SAG-AFTRA Foundation Conversations

A Career Retrospective with Jonathan Pryce on January 27, 2020.  Moderated by Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter.    Academy Award® nominated Jonathan Pryce is an internationally acclaimed, award-winning actor of the stage and screen. He is best known for Brazil, Glengarry Glen Ross, Evita, Tomorrow Never Dies, and The Pirates of the Caribbean series, as well as his widely recog...

A career retrospective with recording artist Rain Phoenix on January 22, 2020 . 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 musi...

A Q&A with Alan Alda on November 19, 2019. Moderated by Brian Rose. Alan Alda is indelibly linked to his eleven seasons as Dr. Hawkeye Pierce on M*A*S*H, which debuted in 1972. His work on the comedic drama set in the Korean War made him the only person to win acting, directing and writing Emmys® for the same series. M*A*S*H became a ratings juggernaut, and remains popular with old and new aud...

A career retrospective with Renée Zellweger from November 26, 2019. Moderated by Jenelle Riley, Variety. Renée Zellweger is one of the most cherished and respected actors in modern cinema.   Zellweger is most notably known for her starring role as the seminal British everywoman in the film BRIDGET JONES’S DIARY and its sequel BRIDGET JONES: THE EDGE OF REASON, both opposite Hugh Grant and Col...

A Career Retrospective with Billy Crudup recorded on December 17th, 2019. Moderated by Mara Webster. Equally memorable on the stage and screen, Billy Crudup has earned critical accolades for his performances. Currently he stars as Corey Ellison in Apple’s Golden-Globe nominated The Morning Show alongside Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon and Steve Carrell, which earned him both Critics’ Choice A...

A career retrospective with Laura Dern recorded on November 26th, 2019. Moderated by Stacy Wilson Hunt. Two-time Academy Award nominee, Emmy and Golden Globe winner, Laura Dern has touched audiences and critics alike with her moving and heartfelt performances. In addition to her two Oscar nominations, Dern has won four Golden Globe Awards with seven nominations, as well as earned a Primetime Emmy...

A Career retrospective with Edward Norton on December 5th, 2019. Moderated by Dave Karger. Edward Norton has acted in the films Primal Fear, Everyone Says I Love You, The People vs Larry Flynt, American History X, Rounders, Fight Club, Keeping the Faith, The Score, Death to Smoochy, Frida, Red Dragon, 25th Hour, The Italian Job, Down in the Valley, Kingdom of Heaven, The Illusionist, The Painted V...

Recorded on December 3rd, 2019. A career retrospective with Jennifer Beals. Jennifer Beals is an internationally renowned actress who has over 90 credits to her name, including critically acclaimed feature films and some of the highest rated television series to date. Beals is currently executive producing and returning as a lead cast member in the revival of her hit original series THE L WORD: GE...

A Career Retrospective with Ian McShane. Moderated by Dominic Patten, Deadline.  A natural at portraying complex anti-heroes and charming heavies, IAN McSHANE is the classically trained, award-winning actor who has grabbed attention and acclaim from audiences and critics around the world with his unforgettable gallery of scoundrels, kings, mobsters and thugs.  And, now, a god as well!&nb...

A career retrospective with Diahann Carroll on February 4, 2009.  Moderated by Anthony DeSantis.

A career retrospective with Maggie Gyllenhaal on October 23, 2019. Moderated by Jacqueline Coley, Rotten Tomatoes.  Maggie Gyllenhaal is one of the great actresses of today. Most recently, Gyllenhaal starred in and produced the film, THE KINDERGARTEN TEACHER, which premiered on Netflix to phenomenal reviews. She also received a 2018 Golden Globe nomination and a 2019 Critics Choice Award Nomi...

A career retrospective with Eddie Murphy from November 15, 2019. Moderated by Jenelle Riley, Variety. Eddie Murphy is the most commercially successful African-American actor in the history of the motion picture business, and is one of the industry’s top-five box-office performers overall. Murphy is on the very short list of actors who have starred in multiple $100 million pictures over the past th...

A career retrospective with Robert Forster from September 27, 2007.  Moderated by Paul Hartel.

Career Q&A with Michael B. Jordan on December 6, 2018. Moderated by Jenelle Riley, Variety. Actor, producer, CEO and visionary Michael B. Jordan most recently starred in Marvel’s Black Panther for which he received critical acclaim for his role as Erik Killmonger. It marked Jordan’s third feature directed by Ryan Coogler. The film was released by Walt Disney Studios in February 2018 and went o...

Career Retrospective with Patricia Clarkson on November 28, 2018.  Moderated by Dave Karger. Academy Award nominee and Emmy Award-winning actress, Patricia Clarkson takes on roles as varied as the platforms for which she plays them. This multi-faceted approach makes her one of today's most respected actresses. Clarkson's continuous innovative work in independent film most recently earned her...

Career Conversations with John Krasinski. Moderated by Jenelle Riley, Variety. John Krasinski has established himself as one of the most exciting talents as an actor, writer and director, engaging audiences on the big and small screen. He directed, co-wrote and stars in A Quiet Place.  On the small screen, Krasinski can be seen as the title character in Amazon’s adaptation, Tom Clancy’s Jack...

Recorded on December 5th, 2014. A Career Q&A with Al Pacino.  Moderated by Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter.

Recorded on June 13, 2019. A career retrospective with Terry Crews. Moderated by Jenelle Riley, Variety. Terry Crews - Host of America’s Got Talent: The Champions and America’s Got Talent season 14 Action-movie hero, sitcom star, children’s book illustrator, advertising pitchman, playable video game character, talent show host, high-end furniture designer, and human rights activist all describe th...

Recorded on April 6th, 2016. Career Conversations with David Tennant. Moderated by BroadwayWorld.com's Richard Ridge of "Backstage with Richard Ridge!" Over his twenty-seven year long acting career, David Tennant has left a trail of memorable characters over an expansive and diverse array of film, television and on stage credits. Currently, David can be seen on stage as the title character in Shak...

Recorded on January 12, 2019. A Career retrospective with Adam Driver. Moderated by Jenelle Riley. Adam Driver was most recently seen starring in Rian Johnson’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi and Steven Soderbergh’s Logan Lucky, alongside Channing Tatum and Daniel Craig. Driver is currently shooting Noah Baumbach’s next feature opposite Scarlett Johansson. Driver won the Volpi Cup Award for Best Actor f...

Conversations Career Retrospective with Bradley Cooper. Moderated by Krista Smith, Vanity Fair. Multiple Screen Actors Guild Award nominee Bradley Cooper recently made his directorial debut with the critically acclaimed Warner Bros. film A Star is Born, which he also stars in, co-wrote and produced.  Additional film credits include:  Oscar-nominated films American Sniper, American Hustle...

Recorded on January 22, 2015. A Career Q&A with Edward Norton. Moderated by Jenelle Riley, Variety.

Recorded on December 3, 2013. Career Q&A with Colin Farrell.  Moderated by Jenelle Riley, Variety.

Recorded on November 28th, 2012. A Career Q&A with Ewan McGregor.  Moderated by Jenelle Riley, Back Stage. EWAN MCGREGOR (Henry) has proven himself as a true actor time and again, from his breakthrough role as the heroin-addicted Mark Renton in Irvine Welsh's Trainspotting, to the legendary Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars Episode 1, to starring as "Christian" opposite Nicole Kidman in the Aca...

Career Q&A with Matthew McConaughey.  Moderated by Jenelle Riley, Variety. Texas native Matthew McConaughey is one of Hollywood's most sought-after leading men. A chance meeting in Austin with casting director and producer Don Phillips led him to director Richard Linklater, who launched the actor's career in the cult classic Dazed and Confused. Since then, he has appeared in over 40 featu...