born in 1969, in New Orleans, Louisiana and began his career in the entertainment industry by writing a play titled “I Know I’ve Been Changed” that was performed at a community theatre.
Tyler Perry Net Worth $400 Million
Even though it initially received lower than average reviews and was a financial failure, Tyler Perry managed to rewrite and restage it in Atlanta’s “House of Blues” to general appreciation from the public. Perry’s theatre productions earned him a loyal following from African-American audiences and substantially contributed to his net worth. During his career, Tyler Perry has written nineteen plays, the most recent being “Madea’s Neighbors from Hell”, released in 2014. It is estimated that Perry sold over $100 million worth of tickets for his plays, which is an impressive amount to be added to his net worth. Tyler Perry made his television debut in 2005 with a movie “Diary of a Mad Black Woman” that grossed $50.6 million.
His second attempt with “Madea’s Family Reunion” in 2006 grossed over $65 million. Some of the more known movies produced and written by Tyler Perry are “Good Deeds” with Thandie Newton and Gabrielle Union, “Meet the Browns” with Angela Bassett, “Daddy’s Little Girls” with Idris Elba, and “For Colored Girls” with Janet Jackson, Thandie Newton, and Whoopi Goldberg. Perry’s most recently written, directed and produced film is “The Single Moms Club”, which was released in 2014, starring Terry Crews and Amy Smart. In addition to the revenue he collects from the movies, Perry is a well-known actor as well. Tyler Perry’s first role outside of his produced films was in a science fiction film “Star Trek”, where he appeared as a commandant Admiral Barnett. Needless to say, Perry gathered a large sum of money from his appearances on screen. Perry’s commercial success seemed to transfer to his ventures in creating television series as well.
In 2006, Perry created a comedy-drama series “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne”, which portrays a story of a multi-generational family that lives under one roof. The show’s success was so immense that it ran for eight seasons, and had a total of 254 episodes, resulting in $200 million deal with TBS. In 2012, Tyler Perry struck a deal with Oprah Winfrey’s Network for a multi-year partnership that allows Perry to create television shows for OWN. A talented screenwriter, playwright, actor, as well as a television and film producer with an impressive net worth of $400 million, Tyler Perry has been and still is a notable figure in the entertainment industry. Perry’s contribution has been acknowledged by BET Comedy Awards, several nominations for Black Reel Awards and Image Awards, as well as MTV Movie Awards.
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