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Driver was born on November 19, 1983, in San Diego, California, the son of Nancy Wright (née Needham), a paralegal, and Joe Douglas Driver. He has Dutch, English, German, Irish and Scottish ancestry. -
When Driver was seven years old, he moved with his older sister and mother to his mother's hometown Mishawaka, Indiana in 1990. Adam was raised a Baptist and sang choir at a church his father was a minister at.
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Adam Driver graduates Mishawaka High School in 2001. -
Adam Driver applies to the Julliard School for Drama, but was not accepted. -
After high school, Adam worked as a door-to-door salesman selling Kirby vacuum cleaners and as a telemarketer for a basement waterproofing company and Ben Franklin Construction.
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Shortly after 9/11, Adam Driver would enlist to the United States Marine Corp. To which he was assigned to Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marines as an 81mm mortar man. -
Adam served for two years and eight months in the Marines before fracturing his sternum while mountain biking. He was medically discharged with the rank of Lance Corporal
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Driver attends the University of Indianapolis for about a year.
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Whilst working at the Target Distribution Center in Indianapolis, driver is told that he got accepted into Julliard School of Arts.
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Whilst in School, Driver was a member of the Drama Division's Group 38 from 2005-2009, where he would meet his future wife, Joanne Tucker. Driver graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2009.
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Driver and his partner, Joanne Tucker, create Arts in The Armed Forces, which is a non-profit based in Brooklyn, New York that brings arts programming to active-duty service members, veterans, military support staff of the United States and their families around the world free of charge. -
After Graduating Julliard School, Driver moves to New York City.
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Just before making his debut in Broadway, Driver would work as a busboy and a waiter, while also appearing in several television shows and short films.
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Driver gets one of his first roles in theatre, having a role in a play called "The Retributions." playing "Dov Palinsky." The play is about a group of Jewish freedom fighters who attempt to sabatoge German forces during WW2. -
Driver gets a role in a play called "The Forest." by Alexander Nemerov. Playing a man named Bulanov. -
Driver gets a part in George Bernard Shaw's "Mrs. Warren's Profession." Playing "Frank Gardner." The play is about a former prostitute, now a madam, who attempts to come to terms with her disapproving daughter. -
Driver has a role in Angels in America, A Gay Fantasia on National Themes, Part 1: Millennium Approaches. Playing a man named Louis Ironsin. (And Part 2 which occurred in the same day.) The play is sort of a metaphor for political issues and the AIDS epidemic while meditating on the themes of change and loss. -
Driver gets his second broadway role just a year and 6 days after his debut. In a play called "Man and Boy" playing a man named "Basil Anthony." The play is a study of a ruthless, sociopathic businessman, his inability to love and the impact of this on others. -
In 2012, Driver starred in a major off-broadway play called, "Look Back in Anger" playing a working-class Welsh houseguest named "Cliff". The play focuses on the life and marital struggles of an intelligent and educated but disaffected young man of working-class, Jimmy Porter, and his competent yet impassive upper middle-class wife Alison. -
Driver wins his first Theatre-related award for his role in "Look Back in Anger". He won the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play.. -
In 2013, Driver marries his longtime partner, Joanne Tucker. To which he would have a son with, who's been kept out of the public for two years.
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Jumping all the way to 2019, Driver stars in his most recent Theater performance to date. Playing “Pale” in a Broadway play called “Burn This”. The play is about three young people, two dancers and a copywriter, who share a Soho loft. Driver would also receive a nomination for the “Tony Award for Best Actor in Play”. Unfortunately, he would not win. -
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