Harry Connick Jr.
Born September 11, 1967 (Age: 58)
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New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Harry Connick Jr., licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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.
Description above from the Wikipedia article Harry Connick Jr., licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
Remembering Gene Wilder
2024
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as Self
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Age: 56
Fear of Rain
2021
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as John Burroughs
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Age: 53
Impractical Jokers: The Staten Island Holiday Spectacular
2018
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as Self
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Age: 51
The Original Image of Divine Mercy
2016
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as Self
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Age: 48
Dolphin Tale 2
2014
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as Dr. Clay Haskett
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Age: 47
Dolphin Tale
2011
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as Dr. Clay Haskett
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Age: 44
New in Town
2009
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as Ted Mitchell
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Age: 41
Living Proof
2008
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as Dr. Dennis Slamon
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Age: 41
P.S. I Love You
2007
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as Daniel
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Age: 40
No Image
George Jones & Friends 50th Anniversary Tribute Concert
2007
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as Self
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Age: 39
Bug
2007
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as Jerry Goss
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Age: 39
Harry Connick, Jr and Branford Marsalis : A Duo Occasion
2005
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as Self
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Age: 38
Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found
2005
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as Self
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Age: 37
Apollo at 70: A Hot Night in Harlem
2004
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as Self
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Age: 36
Mickey
2004
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as Tripp Spence / Glen Ryan
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Age: 36
Harry Connick Jr.: Only You In Concert
2004
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as Self
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Age: 36
Basic
2003
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as Dr. Pete Vilmer
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Age: 35
Life Without Dick
2002
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as Daniel Gallagher
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Age: 34
My Dog Skip
2000
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as Narrator
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Age: 32
Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade
1999
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as Self
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Age: 32
The Iron Giant
1999
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as Dean McCoppin (voice)
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Age: 31
The Worlds of Harry Connick Jr.
1999
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as Self
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Age: 31
Hope Floats
1998
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as Justin Matisse
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Age: 30
Excess Baggage
1997
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as Greg
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Age: 29
Rock-A-Big Baby
1997
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as Big Baby
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Age: 29
No Image
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
1997
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as Self
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Age: 29
Independence Day: The ID4 Invasion
1996
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as Self
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Age: 28
Independence Day
1996
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as Capt. Jimmy Wilder
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Age: 28
Copycat
1995
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as Daryll Lee Cullum
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Age: 28
The Harry Connick, Jr. Christmas Special
1993
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as Self - Host
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Age: 26
Disney's Night of Magic
1993
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as Self
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Age: 26
Harry Connick, Jr.: The New York Big Band Concert
1993
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as Self
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Age: 25
Little Man Tate
1991
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as Eddie
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Age: 23
Simply Mad About the Mouse
1991
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as Self
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Age: 23
Harry Connick, Jr.: Singin' & Swingin'
1991
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as Self
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Age: 23
The Best of Disney: 50 Years of Magic
1991
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as Self
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Age: 23
Memphis Belle
1990
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as Clay Busby
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Age: 22