American pop and theater singer as well as a television, theater and film actor. He is a multi-million selling recording artist with nine studio albums to his credit.
Harris got his start as the grand champion singer of Star Search in its premiere season in 1983. He gained acclaim and became best known for his winning rendition of the song “Over the Rainbow” which has since become his signature song.
On Broadway, he received a Drama Desk nomination for his role in the Jeff Calhoun-directed revival of Grease, and a Drama League Award as well as Tony, Outer Critic’s Circle and Drama Desk Award nominations for his work in Cy Coleman’s Tony-nominated musical The Life.
In 2014, Harris penned a collection of autobiographical essays and stories entitled Ham – Slices of a Life which was published by Simon & Schuster/Gallery Books, and received unanimous critical praise. Harris subsequently adapted the book into an Off-off-Broadway solo performance, HAM: A Musical Memoir. In 2020, Harris released his second book, a novel entitled The Substance of All Things.
Harris and Danny Jacobsen, who is a director and presentation coach for numerous blue-chip companies and also a film producer, have been together since 1994. In 2008, they adopted a son, Cooper Atticus Harris-Jacobsen, and then the couple married.
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