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.

Filmography

• 2024Find Me Falling — John Allman
• 2021Annie Live! — Oliver 'Daddy' Warbucks
• 2021Fear of Rain — John Burroughs
• Will & Grace — Leo Markus
• Kevin Can Wait — Harry Connick Jr.
• 2014Dolphin Tale 2 — Dr. Clay Haskett
• 2013Angels Sing — Michael Walker
• 2011Dolphin Tale — Dr. Clay Haskett
• 2009New in Town — Ted Mitchell
• The Project
• 2008Living Proof — Dr. Dennis Slamon
• 2007Bug — Jerry Goss
• 2007P.S. I Love You — Daniel
• 2005The Happy Elf — Lil' Farley
• 2004Mickey — Tripp Spence / Glen Ryan
• 2003Basic — Dr. Pete Vilmer
• 2002Life Without Dick — Daniel Gallagher
• 2001Pistol Pete: The Life and Times of Pete Maravich — Narrator
• 2001South Pacific — Lt. Joseph Cable
• 2001The Simian Line — Rick
• 2000My Dog Skip — Narrator
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — David Haden
• 1999The Iron Giant — Dean McCoppin (voice)
• 1999Wayward Son — Jesse Banks Rhodes
• 1998Hope Floats — Justin Matisse
• Will & Grace — Leo Markus
• 1997Excess Baggage — Greg
• 1997Rock-A-Big Baby — Big Baby
• 1996Independence Day — Capt. Jimmy Wilder
• 1995Copycat — Daryll Lee Cullum
• 1991Little Man Tate — Eddie
• 1990Memphis Belle — Clay Busby
• 1989When Harry Met Sally... — Songs, Music Arranger, Musician
• Cheers — Russell Boyd

Appearances as themselves (68)

• The Piano — Self - Judge
• 2024Remembering Gene Wilder — Self
• 2019Royal Variety Performance 2019 — Self - Performer
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self
• 2018Impractical Jokers: The Staten Island Holiday Spectacular — Self
• Harry — Self - Host
• 2016The Giant's Dream: The Making of the Iron Giant — Self
• 2016The Original Image of Divine Mercy — Self
• 2015Sinatra 100: An All-Star Grammy Concert — Self
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self - Guest
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self
• 2013Bayou Maharajah: The Tragic Genius of James Booker — Self
• 2013Piaf: Hymnes à la Môme — Self
• Finding Your Roots — Self
• 2011Harry Connick Jr.: In Concert on Broadway — Self
• En direct de l'univers — Self
• Live from Studio Five — Self
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen — Self - Guest
• 2008For Life: The Journey of Dr. Dennis Slamon — Self
• 2008Hope and Miracles: The Making of 'Living Proof' — Self
• 2007George Jones & Friends 50th Anniversary Tribute Concert — Self
• The Graham Norton Show — Self
• 2005Harry Connick, Jr and Branford Marsalis : A Duo Occasion — Self
• 2005Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found — Self
• 2005Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast — Self
• The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson — Self
• The Reichen Show — Self
• 2004Apollo at 70: A Hot Night in Harlem — Self
• 2004Harry Connick Jr.: Only You In Concert — Self
• Parkinson — Self - Guest / Performer, Self - Guest / Performer (archive footage)
• Strictly Come Dancing — Self
• 2004The World of Nat King Cole — Self
• Australian Idol — Self - Judge
• 2003Harry Connick, Jr.: Harry For The Holidays — Self / Host
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show — Self, Self - Guest
• 2003The Marsalis Family: A Jazz Celebration — Self
• American Idol — Self - Judge
• 1999The Making of 'The Iron Giant' — Self
• 1999The Worlds of Harry Connick Jr. — Self
• 1999Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade — Self
• Parkinson — Self
• Vivement dimanche — Self
• 1997Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life — Self
• The View — Self
• 1996Independence Day: The ID4 Invasion — Self
• 1996The Making of 'Independence Day' — Self
• The Rosie O'Donnell Show — Self
• MADtv — Self - Host
• 1995Peter Allen: The Boy From Oz — Self
• 1993Disney's Night of Magic — Self
• 1993Harry Connick, Jr.: The New York Big Band Concert — Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
• Late Show with David Letterman — Self - Musical Guest, Self - Guest, Self - Guest
• 1993The Harry Connick, Jr. Christmas Special — Self - Host
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno — Self
• 1991Harry Connick, Jr.: Singin' & Swingin' — Self
• 1991Harry Connick, Jr.: Swinging Out Live — Self
• 1991Simply Mad About the Mouse — Self
• 1991The Best of Disney: 50 Years of Magic — Self
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark — Self - Guest Co-Host
• Le monde est à vous — Self
• Sacrée soirée — Self
• Late Night with David Letterman — Self - Musical Guest
• This Old House — Self
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Musical Guest
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self
• Tony Awards — Self - Performer, Self - Presenter
• Today — Self