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Harry Connick Jr.

Harry Connick Jr.

Birthday: 1967-09-11 | Place of Birth: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2021
Fear of Rain

as    John Burroughs

2021
Annie Live!

as    Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks

2014
Dolphin Tale 2

as    Dr. Clay Haskett

2013
Angels Sing

as    Michael Walker

2011
Dolphin Tale

as    Dr. Clay Haskett

2009
New in Town

as    Ted Mitchell

2007
P.S. I Love You

as    Daniel

2007
Bug

as    Jerry Goss

2005
The Happy Elf

as    Lil' Farley

2004
Mickey

as    Glen

2004
2002
Life Without Dick

as    Daniel Gallagher

2001
South Pacific

as    Lt. Joseph Cable

2000
The Making of 'The Iron Giant'

as    Himself

2000
My Dog Skip

as    Narrator

1999
The Iron Giant

as    Dean McCoppin (voice)

1998
Hope Floats

as    Justin Matisse

1997
Excess Baggage

as    Greg

1995
Copycat

as    Daryll Lee Cullum

1991
Little Man Tate

as    Eddie

1991
1990
Memphis Belle

as    Clay Busby