Harry Connick Jr. Profile

Birth name: Joseph Harry Fowler Connick Jr.

Birth Date: September 11th, 1967

Birth Place: New Orleans, Louisiana

Nickname:
The Vice-Chairman of the Board

Height:
6' 2" (1.88 m)

Parents: Both lawyers (Father Harry New Orleans District Attorney, his mother Louisiana Supreme Court Justice Anita, died of ovrian cancer when he was 13).

Spouse:
Jill Goodacre
(16 April 1994 - present) 3 children

Children: Three daughters: Georgia (b. 1996), Sara (b. September 1997) and Charlotte (b. June 26th, 2002).

Education:
Jesuit High School, in New Orleans.
New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts
New York's Hunter College
Manhatan School of Music

Did You Know:
Parents owned a record store
Started playing piano at age three, with a New Orleans jazz band aged ten.
He won piano competitions while playing French Quarter clubs
"(I Could Only) Whisper Your Name" was featured on the soundtrack for "The Mask" with Jim Carrey
He wrote the score and sang several songs for Rob Reiner's When Harry Met Sally... (1989), the soundtrack for which went multi-platinum.
His film acting debut was as B-17 tail-gunner Clay Busby in Memphis Belle (1990).
Father, Harry Connick Sr. was the District Has one sister
Harry was just voted "Best Dressed" in the September 14th, 1998 People Magazine.