Bio: Adam Douglas Driver was born in San Diego, California. His mother, Nancy (Needham) Wright, is a paralegal from Mishawaka, Indiana, and his father, Joe Douglas Driver, who has deep roots in the American South, is from Little Rock, Arkansas. His stepfather is a Baptist minister. His ancestry includes Dutch, English, German, Irish and Scottish. Driver was raised in Mishawaka after his parents' divorce, attending Mishawaka High School, where he appeared in plays. After 9/11, he enlisted in the Marines, serving for more than two years before being medically discharged after he suffered an injury, which prevented him from being deployed.Driver attended the University of Indianapolis (for a year) and then transferred to study drama at Juilliard School in New York City, graduating in 2009. He began acting in plays, appearing on Broadway, before being cast in Lena Dunham's series Girls (2012), as her character's love interest, Adam Sackler. The role gained him attention, and he subsequently began a robust film career, appearing in small roles in J. Edgar (2011) and Lincoln (2012), supporting roles in Frances Ha (2012) and Inside Llewyn Davis (2013), and then to major mesmerizing roles like in the comedy-drama This Is Where I Leave You (2014), Martin Scorsese's Silence (2016) and as Kylo Ren in the Star Wars movie saga beginning with Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015).Widely regarded as the one of greatest actors of his generation by now both in the United States and internationally as his superb qualities have been expressed further in a sublime range of excellent performances full of unique profoundness, subtlety, charisma and insights such as the ones included in brilliant films like Paterson (2016), Logan Lucky (2017), The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2018) and The Report (2019). His interpretations in BlacKkKlansman (2018) and Marriage Story (2019) were also nominated in the Academy Awards for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role and Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role respectively.
Tivia: Received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Juilliard School in New York City (2009).Attended and graduated from Mishawaka High School in Mishawaka, Indiana (2001).While serving in the United States Marine Corps, he missed active duty in Iraq on account of a mountain biking accident in which he broke his sternum.Does not watch his own performances onscreen, and even declines to listen to audio clips of himself while being interviewed on the radio.Growing up, he sang in the church choir; his stepfather was a minister.Served in the United States Marine Corps, and currently manages Arts in the Armed Forces, a non-profit organization that stages theatrical performances for military personnel.Before becoming an actor, he once worked as a door-to-door Kirby Vacuum salesman, a telemarketer for a basement water-proofing company, and Ben Franklin construction company.Lena Dunham thanked Driver profusely for his support when she won her Golden Globe Award in January 2013.Says he 'originally passed on' his role of Adam Sackler on Girls (2012) because he "thought television was evil".He was considered for the role of Lex Luthor in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016), which went to Jesse Eisenberg.As of 2020, has appeared in three films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Lincoln (2012), BlacKkKlansman (2018) and Marriage Story (2019).Nominated for the 2019 Academy Award in the Best Supporting Actor category for his role as Flip Zimmerman in BlacKkKlansman (2018), but lost to Mahershala Ali for Green Book (2018).Before his major mainstream roles like in the Star Wars franchise, he has often played socially awkward characters.Has one son with his wife Joanne Tucker; they kept his birth hidden from the press for two years.He was rumored to be playing Dick Grayson/Nightwing in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) but denied any involvement. Despite this, he expressed an interest in the role and has been a popular choice among fans ever since.He is the son of Joe Douglas Driver and Nancy (Needham) Wright. Adam has English, German, Dutch, Irish, Scottish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, and distant Swedish, Welsh, and French, ancestry. His father is from Arkansas and his mother is from Indiana. Their families have lived in those states for many generations. Some of his Dutch ancestors were from Friesland.Has stated his interest in working with Pedro Almod��var, Paul Thomas Anderson, Michael Haneke and Mike Leigh.Was briefly enrolled in the University of Indianapolis theatre department.Nominated for the 2019 Golden Globe Award in the Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture category for his role as Flip Zimmerman in BlacKkKlansman (2018), but lost to Mahershala Ali for Green Book (2018).Has worked with seven directors who have won the Academy Award for Best Director: Barry Levinson, Clint Eastwood, Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen and Steven Soderbergh.Currently resides in Brooklyn Heights, New York City.Born at 12:34 PM (PST).