Trial by Fire: Part 2

Tyler Perry is an African-American actor, director, playwright, screenwriter, producer, author, and songwriter. Already a successful artist in Southern theater, Perry began to make national celebrity status in 2005 with the release of his first movie, Diary of a Mad Black Woman. In 2009, Perry was ranked by Forbes magazine as the sixth highest-paid man in Hollywood. He has won critical praise for playing Madea, a mentally strong woman who handles adversity...(Wikipedia)

Credits include: The Facts of Life, Living Single, The Upshaws, A Question of Faith and Wrapped up in Christmas