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- NAME: Harry Connick Jr.
- OCCUPATION: Film Actor, Songwriter, Pianist, Singer
- BIRTH DATE: September 11, 1967 (Age: 45)
- EDUCATION: Loyola University
- PLACE OF BIRTH: New Orleans, Louisiana
- ZODIAC SIGN: Virgo
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Charitable New Orleans heartthrob Harry Connick, Jr. is popularly known as both a jazz musician and an actor.
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Personal Life
Despite these successful forays onto stage and screen, Connick remained focused primarily on his music, releasing a steady stream of new albums full of jazz, funk, pop and Christmas songs. After Hurricane Katrina laid waste to his hometown in 2005, Connick returned to New Orleans and teamed up with Branford Marsalis and Habitat for Humanity to build homes and a new community center,
the Ellis Marsalis Center for Music. Connick remains one of the most outspoken celebrity voices advocating for New Orleans' reconstruction.
Connick married Jill Goodacre, a former Victoria's Secret model, in 1994. The couple has three daughters. Over the course of his career, Connick has sold more than 25 million records and appeared in nearly two dozen films. "Everything I do is part of my passion," he said, explaining his diverse talents. "I do the things I like to do. It's sort of a bigger version of having more than one hobby. I love to play piano, sing, and act. I love to do all those things."
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