Adam Driver | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Driver at the Tokyo premiere of Star Wars: The Last Jedi in 2017 | |
| Born | Adam Douglas Driver November 19, 1983 Fontana, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Juilliard School (BFA) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2009–present |
| Spouse |
Joanne Tucker (m. 2013) |
| Children | 2 |
| Relatives | Henry Tucker (grandfather-in-law) |
| Awards | Full list |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Branch | United States Marine Corps |
| Rank | Lance corporal |
Adam Douglas Driver (born November 19, 1983) is an American actor. Recognized for his collaborations with auteur filmmakers, he is the recipient of various accolades, including nominations for two Academy Awards, four Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Tony Award.
Driver made his film debut in J. Edgar before taking on supporting roles in Lincoln (2012), Frances Ha (2012) and Inside Llewyn Davis (2013). He won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor for a leading role in Hungry Hearts (2014) and gained wider recognition for playing Kylo Ren in the Star Wars sequel trilogy (2015–2019). He played a poet in Paterson (2016), and had supporting roles in the religious epic Silence (2016) and the heist comedy Logan Lucky (2017). Driver garnered consecutive Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor playing an undercover agent infiltrating the KKK in BlacKkKlansman (2018) and Best Actor for his role as a theatre director going through a divorce Marriage Story (2019).[1] He has since portrayed real life figures such as Daniel J. Jones in The Report (2019), Jacques le Gris in The Last Duel (2021), Maurizio Gucci in House of Gucci (2021), and Enzo Ferrari in Ferrari (2023).[2]
On television, he gained acclaim for playing an emotionally unstable actor in the HBO series Girls (2012–2017), for which he received three consecutive Primetime Emmy nominations. On stage, Driver made his Broadway debut in Mrs. Warren's Profession (2010) and subsequently acted in Man and Boy (2011) and Burn This (2019), the later of which earned him a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play.
Driver is a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps.[3][4] He also was the founder of Arts in the Armed Forces, a non-profit that provided free arts programming to American active-duty service members, veterans, military support staff, and their families worldwide.[5]
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- ^ Squillaci, Laura (December 14, 2023). Adam Driver è Ferrari nel biopic di Michael Mann (in Italian). Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via www.rainews.it.
- ^ Brady, Tara (December 29, 2016). "Adam Driver, on Star Wars, Scorsese and stepping up after 9/11". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on August 9, 2019. Retrieved June 16, 2018.
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- ^ "Arts in the Armed Forces". Vice. January 15, 2016. Retrieved September 30, 2020.