Harry Connick Jr.

Harry Connick Jr. is one of those rare talents where you genuinely can't put him in a box — the man is a world-class jazz pianist, a velvet-voiced singer who helped revive the Great American Songbook for a whole generation, a credible actor (When Harry Met Sally soundtrack alone cemented his cool factor before most people even knew his name), and a Broadway performer who picked up a Theatre World Award. Growing up in New Orleans soaked him in the real stuff — not the tourist version — and that authenticity bleeds into everything he does. Selling over 30 million records and landing a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame says plenty, but what I love most is that he never seemed to chase trends; he just kept doing Harry Connick Jr. things with total confidence, and the audience kept showing up.

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Name (English)

Harry Connick Jr.

Name (Japanese)

ハリー・コニック・ジュニア

Reading

はりー・こにっく・じゅにあ

Born

September 11, 1967 (age 59)

Origin

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Occupation

actor / singer-songwriter / bandleader / composer / conductor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Goat

High school

Jesuit High School

University

Hunter College

Awards & achievements

• Primetime Emmy Award
• 2006 Theatre World Award
• star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

• Official sitehttps://www.harryconnickjr.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/harryconnickjr/
• Xhttps://x.com/harryconnickjr
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry%20Connick%20Jr.
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8F%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B3%E3%83%8B%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A5%E3%83%8B%E3%82%A2
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q313755

Tags

• Louisiana
• actor
• singer-songwriter
• bandleader

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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