Joseph Harry Fowler Connick, Jr. was born on September 11, 1967 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He is an American singer, pianist, actor, and humanitarian.

Connick was a child prodigy in New Orleans, playing piano in French Quarter clubs and rubbing elbows with fellow jazz prodigies Wynton and Branford Marsalis. By 1987 he was in New York and had released his self-titled first album for Columbia.

His 1998 album 20 was later followed by 25 and 30, plus many other jazz and swing albums. Connick composed the score to the 1989 film When Harry Met Sally and later turned to acting himself, playing a WWII flyboy in Memphis Belle (1990), wingman for Will Smith in Independence Day (1996), and a small-town Texas Romeo in Hope Floats (1998).

In 2001 he made his Broadway debut, scoring the New Orleans-tinged musical Thou Shalt Not. He also starred in Basic (2003), Bug (2006) and P.S., I Love You (2007).

He married model Jill Goodacre, originally from Texas, in 1994.

Filmography

• P.S., I Love You (2007)
• Bug (2006)
• "Will & Grace" (23 episodes, 2002-2006)
• The Happy Elf (2005)
• Mickey (2004)
• Basic (2003)
• Life Without Dick (2002)
• South Pacific (2001)
• The Simian Line (2000)
• My Dog Skip (2000)
• Wayward Son (1999)
• The Iron Giant (1999)
• Hope Floats (1998)
• Excess Baggage (1997)
• Action League Now!!: Rock-A-Big-Baby (1997)
• "Mad TV" (1 episode, 1996)
• Independence Day (1996)
• Copycat (1995)
• "Cheers" (1 episode, 1992)
• Little Man Tate (1991)
• Memphis Belle (1990)
• "Saturday Night Live" (1 episode, 1990)

Awards

• Grammy Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album "Songs I Heard" 2002
• Grammy Best Jazz Vocal Performance-Male "We Are In Love" 1991
• Billboard Music Award Jazz Artist 1990
• Grammy Best Jazz Vocal Performance-Male "When Harry Met Sally" 1989