Harry Connick Jr.

Harry Connick Jr.

Known for
Acting
Born
September 11, 1967 (age 59)
Birthplace
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

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Filmography

2025
The Piano poster

The Piano

TV · as Self - Judge · 6 eps

2024
Remembering Gene Wilder poster

Remembering Gene Wilder

Movie · as Self

2024
Find Me Falling poster

Find Me Falling

Movie · as John Allman

2021
Fear of Rain poster

Fear of Rain

Movie · as John Burroughs

2021
Annie Live! poster

Annie Live!

Movie · as Oliver 'Daddy' Warbucks

2019
Royal Variety Performance 2019 poster

Royal Variety Performance 2019

Movie · as Self - Performer

2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show poster

The Kelly Clarkson Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2018
Impractical Jokers: The Staten Island Holiday Spectacular poster

Impractical Jokers: The Staten Island Holiday Spectacular

Movie · as Self

2017
Will & Grace poster

Will & Grace

TV · as Leo Markus · 1 ep

2016
The Giant's Dream: The Making of the Iron Giant poster

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

Movie · as Self

2016
The Original Image of Divine Mercy poster

The Original Image of Divine Mercy

Movie · as Self

2016
Kevin Can Wait poster

Kevin Can Wait

TV · as Harry Connick Jr. · 1 ep

2016
Harry poster

Harry

TV · as Self - Host · 6 eps

2015
Sinatra 100: An All-Star Grammy Concert poster

Sinatra 100: An All-Star Grammy Concert

Movie · as Self

2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert poster

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2014
Dolphin Tale 2 poster

Dolphin Tale 2

Movie · as Dr. Clay Haskett

2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2013
Bayou Maharajah: The Tragic Genius of James Booker poster

Bayou Maharajah: The Tragic Genius of James Booker

Movie · as Self

2013
Angels Sing poster

Angels Sing

Movie · as Michael Walker

2013
Piaf: Hymnes à la Môme poster

Piaf: Hymnes à la Môme

Movie · as Self

2012
Finding Your Roots poster

Finding Your Roots

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2011
Dolphin Tale poster

Dolphin Tale

Movie · as Dr. Clay Haskett

2011
Harry Connick Jr.: In Concert on Broadway poster

Harry Connick Jr.: In Concert on Broadway

Movie · as Self

2009
New in Town poster

New in Town

Movie · as Ted Mitchell

2009
Live from Studio Five poster

Live from Studio Five

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen poster

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2009
En direct de l'univers poster

En direct de l'univers

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2009
The Project poster

The Project

TV · 1 ep

2008
Living Proof poster

Living Proof

Movie · as Dr. Dennis Slamon

2008
For Life: The Journey of Dr. Dennis Slamon poster

For Life: The Journey of Dr. Dennis Slamon

Movie · as Self

2008
Hope and Miracles: The Making of 'Living Proof' poster

Hope and Miracles: The Making of 'Living Proof'

Movie · as Self

2007
P.S. I Love You poster

P.S. I Love You

Movie · as Daniel

2007
Bug poster

Bug

Movie · as Jerry Goss

2007
George Jones & Friends 50th Anniversary Tribute Concert

George Jones & Friends 50th Anniversary Tribute Concert

Movie · as Self

2007
The Graham Norton Show poster

The Graham Norton Show

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2005
The Happy Elf poster

The Happy Elf

Movie · as Lil' Farley

2005
Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast poster

Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast

Movie · as Self

2005
Harry Connick, Jr and Branford Marsalis : A Duo Occasion poster

Harry Connick, Jr and Branford Marsalis : A Duo Occasion

Movie · as Self

2005
Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found poster

Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found

Movie · as Self

2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson poster

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2005
The Reichen Show poster

The Reichen Show

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2004
Mickey poster

Mickey

Movie · as Tripp Spence / Glen Ryan

2004
Harry Connick Jr.: Only You In Concert poster

Harry Connick Jr.: Only You In Concert

Movie · as Self

2004
Apollo at 70: A Hot Night in Harlem poster

Apollo at 70: A Hot Night in Harlem

Movie · as Self

2004
The World of Nat King Cole poster

The World of Nat King Cole

Movie · as Self

2004
Strictly Come Dancing poster

Strictly Come Dancing

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2004
Parkinson poster

Parkinson

TV · as Self - Guest / Performer, Self - Guest / Performer (archive footage) · 1 ep

2003
Harry Connick, Jr.:  Harry For The Holidays poster

Harry Connick, Jr.: Harry For The Holidays

Movie · as Self / Host

2003
Basic poster

Basic

Movie · as Dr. Pete Vilmer

2003
The Marsalis Family: A Jazz Celebration poster

The Marsalis Family: A Jazz Celebration

Movie · as Self

2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show poster

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 3 eps

2003
Australian Idol poster

Australian Idol

TV · as Self - Judge · 21 eps

2002
Life Without Dick poster

Life Without Dick

Movie · as Daniel Gallagher

2002
American Idol poster

American Idol

TV · as Self - Judge · 93 eps

2001
South Pacific poster

South Pacific

Movie · as Lt. Joseph Cable

2001
The Simian Line poster

The Simian Line

Movie · as Rick

2001
Pistol Pete: The Life and Times of Pete Maravich poster

Pistol Pete: The Life and Times of Pete Maravich

Movie · as Narrator

2000
My Dog Skip poster

My Dog Skip

Movie · as Narrator

1999
The Iron Giant poster

The Iron Giant

Movie · as Dean McCoppin (voice)

1999
The Making of 'The Iron Giant' poster

The Making of 'The Iron Giant'

Movie · as Self

1999
The Worlds of Harry Connick Jr. poster

The Worlds of Harry Connick Jr.

Movie · as Self

1999
Wayward Son poster

Wayward Son

Movie · as Jesse Banks Rhodes

1999
Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade poster

Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade

Movie · as Self

1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit poster

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

TV · as David Haden · 4 eps

1998
Hope Floats poster

Hope Floats

Movie · as Justin Matisse

1998
Will & Grace poster

Will & Grace

TV · as Leo Markus · 24 eps

1998
Vivement dimanche poster

Vivement dimanche

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1998
Parkinson poster

Parkinson

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1997
Excess Baggage poster

Excess Baggage

Movie · as Greg

1997
Rock-A-Big Baby poster

Rock-A-Big Baby

Movie · as Big Baby

1997
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life

Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life

Movie · as Self

1997
The View poster

The View

TV · as Self · 5 eps

1996
Independence Day poster

Independence Day

Movie · as Capt. Jimmy Wilder

1996
Independence Day: The ID4 Invasion poster

Independence Day: The ID4 Invasion

Movie · as Self

1996
The Making of 'Independence Day' poster

The Making of 'Independence Day'

Movie · as Self

1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show poster

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1995
Copycat poster

Copycat

Movie · as Daryll Lee Cullum

1995
Peter Allen: The Boy From Oz poster

Peter Allen: The Boy From Oz

Movie · as Self

1995
MADtv poster

MADtv

TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep

1993
Harry Connick, Jr.: The New York Big Band Concert poster

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

Movie · as Self

1993
The Harry Connick, Jr. Christmas Special poster

The Harry Connick, Jr. Christmas Special

Movie · as Self - Host

1993
Disney's Night of Magic poster

Disney's Night of Magic

Movie · as Self

1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien poster

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps

1993
Late Show with David Letterman poster

Late Show with David Letterman

TV · as Self - Musical Guest, Self - Guest, Self - Guest · 1 ep

1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno poster

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1991
Little Man Tate poster

Little Man Tate

Movie · as Eddie

1991
The Best of Disney: 50 Years of Magic poster

The Best of Disney: 50 Years of Magic

Movie · as Self

1991
Harry Connick, Jr.: Singin' & Swingin' poster

Harry Connick, Jr.: Singin' & Swingin'

Movie · as Self

1991
Simply Mad About the Mouse poster

Simply Mad About the Mouse

Movie · as Self

1991
Harry Connick, Jr.: Swinging Out Live poster

Harry Connick, Jr.: Swinging Out Live

Movie · as Self

1990
Memphis Belle poster

Memphis Belle

Movie · as Clay Busby

1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark poster

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

TV · as Self - Guest Co-Host · 1 ep

1987
Le monde est à vous poster

Le monde est à vous

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1987
Sacrée soirée poster

Sacrée soirée

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1982
Cheers poster

Cheers

TV · as Russell Boyd · 1 ep

1982
Late Night with David Letterman poster

Late Night with David Letterman

TV · as Self - Musical Guest · 1 ep

1979
This Old House poster

This Old House

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1975
Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live

TV · as Self - Musical Guest · 1 ep

1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1956
Tony Awards poster

Tony Awards

TV · as Self - Performer, Self - Presenter · 1 ep

1952
Today poster

Today

TV · as Self · 1 ep