Early life ĭriver was born on November 19, 1983, in San Diego, California, the son of Nancy Wright (née Needham), a paralegal, and Joe Douglas Driver. He is also the founder of Arts in the Armed Forces, a non-profit that provides free arts programming to American active-duty service members, veterans, military support staff, and their families worldwide. He has since starred in Ridley Scott's period films, The Last Duel and House of Gucci (both 2021), and Baumbach's satire White Noise (2022).ĭriver is a veteran of the U.S. He garnered consecutive Academy Award nominations: Best Supporting Actor for Spike Lee's BlacKkKlansman (2018) and Best Actor for Noah Baumbach's Marriage Story (2019). In 2019, he returned to the stage in the Broadway revival of Burn This, for which he was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play. He starred as a poet in Jim Jarmusch's Paterson (2016), and had supporting roles in Martin Scorsese's religious epic Silence (2016) and Steven Soderbergh's heist comedy Logan Lucky (2017). He won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor for his lead role in the drama Hungry Hearts (2014).ĭriver gained wider recognition for playing Kylo Ren in the Star Wars sequel trilogy (2015–2019). He began his film career in supporting roles in Steven Spielberg's Lincoln (2012), Noah Baumbach's Frances Ha (2012), and the Coen brothers' Inside Llewyn Davis (2013). He rose to prominence with a supporting role in the HBO comedy-drama series Girls (2012–2017), for which he received three consecutive Primetime Emmy nominations. Warren's Profession (2010) and subsequently appeared in Man and Boy (2011). 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.ĭriver made his Broadway debut in Mrs.

Adam Douglas Driver (born November 19, 1983) is an American actor.

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