Photo: Colleen Sturtevant / CC BY-SA 4.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Adam Driver is, to me, the most interesting leading man of his generation precisely because he was never supposed to be one. The towering frame, the unconventional face, the stage-trained voice: casting logic said character actor, yet he bent the industry toward his own gravity. He gave Kylo Ren a wounded interiority that blockbusters rarely allow, then turned around and won the Volpi Cup doing intimate, demanding drama. I admire how he treats every project, franchise or arthouse, with the same monastic seriousness. He does not perform charm; he performs conviction, and that is exactly why ambitious directors keep returning to him.
Overview
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 St…
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Adam Driver
- Name (Japanese)
- アダム・ドライヴァー
- Reading
- あだむ・どらいゔぁー
- Born
- November 19, 1983 (age 42)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Boar
- Origin
- San Diego, California, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 189 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- stage actor / film actor / television actor / actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Mishawaka High School
- University
- University of Indianapolis
Awards & achievements
- 2016 Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor
- 2016 MTV Movie Award for Best Villain
- 2014 Volpi Cup for Best Actor
- 2020 Film Independent Spirit Awards
- 2012 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Featured Actor
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Stage actor — see all → · Film actor — see all → · More people from United States →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.