Adam Driver

Adam Driver

Known for
Acting
Born
November 19, 1983 (age 42)
Birthplace
San Diego, California, USA

Biography

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). He 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). Driver garnered further acclaim for portraying the titular character in Paterson (2016), Father Francisco Garupe in Silence (2016), Jacques le Gris in The Last Duel (2021), and Enzo Ferrari in Ferrari (2023). He has also acted in films such as Logan Lucky (2017), The Report (2019), Annette(2021), House of Gucci (2021), and Megalopolis (2024). On stage, Driver made his Broadway debut in the George Bernard Shaw play Mrs. Warren's Profession (2010) and subsequently acted in the dramas Man and Boy (2011) and Burn This (2019), the latter of which earned him a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play. He also earned praise for playing a country music singer in the off-Broadway revival of the Kenneth Lonergan play Hold On to Me Darling (2024). Driver is a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps. He helped start Arts in the Armed Forces, a nonprofit arts group for military communities. The nonprofit provided arts programming to military communities until dissolving in 2023. Description above from the Wikipedia article Adam Driver, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Filmography

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Untitled Leos Carax Project

Untitled Leos Carax Project

Movie

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Vent

Vent

Movie

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Tomorrow Is a Drag poster

Tomorrow Is a Drag

Movie

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Heat 2 poster

Heat 2

Movie · as Otis Wardell

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Sprunki: The Movie poster

Sprunki: The Movie

Movie · as Raddy

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The Dealer

The Dealer

TV

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Rabbit, Rabbit

Rabbit, Rabbit

TV · as J-Will · 7 eps

2028
Untitled X-Men Film poster

Untitled X-Men Film

Movie · as Nathaniel Milbury

2027
Alone at Dawn

Alone at Dawn

Movie

2026
Paper Tiger poster

Paper Tiger

Movie · as Gary Pearl

2026
Misty Green poster

Misty Green

Movie · as Zach

2025
Father Mother Sister Brother poster

Father Mother Sister Brother

Movie · as Jeff

2025
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music poster

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

Movie · as Self

2025
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert poster

SNL50: The Homecoming Concert

Movie · as Self

2025
Megadoc poster

Megadoc

Movie · as Self

2025
In Whose Name? poster

In Whose Name?

Movie · as Self

2025
Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance | Disneyland Resort poster

Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance | Disneyland Resort

Movie · as Kylo Ren

2024
Megalopolis poster

Megalopolis

Movie · as Cesar Catilina

2024
It's Not Me poster

It's Not Me

Movie · as (archive footage)

2023
Ferrari poster

Ferrari

Movie · as Enzo Ferrari

2023
65 poster

65

Movie · as Mills

2022
Everyday Portabella poster

Everyday Portabella

Movie

2022
White Noise poster

White Noise

Movie · as Jack Gladney

2022
Mostra, Venise poster

Mostra, Venise

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2021
The Making of the Last Duel poster

The Making of the Last Duel

Movie · as Self

2021
Baby Annette, à l'impossible ils sont tenus poster

Baby Annette, à l'impossible ils sont tenus

Movie · as Self

2021
Annette poster

Annette

Movie · as Henry McHenry

2021
The Last Duel poster

The Last Duel

Movie · as Jacques Le Gris

2021
House of Gucci poster

House of Gucci

Movie · as Maurizio Gucci

2021
The Sparks Brothers poster

The Sparks Brothers

Movie · as Self (uncredited)

2020
The Skywalker Legacy poster

The Skywalker Legacy

Movie · as Self

2020
The Making of "Marriage Story" poster

The Making of "Marriage Story"

Movie · as Self

2019
Marriage Story poster

Marriage Story

Movie · as Charlie Barber

2019
The Dead Don't Die poster

The Dead Don't Die

Movie · as Officer Ronnie Peterson

2019
The Report poster

The Report

Movie · as Daniel Jones

2019
Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People poster

Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2019
He Dreams of Giants poster

He Dreams of Giants

Movie · as Self

2019
Marriage Story: From the Pages to the Performances poster

Marriage Story: From the Pages to the Performances

Movie · as Self

2019
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker poster

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Movie · as Kylo Ren / Ben Solo

2018
The Force of Sound poster

The Force of Sound

Movie · as Ben Solo / Kylo Ren (archive footage)

2018
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote poster

The Man Who Killed Don Quixote

Movie · as Toby

2018
BlacKkKlansman poster

BlacKkKlansman

Movie · as Flip Zimmerman

2018
The Director and the Jedi poster

The Director and the Jedi

Movie · as Self

2018
Balance of the Force poster

Balance of the Force

Movie · as Self

2017
A Goodbye to Girls poster

A Goodbye to Girls

Movie · as Self

2017
Star Wars: The Last Jedi poster

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Movie · as Kylo Ren

2017
Logan Lucky poster

Logan Lucky

Movie · as Clyde Logan

2017
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) poster

The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)

Movie · as Randy

2017
Martin Scorsese's Journey Into Silence poster

Martin Scorsese's Journey Into Silence

Movie · as Self

2016
Silence poster

Silence

Movie · as Garupe

2016
Midnight Special poster

Midnight Special

Movie · as Agent Sevier

2016
Paterson poster

Paterson

Movie · as Paterson

2016
Secrets of the Force Awakens: A Cinematic Journey poster

Secrets of the Force Awakens: A Cinematic Journey

Movie · as Self

2016
LEGO Star Wars: The Resistance Rises poster

LEGO Star Wars: The Resistance Rises

TV · as Kylo Ren (voice) · 2 eps

2015
While We're Young poster

While We're Young

Movie · as Jamie Massey

2015
Star Wars: The Force Awakens poster

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Movie · as Kylo Ren

2015
Hungry Hearts poster

Hungry Hearts

Movie · as Jude

2015
Star Wars: Greatest Moments poster

Star Wars: Greatest Moments

Movie · as Self

2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert poster

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps

2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter poster

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2014
Bluebird poster

Bluebird

Movie · as Walter

2014
What If poster

What If

Movie · as Allan

2014
This Is Where I Leave You poster

This Is Where I Leave You

Movie · as Phillip Altman

2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers

TV · as Self - Guest · 5 eps

2014
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver poster

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon poster

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors poster

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2013
Inside Llewyn Davis poster

Inside Llewyn Davis

Movie · as Al Cody

2013
Frances Ha poster

Frances Ha

Movie · as Lev Shapiro

2013
Tracks poster

Tracks

Movie · as Rick Smolan

2013
The River

The River

Movie · as Joe

2013
Picasso Baby

Picasso Baby

Movie · as Self

2013
Best Friends poster

Best Friends

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2012
Not Waving but Drowning poster

Not Waving but Drowning

Movie · as Adam

2012
Lincoln poster

Lincoln

Movie · as Samuel Beckwith

2012
Gayby poster

Gayby

Movie · as Neil

2012
Girls poster

Girls

TV · as Adam Sackler · 62 eps

2011
J. Edgar poster

J. Edgar

Movie · as Walter Lyle

2011
I'm Coming Over

I'm Coming Over

Movie · as Evan

2011
The Basement

The Basement

Movie · as Adam

2011
Sweet Nothings poster

Sweet Nothings

Movie · as Adam

2011
Bob's Burgers poster

Bob's Burgers

TV · as Art the Artist (voice), art (voice) · 1 ep

2010
You Don't Know Jack poster

You Don't Know Jack

Movie · as Glen Stetson

2010
Goldstar, Ohio poster

Goldstar, Ohio

Movie · as Jared Rock

2010
Archangel poster

Archangel

Movie · as Man

2010
Conan poster

Conan

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2009
The Unusuals poster

The Unusuals

TV · as Will Slansky · 1 ep

2007
The Graham Norton Show poster

The Graham Norton Show

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit poster

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

TV · as Jason Roberts · 1 ep

1990
Law & Order poster

Law & Order

TV · as Robby Vickery · 1 ep

1989
The Simpsons poster

The Simpsons

TV · as Adam Sackler (voice) · 1 ep

1975
Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live

TV · as Self - Host · 4 eps

1953
The Oscars poster

The Oscars

TV · as Self · 1 ep