Adam Driver

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Name:
Adam Driver
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Adam Douglas Driver
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(41 y.o.)
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San Diego, California, U.S.
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6'2 ft ()
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176 lb (80 kg)
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Adam Driver Biography

Adam Driver is an American actor best known for his breakout role in the HBO series Girls, as well as for his roles in the movies Inside Llewyn Davis, Silence, and Star Wars. By age 33, he had already worked with filmmakers like Jim Jarmusch, Steven Soderbergh, Rian Johnson, Steven Spielberg, the Coen brothers, and Martin Scorsese, and also become part of the world's favorite space movie sequel. Net worth: $16 million.
Adam Driver - Not just Kylo Ren of Star Wars
Adam Driver - Not just Kylo Ren of Star Wars

Early life

Adam Driver was born on November 19, 1983, in San Diego, California. His father, Joe, was a Protestant preacher, and his mother, Nancy, was a legal assistant. They soon divorced, and Nancy later remarried, this time to a Baptist priest.
Childhood photo of Adam Driver
Childhood photo of Adam Driver
The family then moved to Mishawaka, Indiana - what Driver would later describe as a city of athletes and cheerleaders. A dreamy teenager who loved wandering the suburbs alone and setting things on fire, he became an outcast in what felt like the living embodiment of the American dream. The preacher's son was a star in school plays, sang in the church choir, and served as choir president. In the evenings, he and a group of his friends went to the old field to punch each other, being inspired by the movie Fight Club.
At school, Adam Driver (on the right) was an outcast
At school, Adam Driver (on the right) was an outcast
After graduating, he decided to try his luck at Juilliard, New York's prestigious acting school, one of the most prestigious educational establishments of this specialization in the world. But his school theater experience wasn't enough to get in. Refusing to return home empty-handed, he headed straight to Hollywood. Halfway there, his car broke down, eating up most of his savings in repairs. Driver lasted just two days in Los Angeles before running completely out of money. He returned home after this crushing setback.
For some time he was selling vacuum cleaners, mowing lawns, and answering calls in the office. All that was done in order to pay $ 200 rental fee for a tiny room in the house of his own parents, relations with whom were so strained that the guy was banned from entering the main part of the house and even forced to buy his own refrigerator

US Army Service

The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, prompted Adam Driver to join the army. Following his father's advice, he walked into the army recruitment office and declared: "I want to become a man!" He joined the Marine Corps and served for nearly three years — until he suffered a serious injury to the sternum after falling off a mountain bike. The accident led to his medical discharge.
Adam Driver served in the Marine Corps
Adam Driver served in the Marine Corps
In an earlier interview, the actor reflected on his military service: After those terrorist attacks, I was consumed by anger and this desire to do something—to be useful to my country. Coming home left the young man shaken. He'd once dreamed of deploying to the Middle East to prove his loyalty to his country, but now faced the prospect of settling into the mundane routine of office life.
Adam Driver - GQ 2012 Man of the Year
During the first year after his return, Adam applied to Indianapolis University, but then decided to try his luck again in the admissions office of Juilliard school, and this time he was accepted.

The career of an actor

Fresh out of Juilliard, Driver landed his first role in the TV series The Unusuals (2009). From there, he appeared in several short films and the TV series Law & Order, as well as in the movies You Don't Know Jack playing with Al Pacino (2010) and in The Wonderful Maladies (2010).
Co-starring with Terry Richardson in the TV series Girls
Co-starring with Terry Richardson in the TV series Girls
Around the same time, Adam started appearing in theater productions - in particular, in 2010 he made his debut on Broadway in a production of George Bernard Shaw's Mrs. Warren's Profession.

In 2011, Driver landed the role that would elevate his career to the next level - in the HBO comedy-drama series Girls he played emotionally unstable Adam Sackler. When the series premiered a year later, it became a cultural phenomenon. For this role, Adam was nominated for the Emmy award three times: in 2013, 2014 and 2015.
Young Adam Driver in the TV series Girls
Young Adam Driver in the TV series Girls
Riding the wave of his Girls success, Driver appeared in the film Lincoln by Steven Spielberg (2012) and in the famous Coen Brothers movie Inside Llewyn Davis (2012).
In 2005, Adam Driver`s career went up
In 2005, Adam Driver`s career went up
These performances opened doors to more compelling opportunities, such as the role in the comedy-drama While we are young (2014), and in the highly anticipated Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015).
Adam Driver as Kylo Ren in The Star Wars
Adam Driver as Kylo Ren in The Star Wars
Driver's Star Wars character is the conflicted antihero Kylo Ren, the son of Han Solo and Leia Organa, who turned to the dark side, following in the footsteps of his grandfather Darth Vader. Audiences embraced the character as one of the most compelling villains in recent cinema. Critics praised the character's complexity and hoped for even deeper development in future films.

Next came another major project where Adam Driver landed one of the leading roles. The drama Silence by Martin Scorsese tells the story about the persecution of Christians in feudal Japan. Two priests (Adam Driver and Andrew Garfield) travel there searching for a missing mentor (Liam Neeson) and face torture because of their faith.
In preparation for the role in Silence, Driver lost almost 50 pounds in weight
In preparation for the role in Silence, Driver lost almost 50 pounds in weight
The actor felt enormous responsibility since he admired the director's work, who had been developing the film idea for twenty years. He also had to lose significant weight to match the look of a captive priest.
Scorsese is the most incredible director I've ever worked with. And among them were many masters. For me, Scorsese was completely mysterious, and I trusted him completely.
At the same time, he was starring as the lead actor in Jim Jarmusch's movie Paterson. His character is a bus driver named Paterson after his hometown, who writes poetry in his spare time. The film premiered at Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for the Palme d'Or award.
Paterson is a romantic bus driver
Paterson is a romantic bus driver
Adam Driver also appeared in the new chapter of Star Wars: The Last Jedi along with Tom Hardy, Gwendoline Christie, and Andy Serkis. The premiere was scheduled for December 2017.

In 2018, Adam Driver starred in Terry Gilliam's fantasy film "The Man Who Killed Don Quixote" with Olga Kurylenko, plus Sylvester Stallone's action movie "Tough as They Come."
Also in 2018, Adam appeared in the comedy-drama BlacKkKlansman, focusing on the real-life Ku Klux Klan organization and white supremacy. For his role in this film, the actor was nominated for an Oscar.
Trailer for the film BlacKkKlansman

Private life of Adam Driver

Adam Driver has a wife whose name is Joan Tucker. They studied together at Juilliard. "She taught me not to spit in the street, and I showed her the Rolling Stones," the actor said about their first meeting.
Adam Driver and his wife Joan at the premiere of Star Wars
Adam Driver and his wife Joan at the premiere of Star Wars
In 2006, the couple founded a non-profit organization Arts in the Armed Forces, whose members participated in free performances for the military. Subsequently, they starred together in the TV series Girls. Their wedding took place in 2013. Officially the couple has no children, but in 2019, media rumors swirled about Adam and Joan having a child. Lovers did not confirm these rumors.
The couple does charity work together
The couple does charity work together

Adam Driver Nowadays

In 2019, Driver starred in the ninth Star Wars installment alongside Billy Lourdes and Jonas Suotamo. He also worked on an untitled Noah Baumbach project co-starring Scarlett Johansson. That same year saw the release of several more Driver films. These included "BlacKkKlansman" (which earned Driver an Oscar nomination for his role as Flip Zimmerman), "The Report," and "Marriage Story."

Adam Driver: latest news and articles

  • Marines are not part of the army, lmao
    2021-09-06 23:05:08
  • Driver as a Kylo Ren is perfect! Adam and Daisy gave us the best pair in the Star Wars!
    2021-05-02 08:56:25
  • She came to watch the marriage story for the sake of Scarlett, and found a new idol for myself in the person of Adam. And why haven`t I seen any films with him before?!
    2021-04-10 20:00:50
  • The guy is now being promoted and advertised literally everywhere, the world has gone crazy on his soil, and he`s not even handsome! He has a very repulsive appearance.
    2021-04-08 16:10:26
  • Marriage Story, where he plays with Scarlett Johansson, broke my heart. That moment where he screams and wants her to death, then falls to his knees and cries is very strong! Adam has incredibly powerful talent in acting!
    2021-03-27 12:31:34
  • I know him only by his role in Star Wars because my friend is a big fan of Star Wars and she forced me to watch all the films. I can`t decide if I like him as an actor. I somehow do not like Star Wars. Next time I`ll watch some other movies with him.
    2021-03-26 11:17:16
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