Harry Connick Jr.
Known For
Acting
Born
1967-09-11 in 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.
Most Known For
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as David Haden
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Musical Guest
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
Cheers
as Russell Boyd
The View
as Self
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
as Self
Will & Grace
as Leo Markus
American Idol
as Self - Judge
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest Co-Host
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
as Self
This Old House
as Self
Strictly Come Dancing
as Self
Will & Grace
as Leo Markus