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Adam Driver is an American actor whose career began in 2010. He works in stage, film, and television. Born Adam Douglas Driver in San Diego, California, he holds United States citizenship. His ethnic background includes Dutch, German, Irish, and French American heritage. Driver served in the United States Marine Corps. He is educated at the Juilliard School and the University of Indianapolis.
Driver has received several awards, including the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor, the Volpi Cup for Best Actor, and recognition from the Film Independent Spirit Awards. He has been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor, a César Award for Best Actor, a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, and an MTV Movie Award for Best Villain. He speaks English natively and has one child.
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San Diego, California, USA
Adam Douglas Driver (born November 19, 1983) is an American actor. He is the recipient of various accolades, including the Venice Film Festival Volpi Cup for Best Actor, in addition to nominations for a Tony Award, two Academy Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, four Primetime Emmy Awards, and four Screen Actors Guild Awards. Martin Scorsese has called Driver "one of…
Known for
- Paper Tiger — Gary Pearl2026
- Father Mother Sister Brother — Jeff2025
- Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music — Self2025
- SNL50: The Homecoming Concert — Self2025
- Megadoc — Self2025
- In Whose Name? — Self2025
- Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance | Disneyland Resort — Kylo Ren2025
- Megalopolis — Cesar Catilina2024
- It's Not Me — (archive footage)2024
- Ferrari — Enzo Ferrari2023
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- human
- Given name
- Douglas
- Family name
- Driver
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- San Diego
- Occupation
- actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Field of work
- acting
- Military branch
- United States Marine Corps
- Image
- Adam Driver.jpg
- Height
- 189
- Number of children
- 1
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- date of birth
- 1983-11-19
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- Adam Driver
- birth name
- Adam Douglas Driver
- start of work period
- 2010-00-00
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
- name in native language
- Adam Driver
- writing language
- English language
- ethnic group
- British Americans
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Encyclopedic overview
Adam Douglas Driver (born November 19, 1983) is an American actor. His breakout performance as Adam Sackler in the HBO television series Girls (2012–2017) earned him three consecutive Primetime Emmy nominations. Driver played supporting roles in Lincoln (2012), Frances Ha (2012), Inside Llewyn Davis (2013), and While We're Young (2014), before gaining more extensive recognition for his portrayal of Kylo Ren in the Star Wars sequel trilogy (2015–2019).
He won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor for a leading role in Hungry Hearts (2014) and received consecutive Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor for portraying Detective Philip "Flip" Zimmerman in BlacKkKlansman (2018) as well as Best Actor for his role as Charlie Barber in Marriage Story (2019).
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