Harry Connick Jr.
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.
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Acting
Movie
Independence Day
as Capt. Jimmy Wilder
1996
Movie
The Iron Giant
as Dean McCoppin (voice)
1999
TV
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as David Haden
1999
Movie
P.S. I Love You
as Daniel
2007
Movie
Copycat
as Daryll Lee Cullum
1995
Movie
Basic
as Dr. Pete Vilmer
2003
Movie
Dolphin Tale
as Dr. Clay Haskett
2011
TV
Cheers
as Russell Boyd
1982
Movie
Bug
as Jerry Goss
2007
Movie
Fear of Rain
as John Burroughs
2021
TV
Will & Grace
as Leo Markus
1998
Movie
New in Town
as Ted Mitchell
2009
Movie
Hope Floats
as Justin Matisse
1998
TV
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Musical Guest
1975
Movie
Memphis Belle
as Clay Busby
1990
Movie
Dolphin Tale 2
as Dr. Clay Haskett
2014
Movie
Little Man Tate
as Eddie
1991
Movie
My Dog Skip
as Narrator
2000
TV
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
2007
Movie
Excess Baggage
as Greg
1997
TV
American Idol
as Self - Judge
2002
TV
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
2003
TV
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self - Guest
2003
Movie
Find Me Falling
as John Allman
2024
