Harry Connick, Jr. is 55 years old today.
A singer, big-band leader/conductor, pianist, actor and composer, Connick has sold more than 25 million albums worldwide. He has seven Top 20 U.S. albums and ten #1 U.S. jazz albums, earning more #1 albums than any other artist in the U.S. jazz chart history.
Connick's best selling album in the United States is his 1993 Christmas album, When My Heart Finds Christmas. His highest charting album is his 2004 release, Only You, which reached #5 in the U.S. and #6 in Britain.
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.
Connick's first role as a leading man was in 1998's Hope Floats with Sandra Bullock. His first thriller film since Copycat came in 2007, when he played the violent ex-husband in Bug, before two romantic comedies, 2007's P.S. I Love You, and the leading man in New in Town with Renée Zellweger in 2009.