Q., The Notebook and He's Just Not That Into You. Connolly directed his first music video in 2008, for the song "Camera Phone" by rapper The Game, featuring Ne-Yo. Connolly attended the 2010 NHL Entry Draft in Los Angeles and announced the final pick of the first round for his hometown New York Islanders. A lifelong Islanders fan, Connolly also directed the documentary film Big Shot, which screened at the 2013 TriBeCa Film Festival and the 2013 Hamptons International Film Festival The film revisits the fraud perpetrated by would-be Islanders owner John Spano in 1996. He directed the 2018 film Gotti, which starred John Travolta as mobster John Gotti. Connolly was hired after a number of other directors, including Barry Levinson, were attached to the project during its lengthy development process. The film was a critical and commercial disaster, and is one of the few films to hold an approval rating of 0% on the website Rotten Tomatoes. On July 15, 2020, Connolly was accused of rape by assistant costume designer Gracie Cox. The alleged assault occurred in December 2005, during a wrap party for Gardener of Eden. Connolly later denied the allegation through a spokesperson, stating that the encounter was consensual. On January 11, 2021, it was announced that Connolly is expecting his first child with actress Zulay Henao. They had a baby girl, Kennedy Cruz, in early June 2021. Filmography Film Television Director Awards and nominations References External links Profile on HBO.com Kevin Connolly in the Hot Seat. Interview by Alison Rosen of Time Out New York 1974 births Male actors from New York (state) American male child actors American male film actors American film directors American people of Irish descent American male television actors American television directors Living people People from Patchogue, New York 20th-century American male actors 21st-century American male actors People from Medford, New York