Age, Biography, and Wiki
Adam Driver was born on November 19, 1983, in San Diego, California. However, he grew up in Mishawaka, Indiana. His early life was marked by a stint in the United States Marine Corps, which he left after a mountain biking accident. Driver then pursued acting, eventually earning recognition for his roles in film and television. He is known for his Dutch, English, German, Irish, and Scottish ancestry.
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| Date of Birth | 19 November 1983 |
| Age | 41 Years |
| Birth Place | Fontana, California, U.S. |
| Horoscope | Scorpio |
| Country | U.S |
Height, Weight & Measurements
Adam Driver stands at 6'2" (189 cm), which is often noted for adding to his commanding presence on screen. His weight is not as frequently reported, but his physical stature is a recognizable aspect of his performances.
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Dating & Relationship Status
Adam Driver is married to Joanne Tucker, whom he met while attending the Juilliard School. The couple has one child together and maintains a private life, often avoiding the spotlight.
He won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor for a leading role in Hungry Hearts (2014) and received consecutive Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor for playing a Jewish police officer infiltrating the KKK in BlacKkKlansman (2018) and Best Actor for his role as a theater director going through a divorce 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).
He is the son of Nancy Wright (née Needham), a paralegal, and Joe Douglas Driver. His father's family is from Arkansas, and his mother's family is from Indiana. His family moved to San Diego, where Driver spent time with them until he was seven years old. After his parents were divorced, Driver and his mother moved to Mishawaka, Indiana, where he was primarily raised by his stepfather, Rodney G. Wright, a Baptist minister. Driver graduated from Mishawaka High School in 2001, while spending time with his older sister and mother at their hometown. Driver was raised Baptist, and sang in the choir at church.
Subsequently, Driver attended the University of Indianapolis for a year before auditioning again for Juilliard, this time succeeding. He got the news he was accepted while at work at the Target Distribution Center in Indianapolis. Driver has said that his classmates saw him as an intimidating and volatile figure, and he struggled to fit into a lifestyle so different from the Marines. He was a member of the Drama Division's Group 38 from 2005 to 2009, where he met his future wife, Joanne Tucker. He graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2009.
In 2012, Driver starred in the HBO comedy-drama series Girls, as the emotionally unstable boyfriend of a writer (Lena Dunham). He received three nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for his role. Driver played telegraph and cipher officer Samuel Beckwith in Steven Spielberg's historical drama Lincoln, and Lev Shapiro in Noah Baumbach's comedy-drama Frances Ha. He starred in the drama Not Waving But Drowning and the romantic-comedy Gayby. He garnered major off-Broadway recognition for playing Cliff, a working-class Welsh houseguest in Look Back in Anger, and won the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play.
In 2013, Driver appeared in the drama Bluebird and the romantic-comedy What If. He played a musician in the Coen Brothers' black comedy Inside Llewyn Davis, and photographer Rick Smolan in the drama Tracks. In 2014, he 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 You. For his performance in Hungry Hearts, Driver won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor at the 71st Venice International Film Festival. For Vogue's September 2013 issue, Driver appeared alongside Canadian model Daria Werbowy set in Ireland, photographed by Annie Leibovitz.
Driver married his long-time girlfriend Joanne Tucker in June 2013, whom he met while attending Juilliard. Tucker is the granddaughter of Bermudian politician Henry Tucker. The couple have a son, born in 2016, whose birth they kept private from the press for two years. Tucker gave birth to a second child, a girl, in early 2023. They live in Brooklyn Heights with their children and dog. Driver is the founder of Arts in the Armed Forces (AITAF), a nonprofit that performs theater for all branches of the military in the United States and abroad.
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Net Worth and Salary
As of 2025, Adam Driver's net worth is estimated at $16 million. His earnings stem from a diverse range of successful films, including the Star Wars franchise, BlacKkKlansman, and Marriage Story. His monthly earnings are reported to be around $110,000.
Career, Business and Investments
Driver's career took off with his role as Adam Sackler in the HBO series Girls. He gained international fame with his portrayal of Kylo Ren in the Star Wars sequel trilogy. Other notable films include Paterson and Silence, showcasing his ability to work with acclaimed directors like Martin Scorsese and Jim Jarmusch.
Driver is a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps. He also was the founder of Arts in the Armed Forces, a non-profit that provided free arts programming to American active-duty service members, veterans, military support staff, and their families worldwide.
Driver has described his teenage self as a "misfit"; he told M Magazine that he climbed radio towers, set objects on fire, and co-founded a fight club with friends, inspired by the 1999 film Fight Club. Throughout high school, he was active in choir and theater, participating in school productions of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Into the Woods, and Guys and Dolls. He applied to Juilliard School for drama knowing that they would not look at his grades from high school, but was not accepted. After high school, he worked as a door-to-door salesman selling Kirby vacuum cleaners and as a telemarketer for a basement waterproofing company and Ben Franklin Construction.
When Driver was eighteen, he attempted to start his acting career in Los Angeles, leaving Indiana by car and breaking down in Amarillo, Texas. He spent his money repairing his car only to make it to Santa Monica, where he lived in a hostel for two days and was scammed by a real estate agent he paid to find him an apartment. He realized he did not have enough money to live, returning to Indiana after only a week away from home.
Shortly after the September 11 attacks, Driver enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. He was assigned to Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marines as an 81mm mortar man. He served for two years and eight months, before fracturing his sternum while mountain biking. He was medically discharged with the rank of Lance Corporal.
Social Network
Adam Driver is not very active on social media platforms, preferring to maintain a private life away from the digital sphere.
After graduating from Juilliard, Driver moved to New York City, appearing in both Broadway and off-Broadway productions. Like many aspiring actors, he occasionally worked as a busboy and waiter. Driver appeared in several television series and short films. He played a repentant witness and reluctant accomplice to an unsolved assault in the final episode of the television series The Unusuals. He made his film debut in Clint Eastwood's biographical film J. Edgar.
In 2019, Driver played Daniel J. Jones in Scott Z. Burns' political drama The Report, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah. That same year, Driver returned to Broadway to play Pale against Keri Russell in Michael Mayer's directed 2019 production of Lanford Wilson's Burn This, receiving acclaim for his explosive performance and a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play. He was part of the ensemble cast for Jim Jarmusch's zombie film The Dead Don't Die, which premiered at the 72nd Cannes Film Festival and was released on June 14, 2019. That same year, Driver starred opposite Scarlett Johansson in Noah Baumbach's Marriage Story, which premiered at the 76th Venice International Film Festival. Reviewing the film in The Hollywood Reporter, critic Jon Frosch noted that Driver "delivers a brilliantly inhabited and shaded portrait" of a man undergoing a divorce. For his performance, he received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actor, BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama.
In 2021, Driver starred in Leos Carax's musical film Annette, which premiered at the 74th Cannes Film Festival. He had a leading role in Ridley Scott's historical drama The Last Duel, along with the biopic crime film House of Gucci, which covers the assassination of Maurizio Gucci, and was also directed by Scott. Equally praised by critics and directors, Driver's acting has a unique signature style that displays skittish, unpredictable physicality with full-bodied enthusiasm like Denis Lavant and Buster Keaton.
Driver has said on multiple occasions that he dislikes watching or listening to his own performances, and chose not to continue with a radio interview with NPR's Fresh Air after the host played a clip from Marriage Story. He has said that his usual technique is to leave the theater and "then I go back and, when the lights come up, I stand up. I pretend that I was there the whole time."
For his work on television, Driver has received four Primetime Emmy Award nominations. He received three nominations for his performance in Girls, from 2013, 2014 and 2015, in the Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series category. In 2020, he also received a nomination for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for his guest hosting role on Saturday Night Live. For his work in films, he has been nominated twice for an Academy Award, for his performances in BlacKkKlansman (2018) and Marriage Story (2019). He also received British Academy Film Award, Golden Globe Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award (SAG) nominations for those films as well. He also received a SAG Award nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture as a part of the ensemble of Steven Spielberg's Lincoln. In 2019, he received a Tony Award nomination for Best Actor in a Play for his performance in Burn This at the 73rd Tony Awards.
Education
Adam Driver attended the University of Southern Indiana briefly before joining the Marines. After his service, he enrolled in the Juilliard School, where he honed his acting skills and graduated in 2009.
Conclusion
Adam Driver's career is a testament to his dedication and versatility as an actor. With a promising slate of upcoming projects and a growing presence in both mainstream and arthouse cinema, Driver continues to build on his success while maintaining a personal life that is markedly private and focused on his craft.
