Playwright-turned-producer-director-actor and sometimes on-screen-drag-queen Tyler Perry (above in Madea Goes to Jail) will be a presenter at the 2010 Academy Awards. This will be Perry’s first appearance on the show.
Tyler Perry wrote, produced and starred in the Darren Grant-directed the sleeper hit Diary of a Mad Black Woman in 2005. (I haven't watched the movie, so I don't know whether or not Perry played the mad black female diarist.) Perry's subsequent film credits include Madea’s Family Reunion, Madea Goes to Jail, Daddy’s Little Girls, Why Did I Get Married?, Meet the Browns, The Family That Preys and I Can Do Bad All by Myself.
Why Did I Get Married Too? is scheduled to be released in April. Perry also created and directs two current television series, House of Payne and Meet the Browns.
The 2010 Academy Awards ceremony will take place on Sunday, March 7 at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center. In the United States, it'll be televised live by ABC.
Photo: Madea Goes to Jail (Quantrell Colbert / Lionsgate)
He's also one of the producers of Precious. Which might explain his presence at the awards.