Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

September 10, 1967 (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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Harry Connick Jr., licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Bayou Maharajah: The Tragic Genius of James Booker

Harry Connick Jr.: In Concert on Broadway

Harry Connick, Jr.: The New York Big Band Concert

The Harry Connick, Jr. Christmas Special

Harry Connick, Jr.: Harry For The Holidays

Harry Connick, Jr and Branford Marsalis : A Duo Occasion

The Giant's Dream: The Making of the Iron Giant

Piaf, Hymnes à la Môme au Beacon Theatre, New York

Impractical Jokers: The Staten Island Holiday Spectacular

Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life

Pistol Pete: The Life and Times of Pete Maravich

George Jones & Friends 50th Anniversary Tribute Concert

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