The partnership was largely for the sake of bringing scripted television to OWN, based on Perry's previous success in this area. On October 2, 2012, Perry struck an exclusive multi-year partnership with Oprah Winfrey and her Oprah Winfrey Network. Perry has developed several television series, most notably Tyler Perry's House of Payne, which ran for eight seasons on TBS from Jto August 10, 2012.
Perry wrote and produced many stage plays during the 1990s and early 2000s. Many of Perry's stage-play films have been subsequently adapted as feature films. Perry's films vary in style from orthodox filmmaking techniques to filmed productions of live stage plays. Perry created and performs the Madea character, a tough elderly woman. In 2011, Forbes listed him as the highest-paid man in entertainment, earning US$130 million between May 2010 and May 2011.
Tyler Perry (born Emmitt Perry Jr., September 13, 1969) is an American actor, director, producer and screenwriter.
