Harry Connick Jr.

Joseph Harry Fowler Connick Jr. (lahir 11 September 1967) adalah seorang penyanyi, pianis, komposer, aktor, dan mantan pembawa acara televisi Amerika. Hingga 2019, ia telah menjual lebih dari 30 juta rekaman di seluruh dunia. Connick menduduki peringkat di antara 60 artis pria terlaris di Amerika Serikat menurut daftar artis musik terlaris di Amerika Serikat oleh Recording Industry Association of America, dengan penjualan bersertifikat sebesar 16juta. Dia telah memiliki tujuh album20 teratas di AS, dan sepuluh album jazz nomor satu di AS, menghasilkan lebih banyak album nomor satu daripada artis lain mana pun dalam sejarah tangga lagu jazz AS hingga 2009.Chart Beat, Billboard, April 9, 2009

Album terlaris Connick di Amerika Serikat adalah album Natalnya When My Heart Finds Christmas (1993). Albumnya yang paling tinggi tangga lagunya adalah Only You (2004), yang mencapai No.5 di AS dan No.6 di Britania. Dia telah memenangkan tiga Grammy Awards dan dua Emmy Awards. Ia memerankan Leo Markus, suami dari Grace Adler (diperankan oleh Debra Messing) di sitkom NBC Will & Grace dari tahun 2002 sampai 2006.

Connick memulai karier aktingnya dengan memainkan peran penembak ekor dalam film Perang Dunia II Memphis Belle (1990). Ia berperan sebagai pembunuh berantai dalam Copycat (1995) sebelum berperan sebagai pilot pesawat tempur dalam film blockbuster Independence Day (1996). Peran pertama Connick sebagai pemeran utama adalah dalam Hope Floats (1998) bersama Sandra Bullock. Ia juga mengisi suara untuk film animasi klasik kultus The Iron Giant (1999). Film thriller pertamanya sejak Copycat adalah Basic (2003) bersama John Travolta. Selain itu, ia memerankan mantan suami yang kejam dalam Bug (2006),  dan membintangi dua komedi romantis: P.S. I Love You (2007), dan New in Town (2009) dengan Renée Zellweger. Pada tahun 2011, ia muncul dalam film keluarga Dolphin Tale sebagai Dr. Clay Haskett dan dalam sekuelnya tahun 2014.

 Diskografi 
 Album 

 2007 Oh, My NOLA
 2007 Chanson du Vieux Carre
 2006 Harry on Broadway, Act I
 2005 Occasion: Connick on Piano, Volume 2
 2004 Only You
 2003 Harry for the Holidays
 2003 Other Hours: Connick on Piano, Volume 1
 2002 Thou Shalt Not
 2001 Songs I Heard
 2001 30
 1999 Come By Me
 1997 To See You
 1996 Star Turtle
 1994 She
 1993 When My Heart Finds Christmas
 1992 25
 1991 Blue Light, Red Light
 1990 Lofty's Roach Souffle
 1990 We Are in Love
 1989 When Harry Met Sally...
 1988 20
 1987 Harry Connick Jr.
 1978 Eleven
 1977 Dixieland Plus

 Soundtrack 

 1991 The Godfather Part III — Carmine Coppola — #12 "Promise Me You'll Remember"
 1993 Sleepless In Seattle — Various Artists — #8 "A Wink And A Smile"
 1994 The Mask — Various Artists — #5 "(I Could Only) Whisper Your Name"
 1996 One Fine Day — Various Artists — #11 "This Guy's In Love With You"
 1998 Kissing a Fool — Various Artists — "Learn to Love" and "We Are in Love"
 2001 South Pacific — Various Artists — #9 "Younger Than Springtime", #14 "You've Got To Be Carefully Taught" and #17 "My Girl Back Home"

 Beragam 

 1989 Jubilation — Various Artists — #7 "You Go To My Head"
 1990 A Jazzy Wonderland — Various Artists — #1 "This Christmas"
 1990 Making Every Moment Count — Peter Allen — #3 "When I Get My Name In Lights"
 1991 Simply Mad About The Mouse — Various Artists — #6 "The Bare Necessities"
 1992 Swing Time, Japan compilation — Harry Connick, Jr — #1 "Let Me Love You, It's OK"
 1993 France, I Wish You Love, France, compilation — Harry Connick, Jr — #3 "I Wish You Love"
 1996 Voodoo Mama/Hear Me In The Harmony (CD-single) — Harry Connick, Jr — #1 "Voodoo Mama"
 1998 New Orleans... My Home Town — Harry Connick, Sr. — #2 "Rocky Mountain Moon"
 1999 Come By Me, Japan — Harry Connick, Jr — "Just A Closer Walk With Thee"
 1999 And So This Is Christmas — Various Artists — "Silver Bells"
 2000 Come By Me, France — Harry Connick, Jr — "Parle Plus Bas"
 2007 Marsalis Music Honors Series: Bob French — Bob French — Sitting in on piano

 Filmografi 

 2007 P.S., I Love You
 2006 Bug - William Friedkin
 2005 The Happy Elf
 2004 Mickey - John Grisham
 2003 Basic - John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson
 2002-2006 Will & Grace
 2001 South Pacific
 2001 Life Without Dick
 2000 The Simian Line
 2000 My Dog Skip
 1999 Wayward Son
 1999 The Iron Giant - Jennifer Aniston, Vin Diesel
 1998 Hope Floats - Sandra Bullock
 1997 Excess Baggage - Christopher Walken
 1996 Independence Day - Will Smith
 1995 Copycat - Sigourney Weaver, Holly Hunter
 1991 Little Man Tate - Jodie Foster
 1990 Memphis Belle

 Beragam 

 1990 Carly in Concert: My Romance Carly Simon - gust artist (VHS)
 1991 Cheers — TV show guest appearance
 1993 The Harry Connick Jr. Christmas Special (CBS)
 1997 Action League Now!, Rock-A-Big-Baby (TV)(short film) (voice, as "Big Baby")
 1998 Harry Connick Jr.: Romance in Paris (PBS Special)
 1999 The Worlds of Harry Connick Jr. (Bravo)
 2001 Evening at Pops (PBS)
 2001 South Pacific (ABC)
 2001 Thou Shalt Not (Broadway Musical) — composer
 2002 Will & Grace (NBC 2002-2006)
 2003 Harry for the Holidays (NBC)
 2004 Only You: In Concert (PBS)
 2005 The Happy Elf (NBC)
 2006 The Pajama Game (Broadway Musical)
 2007 100 Biggest Weather Moments (The Weather Channel) — host

 Videografi 

 1990 Singin' and Swingin' (Sony Music)
 1990 Swingin' Out Live (Sony Music)
 1993 The New York Big Band Concert (Sony Music)
 1994 The Harry Connick Jr. Christmas Special
 2003 Harry for the Holidays (Columbia)
 2004 Only You: In Concert (Sony Music)
 2005 A Duo Occasion

 Referensi 

 Pranala luar 

 Harry Connick Jr. official website 
 Harry Connick Jr. website on Sony Music 

 VH1 Harry Connick Jr. web page 
 All Music Guide Harry Connick Jr, page
 Article on Connick's United States patent 6,348,648  for a "system and method for coordinating music display among players in an orchestra."
 Audio interview recorded April 2007 in Toronto, Canada

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