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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Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 9.412 |
Birthday | 1967-09-11 |
Place of Birth | New Orleans, Louisiana, USA |
Also Known As | Joseph Harry Fowler Connick Jr., |
1996
Independence Day
6.9/9602
Strange phenomena surface around the globe. The skies ignite. Terror races through the world's major cities. As these extraordinary events unfold, it...
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Independence Day
1995
Copycat
6.5/955
An agoraphobic psychologist and a female detective must work together to take down a serial killer who copies serial killers from the past.
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Copycat
1999
The Iron Giant
8/5633
In the small town of Rockwell, Maine in October 1957, a giant metal machine befriends a nine-year-old boy and ultimately finds its humanity by unselfi...
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The Iron Giant
1991
Little Man Tate
6.6/299
Dede is a sole parent trying to bring up her son Fred. When it is discovered that Fred is a genius, she is determined to ensure that Fred has all the...
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Little Man Tate
2007
P.S. I Love You
7.197/3295
A young widow discovers that her late husband has left her 10 messages intended to help ease her pain and start a new life.
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P.S. I Love You
2013
Bayou Maharajah: The Tragic Genius of James Booker
7.1/9
Bayou Maharajah explores the life and music of New Orleans piano legend James Booker, the man Dr. John described as "the best black, gay, one-eyed jun...
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Bayou Maharajah: The Tragic Genius of James Booker
2002
Life Without Dick
3.8/37
By accident, Colleen Gibson shoots and kills her gold-digging cheating boyfriend, Dick, a private eye who happens to have a hitman on his tail. Danny...
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Life Without Dick
2008
Living Proof
6.9/16
Dr Dennis Slamon, an American oncologist, discovers a treatment that could possibly cure breast cancer without radiation or chemotherapy. He tries to...
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Living Proof
1998
Hope Floats
6.443/462
Birdee Pruitt has been humiliated on live television by her best friend, Connie, who's been sleeping with Birdee's husband, Bill. Birdee tries startin...
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Hope Floats
1990
Memphis Belle
6.744/379
The "Memphis Belle" is a World War II bomber, piloted by a young crew on dangerous bombing raids into Europe. The crew only have to make one more bomb...
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Memphis Belle
1997
Excess Baggage
6.029/243
A rich brat fakes her own kidnapping, but in the process ends up locked in the trunk of a car that gets stolen.
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Excess Baggage
2007
Bug
6.125/545
In Oklahoma, Agnes, a lonely waitress living in an isolated and dilapidated roadside motel, meets Peter, a quiet and mysterious man with whom she esta...
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Bug
2005
The Happy Elf
4.6/11
The Happy Elf is a 3D-animated family holiday special & centres on the lovable character Eubie the Elf, whose quest is to bring Christmas joy to an en...
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The Happy Elf
2009
New in Town
5.837/485
Lucy Hill is an ambitious up-and-coming executive living in Miami. She loves her shoes, her cars, and climbing the corporate ladder. When she is offer...
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New in Town
2011
Dolphin Tale
6.92/640
A story centered on the friendship between a boy and a dolphin whose tail was lost in a crab trap.
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Dolphin Tale
1995
Peter Allen: The Boy From Oz
0/0
The story of Peter Allen, Australia's beloved variety entertainer and songwriter. As one of the first openly gay entertainers, Allen won a unique star...
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Peter Allen: The Boy From Oz
2001
South Pacific
4.9/9
During World War II in the South Pacific love is found between a young nurse, Nellie Forbush and an older French plantation owner, Emile de Becque. Th...
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South Pacific
2004
Mickey
5.3/9
Widower Tripp Spence goes on the run from the IRS with his 12-year-old baseball-phenomenon son Derrick. They assume new identities and flee to Las Veg...
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Mickey
2013
Angels Sing
5.5/51
As a child, Michael Walker wished every day could be Christmas. That is, until a tragic accident crushed his holiday spirit. Thirty years later, Micha...
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Angels Sing
2011
Harry Connick Jr.: In Concert on Broadway
4.5/2
After a critically acclaimed, 15 day sold-out run on Broadway comes the release of HARRY CONNICK, JR. IN CONCERT ON BROADWAY. The show left critics ra...
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Harry Connick Jr.: In Concert on Broadway
1993
Harry Connick, Jr.: The New York Big Band Concert
9/1
The New York Big Band Concert is a live performance DVD with Harry Connick, Jr. and his big band. Songs Include: Sweet Georgia Brown, Don't Get Aroun...
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Harry Connick, Jr.: The New York Big Band Concert
1997
Rock-A-Big Baby
0/0
The Action League is up to their greatest challenge yet when a giant baby attacks the band KISS during one of their concerts.
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Rock-A-Big Baby
1991
The Best of Disney: 50 Years of Magic
7.5/4
Celebrities salute Disney Studios' 50th year in Burbank, California.
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The Best of Disney: 50 Years of Magic
2004
Harry Connick Jr.: Only You In Concert
7.5/1
Originally produced as a television special for PBS, Harry Connick, Jr.: Only You in Concert features the crooner in front of a live audience at Quebe...
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Harry Connick Jr.: Only You In Concert
1993
The Harry Connick, Jr. Christmas Special
7.5/2
Filmed in Hollywood's Pantages Theatre, Harry Connick, Jr. performs several Christmas classics from his first holiday album.
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The Harry Connick, Jr. Christmas Special
2003
Harry Connick, Jr.: Harry For The Holidays
0/0
Harry for the Holidays" is both a traditional and musically adventurous Christmas television special, shot in high definition and originally broadcast...
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Harry Connick, Jr.: Harry For The Holidays
1991
Simply Mad About the Mouse
4/1
Simply Mad About the Mouse collects affectionate tributes to Disney's songs from artists like the Gipsy Kings, Soul II Soul, and Kirk Whalum. Bobby Mc...
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Simply Mad About the Mouse
1991
Harry Connick, Jr.: Singin' & Swingin'
7/1
Harry Connick, Jr. has redefined the art of jazz piano and vocals. His repertoire ranges from stylish and witty interpretations of jazz standards to h...
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Harry Connick, Jr.: Singin' & Swingin'
2014
Dolphin Tale 2
6.942/347
The team of people who saved Winter's life reassemble in the wake of her surrogate mother's passing in order to find her a companion so she can remain...
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Dolphin Tale 2
2001
The Simian Line
5/4
The Simian Line is an American improvisational film, released in 2001. When Katharine throws a party on Halloween, a psychic called Arnita predicts th...
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The Simian Line
1999
The Making of 'The Iron Giant'
6.4/8
Documentary of the making of the animated family film, The Iron Giant.
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The Making of 'The Iron Giant'
1999
The Worlds of Harry Connick Jr.
0/0
Narrated by Connick himself in a candid look at his own life and career, the program features interviews with jazz greats Branford and Wynton Marsalis...
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The Worlds of Harry Connick Jr.
2005
A Concert for Hurricane Relief
0/0
A Hurricane Katrina relief concert. After Louisiana was destroyed by Katrina, famous stars all came together and put on this concert, which aired on o...
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A Concert for Hurricane Relief
2005
Harry Connick, Jr and Branford Marsalis : A Duo Occasion
0/0
Pianist Harry Connick, Jr. and saxophonist Branford Marsalis reunite in a magical live performance. Filmed at the 2005 Ottawa Jazz Festival in Canada...
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Harry Connick, Jr and Branford Marsalis : A Duo Occasion
2024
Remembering Gene Wilder
7.4/11
This loving tribute to Gene Wilder celebrates his life and legacy as the comic genius behind an extraordinary string of film roles, from his first col...
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Remembering Gene Wilder
2024
Find Me Falling
6.712/132
After a failed comeback album, a rock star retreats to a cliffside home on Cyprus, only to find his new life complicated by visitors — and an old flam...
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Find Me Falling
2016
The Giant's Dream: The Making of the Iron Giant
7.2/5
A documentary about how the critically acclaimed film wound up being a box office disappointment, only to become regarded as a classic over a decade a...
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The Giant's Dream: The Making of the Iron Giant
2003
Basic
6.5/1032
An ex-Army Ranger turned DEA agent investigates the mysterious disappearance of a feared sergeant and his elite trainees during a routine training exe...
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Basic
2013
Piaf, Hymnes à la Môme au Beacon Theatre, New York
10/1
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2015
Sinatra 100: An All-Star Grammy Concert
9.3/3
A tribute concert celebrating Frank Sinatra’s 100th birthday that promises performances from Tony Bennett, Garth Brooks, Alicia Keys, John Legend, Ada...
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Sinatra 100: An All-Star Grammy Concert
1991
Harry Connick, Jr.: Swinging Out Live
8/1
Swinging Out Live is a live performance with Harry Connick, Jr. and his orchestra. The concert was filmed in 1990 at the Majestic Theatre in Dallas, a...
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Harry Connick, Jr.: Swinging Out Live
2000
My Dog Skip
6.746/272
A shy boy is unable to make friends in Yazoo City, Mississippi in 1942, until his parents give him a terrier puppy for his ninth birthday. The dog, wh...
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My Dog Skip
2004
Apollo at 70: A Hot Night in Harlem
6/1
Some of the world's best jazz, R & B, hip-hop, rap, gospel and Latin musicians perform classic and modern songs in this 2004 benefit show celebrat...
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Apollo at 70: A Hot Night in Harlem
2018
Impractical Jokers: The Staten Island Holiday Spectacular
0/0
The Jokers thrill a live theatre audience with holiday-themed games, and compete to determine who will make the best Santa; the hair-raising punishmen...
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Impractical Jokers: The Staten Island Holiday Spectacular
1997
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
6/2
A special celebrating Elizabeth Taylor's 65th birthday featuring never-before-seen footage of her life and career.
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Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
2004
The World of Nat King Cole
0/0
Combining rare original archive footage, home movies and authored by 40 intimate interviews with friends and celebrity fans this feature length film c...
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The World of Nat King Cole
2001
Pistol Pete: The Life and Times of Pete Maravich
7/2
Documentary about basketball player Pete Maravich. The legend of "Pistol Pete" Maravich was born on the playgrounds of his youth, extending to the cam...
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Pistol Pete: The Life and Times of Pete Maravich
1999
Wayward Son
4/2
Former fashion photographer Randall Harris debuts with this gritty drama about justice and redemption in rural Georgia during the Great Depression. Je...
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Wayward Son
2021
Fear of Rain
6.934/528
A teenage girl living with schizophrenia begins to suspect her neighbor has kidnapped a child. Her parents try desperately to help her live a normal l...
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Fear of Rain
1996
Independence Day: The ID4 Invasion
6.364/11
A "mockumentary" of the alien invasion during Independence Day. Barry Nolan hosts the programme, the first 9 minutes of which are a spoof news report...
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Independence Day: The ID4 Invasion
1996
The Making of 'Independence Day'
5.857/7
We take a look at various fields of development for the motion picture, Independence Day (1996). Jeff Goldblum is our guide through 'Area ID4' (a rip-...
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The Making of 'Independence Day'
2003
The Marsalis Family: A Jazz Celebration
0/0
Family - The legendary Marsalis jazz family steps into the spotlight with this celebration of their collective careers. Ellis, Branford, Delfeayo, Jas...
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The Marsalis Family: A Jazz Celebration
2007
George Jones & Friends 50th Anniversary Tribute Concert
4/1
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George Jones & Friends 50th Anniversary Tribute Concert
2021
Annie Live!
5.318/11
Annie, the beloved seven-time Tony Award-winning Broadway sensation, comes to life like never before in a live musical event starring Harry Connick, J...
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Annie Live!
2019
Royal Variety Performance 2019
0/0
Rob Beckett, Lewis Capaldi, Harry Connick Jr. and others
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