The Playlist: Jeff Nichols & Adam Driver Reuniting For Mystery Project After Cuban Revolution Pic ‘Yankee Comandante’ Stalls, Cormac McCarthy Western Also Dead
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Adam Driver
Adam Douglas Driver 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 Wa…
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entertainment · American actor (born 1983) · stage actor · film actor · television actor · actor · also Adam Driver, Adam Douglas Driver, Driver
Born 19 November 1983 · Q4678990
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2026· 6 entries
Collider: Forget Magneto, 'X-Men' Finally Reveals Adam Driver Is Playing Its Greatest Villain
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Public attention spiked: 33,336 Wikipedia readers in one day, 8.3× the usual 4,017, with 11 article edits. Editors noted: Acting credits
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The Guardian: Adam Driver saving response to Lena Dunham allegations ‘for my book’
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The Guardian: Paper Tiger review – Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson reunite for heavyweight James Gray saga
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Driver starred in the James Gray crime drama Paper Tiger alongside Johansson and Miles Teller, the film premiering at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival
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2025· 3 entries
The Guardian: This isn’t the spin-off you’re looking for: why Disney was right to ditch Adam Driver’s Ben Solo movie
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The Guardian: Audio of Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson arguments from Marriage Story used to scare off wolves in the US
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Starred in Jim Jarmusch's anthology comedy-drama Father Mother Sister Brother with Cate Blanchett
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2024· 2 entries
The Guardian: Hold on to Me Darling review – Adam Driver powers electric Kenneth Lonergan play
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It was announced that Driver would return to the off Broadway stage playing fictional country music star Strings McCrane in the Kenneth Lonergan play Hold On to Me Darling at the Lucille Lortel Theater with performances
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2023· 1 entry
Driver hosted Saturday Night Live for the fourth time with musical guest Olivia Rodrigo
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2022· 1 entry
Driver starred in the apocalyptic black comedy film White Noise, which marks his fifth collaboration with Baumbach
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2021· 2 entries
Driver starred in Leos Carax's musical film Annette, which premiered at the 74th Cannes Film Festival
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Became widely viewed online for his shirtless appearance in the advertising campaign for Burberry's masculine fragrance Hero
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2020· 4 entries
Awarded Film Independent Spirit Awards (2020).
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Driver returned to host Saturday Night Live for the third time with musical guest Halsey
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Also received a nomination for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for his guest hosting role on Saturday Night Live
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Driver became the subject of a recurring joke on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, in which Oliver expressed several strange masochistic fantasies about Driver, referencing his muscular build and masculine appearance
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2019· 1 entry
Driver was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Lead Actor in a Play for his performance in Burn This
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2017· 1 entry
Driver appeared briefly in Noah Baumbach's The Meyerowitz Stories, making his third appearance in one of their films
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2016· 3 entries
Awarded MTV Movie Award for Best Villain for Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens (2016).
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Awarded Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor for Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens (2016).
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Whose birth they kept private from the press for two years
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2014· 2 entries
Won Volpi Cup for Best Actor for Hungry Hearts (2014).
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Played a despairing father in the drama Hungry Hearts, an aspiring filmmaker in Noah Baumbach's comedy While We're Young, and the black sheep of a dysfunctional Jewish family in the comedy-drama This Is Where I Leave
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2013· 1 entry
Driver appeared in the drama Bluebird and the romantic-comedy What If
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2012· 2 entries
Awarded Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Featured Actor (2012).
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Driver starred in the HBO comedy-drama series Girls, as the emotionally unstable boyfriend of a writer (Lena Dunham)
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2001· 1 entry
While spending time with his older sister and mother in their hometown
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1983· 2 entries
Born 1983-11-19.
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In Fontana, California, east of Los Angeles
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