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David Anthony Mann Sr.Β (born August 7, 1966) is an American actor and gospel singer who has starred in severalΒ Tyler PerryΒ plays includingΒ I Can Do Bad All By Myself, Madea's Family Reunion,Β Madea's Class Reunion,Β Meet the Browns, What's Done in the Dark, and Madea's Farewell Play. His character Mr. (Leroy) Brown is the father ofΒ Madea's daughter Cora (played by his real life wife,Β Tamela Mann). He reprised his role in the Tyler Perry filmsΒ Meet the Browns, Madea Goes to Jail,Β Madea's Big Happy Family, andΒ A Madea Homecoming, as well as the TBS sitcom spinoff Meet the Browns. He and his wife also starred in the Bounce Network sitcom Mann and Wife. He voices Mr. Nezzer on TBN's .The VeggieTales Show.
He has been married toΒ actress/singer Tamela MannΒ since 1988; they were both previous members ofΒ Kirk Franklin's vocal ensemble "The Family" before working with Tyler Perry. In 2018, he and Tamela recorded a romantic soul album together calledΒ Us Against the World.
