"I know it's been really difficult for him," Perry adds of Sinbad's recovery after suffering an ischemic stroke in 2020.Nearly five years after suffering a major stroke, Sinbad has made his return to the silver screen.

Tyler Perry praises Sinbad’s return while discussing his role in the upcoming Netflix thriller. When Tyler Perry’s “Straw” premieres on Netflix, it will mark Sinbad’s triumphant return to the screen five years after he suffered a stroke.

The melodramatic Tyler Perry-directed thriller stars Taraji P. Henson as a struggling, overworked single mother who, after experiencing a devastatingly bad day, snaps when she reaches her final straw. That fallout comes after getting wrapped up in two murders and a mistaken bank robbery, all while fighting to get back to her daughter.