The Madea star celebrates his birthday today. CS tells you some interesting facts about Tyler Perry ufffd the actor, director, playwright and songwriter
This year Perry will return to the big screen with A Madea Christmas, slated for release on December 13. In addition, Perry has announced that he’s working on a Madea animated film for kids.
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>> Perry changed his name at the age of 16 due to the troubled nature of his relationship with his father. Perry often said in interviews, that his father was a man “whose answer to everything was to beat it out of you.”
>> Perry got his inspiration to work from a comment made on The Oprah Winfrey show.
>> Tyler is an owner of a 12-acre estate outside Atlanta. He bought the former Dean Gardens in Johns Creek, GA for $7.6 million. The property has a golf course and is 58 acres in totality.
>> The actor, playwright topped the Forbes’ list of the highest-paid Men in entertainment in 2011, earning $130 million between May 2010 and May 2011.
>> He has also established the Tyler Perry Foundation to help economically disadvantaged people overcome adversity by
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