SAG-AFTRA Foundation Conversations

Career Q&A with Gary Oldman. Moderated by Jenelle Riley, Back Stage. ABOUT GARY OLDMAN: Earlier this year, at the 2011 Empire Awards, Gary Oldman was honored with the Icon Award for Achievement. An acclaimed presence in motion pictures for 25 years, he is regarded as one of the foremost actors of his generation. Mr. Oldman is known to millions the world over for playing Sirius Black (Harry Pot...

A career retrospective with actor Halle Berry. Moderated by Angelique Jackson, Variety. Watch Past Q&A's: https://www.youtube.com/c/SAGAFTRAFoundation/videos Follow the SAG-AFTRA Foundation on social media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sagaftraFOUND/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sagaftraFOUNDATION Twitter: https://twitter.com/sagaftraFOUND The SAG-AFTRA Foundation is a 501(c)(3)...

A career retrospective with actor Jason Isaacs. Moderated by Audrey Cleo Yap. Watch Past Q&A's: https://www.youtube.com/c/SAGAFTRAFoundation/videos Follow the SAG-AFTRA Foundation on social media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sagaftraFOUND/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sagaftraFOUNDATION Twitter: https://twitter.com/sagaftraFOUND The SAG-AFTRA Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit...

A career retrospective with actor Harvey Keitel. Moderated by Scott Mantz. Watch Past Q&A's: https://www.youtube.com/c/SAGAFTRAFoundation/videos Follow the SAG-AFTRA Foundation on social media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sagaftraFOUND/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sagaftraFOUNDATION Twitter: https://twitter.com/sagaftraFOUND The SAG-AFTRA Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit org...

A career retrospective with actor Oscar Isaac. Moderated by Jenelle Riley, Variety. Watch Past Q&A's: https://www.youtube.com/c/SAGAFTRAFoundation/videos Follow the SAG-AFTRA Foundation on social media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sagaftraFOUND/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sagaftraFOUNDATION Twitter: https://twitter.com/sagaftraFOUND The SAG-AFTRA Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonp...

Career Retrospective with Andrew Garfield. Moderated by Stacey Wilson Hunt, New York Magazine. Andrew Garfield is an AcademyAward®-nominated actor who captivates global audiences with his transformative performances spanning feature films and notable theatre productions. He continues to evolve his body of work in powerful roles and compelling narratives. In 2016, Garfield appeared on the big scree...

A career retrospective with recording artist Rain Phoenix. Moderated by James Patrick Herman. Music chooses its vessels early on. At three-years-old, Rain Phoenix first uncovered her voice. Standing next to late big brother River, she belted along as he strummed “a guitar way too big for his five-year-old body.” Her story as an artist started there. “My first music memory was singing along to my b...

Career Q&A with June Squibb. Moderated by Anthony Breznican, Entertainment Weekly. "Nebraska" might be a father-son story, but it is June Squibb who instigates some of the most remarkable moments -- she takes on Kate Grant's razor tongue, wicked sense of humor and impenetrable strength as a wife and mother devoted to her family through thick and thin. The Illinois native made her debut in "Ali...

Career Q&A with Richard Jenkins, currently starring in THE SHAPE OF WATER.  Moderated by Jenelle Riley, Variety. Academy Award nominated Richard Jenkins is one of the most in-demand character actors in Hollywood, having appeared in over 80 films. In 2016, Jenkins was seen in John Krasinski’s THE HOLLARS opposite Margo Martindale for which they won an AARP award for Best Grownup Love Story...

A career retrospective with Gabrielle Carteris. Moderated by Stacey Wilson Hunt. Watch Past Q&A's: https://www.youtube.com/c/SAGAFTRAFoundation/videos Follow the SAG-AFTRA Foundation on social media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sagaftraFOUND/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sagaftraFOUNDATION Twitter: https://twitter.com/sagaftraFOUND The SAG-AFTRA Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprof...

A Career Retrospective with Seth Meyers,  writer and host of “Late Night with Seth Meyers.” Moderated by Mara Webster, SAG AFTRA Foundation Program Manager. Seth Meyers is an Emmy Award-winning writer and current host of “Late Night with Seth Meyers.”   Meyers hosted the 66th Primetime Emmy Awards in 2014 and was Emmy nominated in 2017 and 2018 for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Serie...

A career Q&A with Audra McDonald, SAG Award Nominee for Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill.  Moderated by Richard Ridge of BroadwayWorld.com's "Backstage with Richard Ridge."  Audra McDonald is unparalleled in the breadth and versatility of her artistry as both a singer and an actress. Recipient of a record-breaking six Tony Awards, two Grammy Awards, and an Emmy Award, she was name...

Career Q&A with Bobby Cannavale, currently starring in The Lifespan of a Fact moderated by Broadway World's Richard Ridge of "Backstage with Richard Ridge!" New York theatre credits include The Hairy Ape (Drama Desk nomination), The Big Knife, Glengarry Glen Ross, The Motherf**ker With the Hat (Tony nomination, Drama Desk Award), Mauritius (Tony nomination), Hurlyburly, F**king A and The Ginge...

Career retrospective with William H. Macy.  Moderated by Jenelle Riley, Variety. William H. Macy is an Oscar and Golden Globe nominee, an Emmy and SAG Award winning actor, and a writer in theater, film and television. He currently stars in the SHOWTIME series SHAMELESS, for which he was nominated twice for an ‘Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series’ Emmy Award and received a SAG Award nomi...

Career Q&A with Betty Buckley.  Moderated by Richard Ridge, Broadway World. Betty Buckley, who has been called “The Voice of Broadway,” is one of theater’s most respected and legendary leading ladies.  She is an actress/singer whose career spans theater, film, television and concert halls around the world.  She most recently was inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame for 2012. B...

Career Q&A with Michael K. Williams.  Moderated by Jim Halterman, TV Guide Magazine. Michael Kenneth Williams is one of this generation’s most respected and acclaimed actors. By bringing complicated and charismatic characters to life - often with surprising tenderness - Williams has established himself as a gifted and versatile performer with a unique ability to mesmerize audiences. Willi...

A career retrospective with Carey Mulligan. Moderated by Joe Utichi, AwardsLine Magazine. Subscribe to the SAG-AFTRA Foundation:  https://www.youtube.com/sagaftrafoundation Watch Past Q&A's: https://www.youtube.com/c/SAGAFTRAFoundation/videos SAG-AFTRA Foundation on social: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sagaftraFOUND/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sagaftraFOUNDATION Twitter: h...

A career retrospective with Ed Asner. Watch Past Q&A's: https://www.youtube.com/c/SAGAFTRAFoundation/videos Follow the SAG-AFTRA Foundation on social media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sagaftraFOUND/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sagaftraFOUNDATION Twitter: https://twitter.com/sagaftraFOUND The SAG-AFTRA Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to providing the...

Career Q&A with Eddie Redmayne. Moderated by Jenelle Riley, Variety. Eddie Redmayne was nominated for BAFTA’s Rising Star Award in 2012 for his continuing body of work. Subsequently, he shared a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination with his fellow actors from Tom Hooper’s Les Misérables for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. The Working Title movie was nominated for eight A...

Career Q&A with Tom Brokaw on October 7, 2016.  Moderated by Jeffrey Toobin, New Yorker Staff Writer and CNN Senior Analyst.  Tom Brokaw has spent his entire distinguished journalism career with NBC News beginning in 1966 in the Los Angeles bureau where he covered Ronald Reagan’s first run for public office, the rise of the Sixties counter culture, the assassination of Bobby Kennedy...

A conversation with Giancarlo Esposito on August 9, 2021. Moderated by Jenelle Riley, Variety. Follow the SAG-AFTRA Foundation on social media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sagaftraFOUND/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sagaftraFOUNDATION Twitter: https://twitter.com/sagaftraFOUND YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/SAGAFTRAFoundation/videos The SAG-AFTRA Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonpro...

A career retrospective with Rosie Perez on July 27, 2021. Moderated by Arianna Davis, Oprah Daily.   Follow the SAG-AFTRA Foundation on social media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sagaftraFOUND/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sagaftraFOUNDATION Twitter: https://twitter.com/sagaftraFOUND  The SAG-AFTRA Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to providing the...

Career Q&A with Michael Shannon on January 8, 2016. Moderated by Jenelle Riley, Variety. Academy® Award nominee Michael Shannon is making his mark working with many of the industry's most honored talents and treading the boards in the world's most respected theatres. With over forty roles in film, Shannon's credits include Siofra Campbell's thriller THE PRICE, Werner Herzog's SALT AND FIRE, Ma...

Career Q&A with Greta Gerwig, Writer/Director of LADY BIRD, on January 10, 2018.  Moderated by Sara Vilkomerson, Entertainment Weekly. GRETA GERWIG has rapidly emerged as one of Hollywood’s most engaging actresses, screenwriters, and directors, most recently writing and directing LADY BIRD.  The film has appeared on over 200 “Top Ten” lists for 2017, and has won Best Picture from the...

Career Q&A with Patrick Stewart. Moderated by Joe Neumaier, WQR  Patrick Stewart is one of the most acclaimed performers working today. His career includes numerous and varied roles on both stage and screen. Perhaps best known as ‘Captain Jean-Luc Picard’ on Star Trek: The Next Generation, Stewart has enjoyed a successful film and television career, earning Golden Globe, Emmy and SAG Awar...