Harry Connick Jr.
- Acting
- September 11, 1967 · 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.
Known for
Filmography
- The Piano · Self
- Find Me Falling · John Allman
- Remembering Gene Wilder · Self
- Annie Live! · Oliver 'Daddy' Warbucks
- Fear of Rain · John Burroughs
- Royal Variety Performance 2019 · Self
- The Kelly Clarkson Show · Self
- Impractical Jokers: The Staten Island Holiday Spectacular · Self
- Will & Grace · Leo Markus
- Harry · Self
- Kevin Can Wait · Harry Connick Jr.
- The Giant's Dream: The Making of the Iron Giant · Self
- The Original Image of Divine Mercy · Self
- Sinatra 100: An All-Star Grammy Concert · Self
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert · Self
- Dolphin Tale 2 · Dr. Clay Haskett
- Late Night with Seth Meyers · Self
- Angels Sing · Michael Walker
- Piaf: Hymnes à la Môme · Self
- Bayou Maharajah: The Tragic Genius of James Booker · Self
- Finding Your Roots · Self
- Dolphin Tale · Dr. Clay Haskett
- Harry Connick Jr.: In Concert on Broadway · Self
- En direct de l'univers · Self
- Live from Studio Five · Self
- The Project
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen · Self
- New in Town · Ted Mitchell
- Living Proof · Dr. Dennis Slamon
- For Life: The Journey of Dr. Dennis Slamon · Self
- Hope and Miracles: The Making of 'Living Proof' · Self
- P.S. I Love You · Daniel
- George Jones & Friends 50th Anniversary Tribute Concert · Self
- The Graham Norton Show · Self
- Bug · Jerry Goss
- The Happy Elf · Lil' Farley
- Harry Connick, Jr and Branford Marsalis : A Duo Occasion · Self
- The Reichen Show · Self
- Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast · Self
- Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found · Self
- The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson · Self
- Parkinson · Self
- Apollo at 70: A Hot Night in Harlem · Self
- The World of Nat King Cole · Self
- Strictly Come Dancing · Self
- Mickey · Tripp Spence / Glen Ryan
- Harry Connick Jr.: Only You In Concert · Self
- Harry Connick, Jr.: Harry For The Holidays · Self / Host
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show · Self
- Australian Idol · Self
- Basic · Dr. Pete Vilmer
- The Marsalis Family: A Jazz Celebration · Self
- American Idol · Self
- Life Without Dick · Daniel Gallagher
- The Simian Line · Rick
- Pistol Pete: The Life and Times of Pete Maravich · Narrator
- South Pacific · Lt. Joseph Cable
- My Dog Skip · Narrator
- Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade · Self
- Wayward Son · Jesse Banks Rhodes
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit · David Haden
- The Iron Giant · Dean McCoppin (Voice)
- The Making of 'The Iron Giant' · Self
- The Worlds of Harry Connick Jr. · Self
- Will & Grace · Leo Markus
- Vivement dimanche · Self
- Hope Floats · Justin Matisse
- Parkinson · Self
- Excess Baggage · Greg
- The View · Self
- Rock-A-Big Baby · Big Baby
- Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life · Self
- Independence Day · Capt. Jimmy Wilder
- Independence Day: The ID4 Invasion · Self
- The Making of 'Independence Day' · Self
- The Rosie O'Donnell Show · Self
- Copycat · Daryll Lee Cullum
- MADtv · Self
- Peter Allen: The Boy From Oz · Self
- The Harry Connick, Jr. Christmas Special · Self