Tyler Perry's Divorce In The Black Cast & Character Guide

Summary

Tyler Perry’s Divorce in the Blackfeatures several notable actors in its cast. The Prime Video drama is a 2024 outing from the prolific writer, director, producer, and star, who is best known for creating and starring in theMadeafranchise, both on the stage and on the screen. Perry’s cinematic work is notable for generally featuring large ensemble casts. In addition to frequently playing multiple roles himself in various costumes and prosthetic facial appliances, he tends to gather talented performers from a variety of diverse backgrounds, including everyone from Oscar winners to literary icons like iconic poet Maya Angelou.

Although theDivorce in the BlackRotten Tomatoes scorehas earned Perry his first 0% movie, critics have generally avoided leveling their ire at the cast, which has been drawn from a pool of talented and notable individuals just like the majority of Perry’s projects. Although the movie primarily focuses on the relationship between the dissolving couple at its center, it alsofeatures a robust supporting cast full of both fresh and familiar faces, though Perry himself does not appear. As is usually the case in Perry’s more dramatic works, there are also no performers playing multiple roles.

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Meagan Good As Ava

Date Of Birth: June 22, 2025

Actor:Meagan Good was born in Los Angeles, California, andhad her breakout role in 1997’sEve’s Bayoubefore she had even turned 18. Since then, she has gone on to a variety of roles. While she has appeared in her fair share of comedies before theDivorce in the Blackmovie, she has also starred in notable genre projects including the 2000s horror moviesThe Unborn,Saw V, andOne Missed Callas well as the superhero outingsShazam!and its sequelFury of the Gods, in which she plays the superhero version of pre-teen foster child Darla Dudley.

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Character:InTyler Perry’s Divorce in the Black, Meagan Good plays Ava. Ava isa young woman who works at a bankwhose potential divorce sends her into a crisis of faith. Her family has long been at odds with the Bertrands, the family to which her husband belongs. This could be both the reason that she found him appealing in the first place and that the impending dissolution of her marriage brings up such complicated feelings. On top of these issues, meeting a potential new soulmate throws her into a fit of indecision that could potentially ruin her life.

The character of Ava is played at age 8 by the uncredited actor Milan Respress, whose only previous credit is a 2023 episode ofCaught Up.

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Cory Hardrict as Dallas

Date Of Birth: June 15, 2025

Actor:Cory Hardrict was born in Chicago, Illinois, andhad his first film role starring opposite Drew Barrymore and David Arquette inNever Been Kissedafter getting his start in television. The star also has horror experience, having starred in theReturn of the Living DeadsequelsNecropolisandRave to the Grave, but he is better known for his long-term television roles, including playing Cole Hammond inThe Oathand Coach Marcus Turner on the CW sports drama spinoff seriesAll American: Homecoming. Hardrict was married to Tia Mowry, with whom he has two children, from 2008 through 2023.

Tia Mowry and her twin sister Tamera Mowry are famous for starring in the sitcomSister, Sister, which ran for six seasons between 1994 and 1999.

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Coach Marcus Turner

Character:InTyler Perry’s Divorce in the Black, Cory Hardrict plays Dallas.Dallas is a member of the Bertrand family, which has long had friction with the family of his wife, Ava. They live together in Atlanta, Georgia, where he psychologically and physically abuses her. Because the story is told primarily from her perspective, Dallas' character is presented as more of an outright villain with less degrees of characterization. He is largely shown to be reactive and angry when presented with challenges, either in his relationship or in the divorce proceedings that result from it.

Divorce In The Black Supporting Cast & Characters

The Tyler Perry Movie’s Supporting Cast Includes Stars From Young Rock & Poltergeist

Joseph Lee Anderson as Benji- Anderson, who plays Ava’s potential soulmate Benji, is perhaps best known for playing The Rock’s father Rocky Johnson as part of the main cast of the biographical sitcomYoung Rock, though he can also be seen playing Maj. Harold Kernst in theMacGrubertelevision spinoff on Peacock in addition to supporting television roles in shows includingS.W.A.T.,Timeless,Hawaii Five-0,Blue Bloods, andChicago P.D.

Taylor Polidore Williams as Rona- Williams, who plays Ava’s best friend Rona, has previously appeared opposite Cory Hardrict when she played Tootie on nine episodes ofAll American: Homecoming, but that isn’t even her longest tenure on television, as she has appeared in ten episodes or more of the showsThe Pre-Quarter Life Crisis,Rival Speak,It’s Pony, andSnowfall.

Shannon Wallace as Jim- Wallace, who plays Dallas' friend Jim, is another consummate television actor whose credits include playing Paul Kibebe Roth on four episodes ofJacqueline & Jilly, Nate Barker on six episodes ofAmerican Soul, Anton Campbell on seven episodes ofCity on a Hill, Tyce Dickson on two episodes ofBlue Bloods, and Chris on six episodes ofDiarra from Detroitin addition to having one-episode stints on the showsThe Family BusinessandDynasty.

Richard Lawson as Clarence- Lawson, who plays Ava’s father Clarence, got his start in blaxploitation movies in the 1970s includingScream Blacula Scream,Black Fist, andSugar Hill. He soon moved onto many roles on 1980s television, though he also continued to appear in movies including playing Ryan in the 1982 classicPoltergeistand appearing as Jack opposite Angela Bassett inHow Stella Got Her Groove Back. More recently, he has appeared inGrey’s Anatomy,Mixed-ish, andFor Colored Girls.

Debbi Morgan as Gene- Morgan, who plays Ava’s mother Gene inTyler Perry’s Divorce in the Black, is a versatile performer who has appeared in movies as varied asTaxi Driver,She’s All That,Spawn, andEve’s Bayou. However, she is likely best known for her long-running television roles including playing Chantal Marshall #2 on 71 episodes ofGenerations, Dr. Ellen Burgess on 214 episodes ofPort Charles, and Dr. Angie Hubbard on more than 400 episodes ofLovingandThe Citycombined, as well as 508 episodes of the flagship soap operaAll My Children.