Harry Connick Jr.
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1967-09-11 (57 years old)
Place of Birth
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Harry Connick Jr.
Biography
Joseph Harry Fowler Connick, Jr. (born September 11, 1967) is an American singer, actor, composer and pianist. Connick has sold over 25 million albums worldwide. He is ranked among the top 60 best-selling male artists in the United States by the Recording Industry Association of America, with 16 million certified albums. He has seven top-20 U.S. albums, and ten number-one U.S. jazz albums, earning more number-one albums than any other artist in the US jazz chart history.
Connick's best selling album in the United States is his 1993 Christmas album When My Heart Finds Christmas, which also is one of the best selling Christmas albums in the United States. His highest charting album, is his 2004 release Only You which reached #5 in the U.S. and #6 in Britain. He has won three Grammy awards and one Emmy Award. He played Grace's husband Dr. Leo Markus on the TV sitcom Will & Grace from 2002 to 2006.
Connick began his acting career as a tail gunner in the World War II film Memphis Belle in 1990. He played a serial killer in Copycat in 1995, before being cast as jet fighter pilot in the 1996 blockbuster Independence Day. Connick's first role as a leading man was in 1998's Hope Floats with Sandra Bullock. His first thriller film since Copycat came in 2007, when he played the violent ex-husband in Bug, before two romantic comedies, 2007's P.S. I Love You, and the leading man in New in Town with Renée Zellweger in 2009.
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Acting
(2024)
Find Me Falling
as John Allman
(2024)
Remembering Gene Wilder
as Self
(2021)
Fear of Rain
as John Burroughs
(2021)
Annie Live!
as Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks
(2019)
Royal Variety Performance 2019
as Self - Performer
(2018)
(2016)
(2016)
(2015)
(2014)
Dolphin Tale 2
as Dr. Clay Haskett
(2013)
Angels Sing
as Michael Walker
(2013)
(2013)
(2011)
Dolphin Tale
as Dr. Clay Haskett
(2011)
(2009)
New in Town
as Ted Mitchell
(2008)
Living Proof
as Dr. Dennis Slamon
(2007)
P.S. I Love You
as Daniel
(2007)
Bug
as Jerry Goss
(2007)
(2005)
(2005)
The Happy Elf
as Lil' Farley
(2005)
(2004)
Mickey
as Tripp Spence / Glen Ryan
(2004)
The World of Nat King Cole
as Self
(2004)
(2004)
(2003)
Basic
as Dr. Pete Vilmer
(2003)
Harry Connick, Jr.: Harry For The Holidays
as Self / Host
(2003)
(2002)
Life Without Dick
as Daniel Gallagher
(2001)
The Simian Line
as Rick
(2001)
South Pacific
as Lt. Joseph Cable
(2001)
(2000)
My Dog Skip
as Narrator
(1999)
The Iron Giant
as Dean McCoppin (voice)
(1999)
(1999)
(1999)
Wayward Son
as Jesse Banks Rhodes
(1998)
Hope Floats
as Justin Matisse
(1997)
Excess Baggage
as Greg
(1997)
(1997)
Rock-A-Big Baby
as Big Baby
(1996)
Independence Day
as Capt. Jimmy Wilder
(1996)
(1996)
(1995)
Copycat
as Daryll Lee Cullum
(1995)
Peter Allen: The Boy From Oz
as Self
(1993)
(1993)
The Harry Connick, Jr. Christmas Special
as Self - Host
(1991)
Little Man Tate
as Eddie
(1991)
(1991)
Simply Mad About the Mouse
as Self
(1991)
(1991)
(1990)
Memphis Belle
as Clay Busby