Harry Connick Jr.

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia 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 bestselling male artists in the United States by the Recording Industry Association of America with 16 million certified albums He has seven top20 US albums and ten numberone US jazz albums earning more numberone albums than any other artist in the US jazz chart history Connicks 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 US and 6 in Britain He has won three Grammy awards and one Emmy Award He played Graces husband Dr Leo Markus on the TV sitcom Will amp 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 Connicks first role as a leading man was in 1998s Hope Floats with Sandra Bullock His first thriller film since Copycat came in 2007 when he played the violent exhusband in Bug before two romantic comedies 2007s PS 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 CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia