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
Broadway debut in
Mrs. Warren's Profession (2010) and subsequently appeared in
Man and Boy (2011). 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. Driver 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 won the
Volpi Cup for Best Actor for his lead role in the drama
Hungry Hearts (2014).
Driver gained wider recognition for playing
Kylo Ren in the
Star Wars sequel trilogy (2015–2019). 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). 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 garnered consecutive Academy Award nominations:
Best Supporting Actor for
Spike Lee's
BlacKkKlansman (2018) and
Best Actor for Noah Baumbach's
Marriage Story (2019).
[1] 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).
Driver is a veteran of the
U.S. Marine Corps. 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.
