Tyler Perry Net Worth

Tyler Perry net worth: Big Break: Diary of a Mad Black Woman, 2002
Actor’s Agency: William Morris-Endeavor Talent Agency ( WME)
Hometown: New Orleans, LA , Marital Status: Single
Annual earnings according to Forbes:
May 2011 to May 2012 Earnings: $105 Million
May 2010 to May 2011 Earnings: $130 Million
May 2009 to May 2010 Earnings: $125 Million
May 2008 to May 2009 Earnings: $75 Million
May 2007 to May 2008 Earnings: $125 Million

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American actor, director, playwright, screenwriter, producer, author, and songwriter, Tyler Perry, has an estimated net worth of $350 Million as of September 2010, according to Forbes’  Billionaires In The Making. The New Orleans-born began his career as a dramatist in 1992. He was inspired by Oprah Winfrey to channel his creativity through writing, Perry put pen to paper as a method of healing the wounds that lingered from a painful childhood. His first production, entitled I Know I’ve Been Changed, hit the stage to rapturous reviews in 1997.

The producer-director-writer-actor earns big on television ( his shows, Meet the Browns and House of Payne) as well as at the box office where his movies have earned $260 million. Perry reach audience that traditional Hollywood has struggled to reach with movies about African-American families handling problems using humor and religion. Tyler was born Emmitt Perry, Jr. on September 13, 1969 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.