Jay W. Jensen was a drama teacher in Miami Beach, Florida. known as "The Teacher to the Stars". Jensen is credited with inspiring the acting talents of such well-known actors as Andy García and Mickey Rourke.

Andrés Arturo García Menéndez, known professionally as Andy García, is an American actor, director and producer. He first rose to prominence acting in Brian De Palma's The Untouchables (1987) alongside Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, and Robert De Niro. He continued to act in films such as Stand and Deliver (1988), and Internal Affairs (1990). He then costarred in Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather Part III (1990) as Vincent Mancini, for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor.