---
name: "Adam Driver"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/adam-driver"
fi1m_id: "adam-driver"
imdb_id: "nm3485845"
tmdb_id: 1023139
wikidata_id: "Q4678990"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "19 November 1983"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 15
average_fi1m_score: 71
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 15
updated: "2026-10-23T04:10:46.570744+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Adam Driver

## Identity

Adam Driver

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/adam-driver
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** adam-driver
- **IMDb ID:** nm3485845
- **TMDB ID:** 1023139
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4678990
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Driver, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4678990, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3485845/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1023139

Actor. Born 19 November 1983 in San Diego, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 19 November 1983, San Diego, California, USA
- **Active:** 2012–present
- **Also known as:** Adam Douglas Driver
- **Frequently works with:** [Carrie Fisher](https://film.one/person/carrie-fisher.md), [Daisy Ridley](https://film.one/person/daisy-ridley.md), [John Boyega](https://film.one/person/john-boyega.md), [J.J. Abrams](https://film.one/person/j-j-abrams.md), [Kathleen Kennedy](https://film.one/person/kathleen-kennedy.md), [Mark Hamill](https://film.one/person/mark-hamill.md), [Noah Baumbach](https://film.one/person/noah-baumbach.md), [Oscar Isaac](https://film.one/person/oscar-isaac.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 2 Oscar nominations
- **Average Fi1m score:** 71, as actor, over 15 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 78 (10), 2020s 59 (5)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 71 to 73 across 15 titles
- **Score spread:** 5 at 80+, 6 at 60–79, 4 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 9 of 15 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 11, Action 5, Comedy 5, Science Fiction 5, Adventure 4, History 4
- **Screen time:** 30 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $4,961m across 14 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Driver, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4678990, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3485845/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1023139

## Coming up

- *Paper Tiger* (2026-11-12), as Gary Pearl
- *Alone at Dawn* (2027-12-25)
- *Untitled X-Men Film* (2028-05-04), as Nathaniel Milbury

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Star Wars: The Last Jedi*](https://film.one/film/star-wars-the-last-jedi.md) (76), [*House of Gucci*](https://film.one/film/house-of-gucci.md) (58), [*Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker*](https://film.one/film/star-wars-the-rise-of-skywalker.md) (50), [*65*](https://film.one/film/65.md) (47)
- **Netflix:** [*Marriage Story*](https://film.one/film/marriage-story.md) (84), [*Ferrari*](https://film.one/film/ferrari.md) (70)
- **AMC+:** [*Frances Ha*](https://film.one/film/frances-ha.md) (82)
- **HBO Max:** [*Girls*](https://film.one/tv/girls.md) (82)
- **Apple TV:** [*Star Wars: The Force Awakens*](https://film.one/film/star-wars-the-force-awakens.md) (77)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Adam Driver

> Adam Driver can make a slow reply funny without making the speaker a fool. We value that care, and the tension in his stillness, though his determination to take every part seriously sometimes makes for a long evening.

In *Logan Lucky* (2017), Adam Driver lets Clyde Logan take his time over a sentence without asking us to laugh at how slowly he thinks. Clyde tends bar with one hand and believes his family is cursed. Steven Soderbergh gives him room to be funny, and Driver never confuses slowness with stupidity. We warmed to him because Clyde is so often right, and Driver gives that judgement the same unhurried delivery. It is a good place to start with an actor whose seriousness can be funny when a director lets it.

The move from Adam Sackler in *Girls* (2012–2017) to Kylo Ren in the *Star Wars* sequel trilogy (2015–2019) made his intensity familiar on a much larger scale. His work with Jim Jarmusch and Noah Baumbach offers another way to watch him. In *Paterson* (2016), small gestures and repetition reveal the person; *Marriage Story* (2019) gives him extended scenes in which complicated feelings can develop. He benefits from directors who allow him that time.

In Michael Mann's *Ferrari* (2023), that restraint becomes tiring. His Enzo Ferrari wears dark glasses and a grey suit, and gives almost nothing away. We understand the choice to keep the man's grief private, but there are stretches when we want Driver to do anything at all. Erik Messerschmidt shoots the road rushing towards us, Pietro Scalia keeps each car easy to follow and Daniel Pemberton's score gives way to the engines. The racing has the urgency missing from the talky domestic scenes.

*65* (2023) shows the other risk: he can take a thin part more seriously than it deserves. Scott Beck and Bryan Woods make his stranded pilot Mills trudge through a prehistoric forest, and Driver supplies care, fatigue and a convincing shout at a dinosaur. His exchanges with Ariana Greenblatt, working out words through drawings in the dirt, briefly give the film some warmth. Salvatore Totino's murky forest and Kevin Ishioka's cracked, half-buried ship provide a credible place for him to struggle. The script gives him too little beyond struggle.

Francis Ford Coppola's *Megalopolis* (2024) gives him Cesar Catilina, an architect proposing a city of the future, in a film too muddled for us to recommend. Its sincerity earns some goodwill, but we would not choose it as an introduction to Driver. For an evening with him, we would start with Clyde and his family curse.

## Biography

Adam Driver is an American actor. He graduated from the Juilliard School in 2009 and began his career in theatre, making his Broadway debut in Mrs. Warren's Profession (2010).

His breakout role was as Adam Sackler in the HBO series Girls (2012–2017), for which he received three Primetime Emmy nominations. He gained wider recognition as Kylo Ren in the Star Wars sequel trilogy (2015–2019). Driver has appeared in films including Lincoln (2012), BlacKkKlansman (2018), Marriage Story (2019) and The Last Duel (2021).

His credits include Clyde Logan in Logan Lucky (2017), Mills in 65 (2023), Enzo Ferrari in Ferrari (2023) and Cesar Catilina in Megalopolis (2024). He received Academy Award nominations for BlacKkKlansman and Marriage Story, and won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor for Hungry Hearts (2014). On stage, he was nominated for a Tony Award for Burn This (2019).

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, britannica.com.*

## On Fi1m (15)

- *Megalopolis* (2024), Fi1m 54, as Cesar Catilina — [page](https://film.one/film/megalopolis.md)
- *65* (2023), Fi1m 47, as Mills — [page](https://film.one/film/65.md)
- *Ferrari* (2023), Fi1m 70, as Enzo Ferrari — [page](https://film.one/film/ferrari.md)
- *House of Gucci* (2021), Fi1m 58, as Maurizio Gucci — [page](https://film.one/film/house-of-gucci.md)
- *The Last Duel* (2021), Fi1m 65, as Jacques Le Gris — [page](https://film.one/film/the-last-duel.md)
- *Marriage Story* (2019), Fi1m 84, as Charlie Barber — [page](https://film.one/film/marriage-story.md)
- *Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker* (2019), Fi1m 50, as Kylo Ren / Ben Solo — [page](https://film.one/film/star-wars-the-rise-of-skywalker.md)
- *BlacKkKlansman* (2018), Fi1m 78, as Flip Zimmerman — [page](https://film.one/film/blackkklansman.md)
- *Logan Lucky* (2017), Fi1m 76, as Clyde Logan — [page](https://film.one/film/logan-lucky.md)
- *Star Wars: The Last Jedi* (2017), Fi1m 76, as Kylo Ren — [page](https://film.one/film/star-wars-the-last-jedi.md)
- *Paterson* (2016), Fi1m 84, as Paterson — [page](https://film.one/film/paterson.md)
- *Star Wars: The Force Awakens* (2015), Fi1m 77, as Kylo Ren — [page](https://film.one/film/star-wars-the-force-awakens.md)
- *Frances Ha* (2013), Fi1m 82, as Lev Shapiro — [page](https://film.one/film/frances-ha.md)
- *Inside Llewyn Davis* (2013), Fi1m 87, as Al Cody — [page](https://film.one/film/inside-llewyn-davis.md)
- *Girls* (2012), Fi1m 82, as Adam Sackler — [page](https://film.one/tv/girls.md)

## Complete filmography (64)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Untitled X-Men Film* (2028), as Nathaniel Milbury
- *Alone at Dawn* (2027), Actor
- *Paper Tiger* (2026), as Gary Pearl
- *Misty Green* (2026), as Zach
- *Father Mother Sister Brother* (2025), as Jeff
- *Mr. Scorsese* (2025), series, Thanks
- *Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance | Disneyland Resort* (2025), as Kylo Ren
- *Megalopolis* (2024), as Cesar Catilina — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/megalopolis.md)
- *It's Not Me* (2024), as (archive footage)
- *Ferrari* (2023), as Enzo Ferrari · Executive Producer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/ferrari.md)
- *65* (2023), as Mills — Fi1m 47, [page](https://film.one/film/65.md)
- *White Noise* (2022), as Jack Gladney
- *Everyday Portabella* (2022), Actor
- *House of Gucci* (2021), as Maurizio Gucci — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/house-of-gucci.md)
- *The Last Duel* (2021), as Jacques Le Gris — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/the-last-duel.md)
- *Annette* (2021), as Henry McHenry · Producer, Songs
- *Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker* (2019), as Kylo Ren / Ben Solo — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/star-wars-the-rise-of-skywalker.md)
- *Marriage Story* (2019), as Charlie Barber — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/marriage-story.md)
- *The Report* (2019), as Daniel Jones
- *The Dead Don't Die* (2019), as Officer Ronnie Peterson
- *Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People* (2019), as Narrator (voice)
- *BlacKkKlansman* (2018), as Flip Zimmerman — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/blackkklansman.md)
- *The Man Who Killed Don Quixote* (2018), as Toby
- *The Force of Sound* (2018), as Ben Solo / Kylo Ren (archive footage)
- *Star Wars: The Last Jedi* (2017), as Kylo Ren — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/star-wars-the-last-jedi.md)
- *The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)* (2017), as Randy
- *Logan Lucky* (2017), as Clyde Logan — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/logan-lucky.md)
- *Silence* (2016), as Garupe
- *Paterson* (2016), as Paterson — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/paterson.md)
- *Midnight Special* (2016), as Agent Sevier
- *LEGO Star Wars: The Resistance Rises* (2016), series, as Kylo Ren (voice)
- *Star Wars: The Force Awakens* (2015), as Kylo Ren — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/star-wars-the-force-awakens.md)
- *While We're Young* (2015), as Jamie Massey
- *Hungry Hearts* (2015), as Jude
- *This Is Where I Leave You* (2014), as Phillip Altman
- *Bluebird* (2014), as Walter
- *Tracks* (2013), as Rick Smolan
- *Inside Llewyn Davis* (2013), as Al Cody — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/inside-llewyn-davis.md)
- *What If* (2013), as Allan
- *Frances Ha* (2013), as Lev Shapiro — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/frances-ha.md)
- *Best Friends* (2013), as Narrator (voice)
- *The River* (2013), as Joe
- *Lincoln* (2012), as Samuel Beckwith — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/lincoln.md)
- *Gayby* (2012), as Neil
- *Not Waving but Drowning* (2012), as Adam
- *Girls* (2012), series, as Adam Sackler — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/girls.md)
- *J. Edgar* (2011), as Walter Lyle
- *Sweet Nothings* (2011), as Adam
- *I'm Coming Over* (2011), as Evan
- *Bob's Burgers* (2011), series, as Art the Artist (voice)
- *The Basement* (2011), as Adam
- *You Don't Know Jack* (2010), as Glen Stetson
- *Goldstar, Ohio* (2010), as Jared Rock
- *Archangel* (2010), as Man
- *The Unusuals* (2009), series, as Will Slansky
- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), series, as Jason Roberts
- *Law & Order* (1990), series, as Robby Vickery — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)
- *The Simpsons* (1989), series, as Adam Sackler (voice) — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)
- *Tomorrow Is a Drag*, Actor
- *Vent*, Actor
- *Heat 2*, as Otis Wardell
- *Rabbit, Rabbit*, series, as J-Will · Executive Producer
- *The Dealer*, series, as Executive Producer
- *Untitled Leos Carax Project*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Adam Driver as Paterson in Paterson (2016)](https://film.one/media/title/1429/still-a656697dda8a.jpg) Adam Driver as Paterson in *Paterson* (2016) — Image via TMDB
- ![Adam Driver as Charlie Barber in Marriage Story (2019)](https://film.one/media/title/452/still-78e1f2a450ff.jpg) Adam Driver as Charlie Barber in *Marriage Story* (2019) — Image via TMDB
- ![Adam Driver as Flip Zimmerman in BlacKkKlansman (2018)](https://film.one/media/title/6765/still-bb0b45998e32.jpg) Adam Driver as Flip Zimmerman in *BlacKkKlansman* (2018) — Image via TMDB
- ![Adam Driver as Clyde Logan in Logan Lucky (2017)](https://film.one/media/title/835/still-1abeb8dddf6c.jpg) Adam Driver as Clyde Logan in *Logan Lucky* (2017) — Image via TMDB
- ![Adam Driver as Mills in 65 (2023)](https://film.one/media/title/1967/still-6093c07020ee.jpg) Adam Driver as Mills in *65* (2023) — Image via TMDB
- ![Adam Driver as Cesar Catilina in Megalopolis (2024)](https://film.one/media/title/1071/still-71b946d675b4.jpg) Adam Driver as Cesar Catilina in *Megalopolis* (2024) — Image via TMDB
- ![Adam Driver](https://film.one/media/person/9351/gallery-8f7fe039b778.jpg) Adam Driver — Image via TMDB
- ![Adam Driver](https://film.one/media/person/9351/gallery-61e45a1be76f.jpg) Adam Driver — Image via TMDB
- ![Adam Driver](https://film.one/media/person/9351/gallery-44d0d0c84506.jpg) Adam Driver — Image via TMDB
- ![Adam Driver](https://film.one/media/person/9351/gallery-374ea3ba4df4.jpg) Adam Driver — Image via TMDB
- ![Adam Driver](https://film.one/media/person/9351/gallery-d774ddff6dee.jpg) Adam Driver — Image via TMDB
- ![Adam Driver](https://film.one/media/person/9351/gallery-c796e2b0b996.jpg) Adam Driver — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 2 nominated

- 2020: Best Actor (nominated), for *Marriage Story*
- 2019: Best Supporting Actor (nominated), for *BlacKkKlansman*

### Golden Globes — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2023: Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy (nominated), for *White Noise*

### Other awards — 5 won, 2 nominated

- César Award for Best Actor 2022: César Award for Best Actor (nominated), for *Annette*
- Film Independent Spirit Awards 2020: Film Independent Spirit Awards (won)
- MTV Movie Award for Best Villain 2018: MTV Movie Award for Best Villain (nominated), for *Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi*
- MTV Movie Award for Best Villain 2016: MTV Movie Award for Best Villain (won), for *Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens*
- Saturn Awards 2016: Best Supporting Actor (won), for *Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens*
- Volpi Cup for Best Actor 2014: Volpi Cup for Best Actor (won), for *Hungry Hearts*
- Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Featured Actor 2012: Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Featured Actor (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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