Harry Connick Jr. Biography

Joseph Harry Fowler Connick Jr is an American singer, pianist, composer, actor, and television host, born on September 11, 1967, with over 28 million albums sold worldwide. The Recording Industry Association of America, ranked Connick among the top 60 best-selling male artists in the United States with 16 million in certified sales. He has had seven top 20 US albums, and ten number-one US jazz albums, earning more number-one albums than any other artist in US jazz chart history. His Christmas album, When My Heart Finds Christmas (1993) is Connick’s best selling album in the United States. His highest-charting album is his release Only You (2004), which reached No. 5 in the US and No. 6 in Britain, winning three Grammy Awards and two Emmy Awards. He played Leo Markus, the husband of Grace Adler (played by Debra Messing) on the NBC sitcom Will & Grace from 2002 to 2006. Connick began his acting career as a tail gunner in the World War II film Memphis Belle (1990). He played a serial killer in Copycat (1995), before being cast as a fighter pilot in the blockbuster Independence Day (1996). Connick's first role as a leading man was in Hope Floats (1998) with Sandra Bullock. His first thriller film since Copycat came in the film Basic (2003) with John Travolta. He also played a violent ex-husband in Bug, before two romantic comedies, P.S. I Love You (2007), and the leading man in New in Town (2009) with Renée Zellweger. He starred in the family film Dolphin Tale in 2011 as Dr. Clay Haskett, and also in its 2014 sequel.

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