Adam Driver
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Driver at the 2015 San Diego Comic-Con International promoting Star Wars: The Force Awakens
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| Born |
Adam Douglas Driver November 19, 1983 Fontana, California, U.S. |
| Residence | New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Juilliard School |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2010–present |
| Spouse(s) | Joanne Tucker (m. 2013) |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance |
 United States of America
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| Service/branch |
 United States Marine Corps
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| Years of service | 2001–2004 |
| Rank |
 Lance corporal
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| Unit | 1st Battalion 1st Marines |
Adam Douglas Driver (born November 19, 1983) is an American actor. He rose to prominence in the supporting role of Adam Sackler in the HBO comedy-drama series Girls (2012–2017), for which he received three consecutive nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. He made his Broadway debut in Mrs. Warren's Profession (2010). In 2011, he returned to Broadway in Man and Boy and made his feature film debut in J. Edgar.
Driver has appeared in supporting roles in a wide range of films, including Lincoln (2012), Frances Ha (2012) and Inside Llewyn Davis (2013). He starred in While We're Young (2014) and won the Volpi Cup for his role in Hungry Hearts (2014), as well as several best actor awards for his performance in Jim Jarmusch's Paterson (2016).
Driver gained worldwide attention and acclaim for playing the villain Kylo Ren in Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015), a role which he is set to reprise in the future Star Wars films.
Driver was born in Fontana, San Bernardino County, California, on November 19, 1983, the son of Nancy (née Needham) Wright, a paralegal, and Joe Douglas Driver. His father's family is from Arkansas and his mother's family is from Indiana. His stepfather, Rodney G. Wright, is a minister at a Baptist church.
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