Adam Driver 10 Personal Facts, Biography, Wiki
American actor Born: November 19, 1983 (age 38 years), San Diego, California, United States Spouse: Joanne Tucker (m. 2013) Award: List of awards and nominations received by Adam Driver Parents: Joe Driver, Nancy Wright Siblings: April Driver Birthday: November 19, 1983 Age: 38 Years, 38 Year Old Males Sun Sign: Scorpio Also Known As: Adam Douglas Driver Born Country: United States Born In: San Diego, California, United States Famous As: Actor Spouse/Ex-: Joanne Tucker (M. 2013) Father: Joe Driver Mother: Nancy Wright Ancestry: German Americans, British Americans, Irish Americans Notable Alumni: Juilliard School U.S. State: California City: San Diego, California Education: Juilliard School
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Driver married his longtime partner Joanne Tucker in June 2013. The couple have a son, whose birth they kept private from the press for two years. They live in the Brooklyn Heights neighborhood of New York City with their son. Driver is the founder of Arts in the Armed Forces (AITAF), a non-profit that performs theatre for all branches of the military in the United States and abroad. Driver has said on multiple occasions that he does not like to watch or listen to his own performances. During a radio interview with NPR’s Fresh Air, he chose not to continue with the interview after the host played a clip from Marriage Story. The executive producer of the radio show later claimed that Driver was warned to take off his headphones before the clip played, and that the show did something similar with Driver during a 2015 interview. During the same interview, Driver stated he disliked watching or listening to his acting work. Adam Driver was born on November 19, 1983, in San Diego, California, to Joe Douglas Driver and Nancy Wright (née Needham). His mother worked as a paralegal and divorced Adam’s father when Adam was a child. She then married Rodney G. Wright, a minister at a Baptist church. The family left California when Adam was 7 years of age, and his mother took Adam and his sister to her home state, Indiana. There, he was enrolled at the ‘Mishawaka High School’ and did some plays during his school days, which laid the foundation of his future career in acting. By the time he graduated from high school, he had started trying to become a serious actor. He soon applied to the ‘Juilliard School,’ the best acting school in New York. However, his application was rejected. Facing a painful rejection did not make Adam lose hope, and he soon decided to move to Los Angeles. His car broke down midway, forcing him to return to his house. Around the same time, the 9/11 took place, shaking the whole of the US and the world. Adam was deeply affected too, and he immediately applied to the American military. He had given up on acting by then, and joined the ‘United States Marine Corps.’ In the following two years, Adam Driver enjoyed his stint with the military. However, a mountain-bike accident ended his days in the army. He was honorably discharged and then joined the ‘University of Indianapolis’ for a year. Bored of the university, he decided to give his old love, acting, another shot and applied to the ‘Juilliard School’ yet again. His application was accepted this time around. Adam Driver dated Joanne Tucker for almost a decade before eventually marrying her in 2013. The family lives in Brooklyn with their pet dog Moose, a Pit-bull–Rottweiler mix. The couple has a son. Adam is a great admirer of the armed forces, as he learned to appreciate them during his years in the army. He has founded ‘Arts in the Armed Forces,’ a company that organizes free theatrical shows for American army men stationed in the US or abroad. After 9/11, Adam Driver joined the Marines. In high school, Adam Driver formed his own combat club. As a teenager, Adam Driver relocated to Hollywood to get into Julliard School but he failed and returned back in two days. Adam Driver’s early acting style was rather aggressive. Adam Driver is a musically gifted individual. For his part in Martin Scorsese’s Silence, Adam Driver dropped 50 pounds. A charity organization helping soldiers was founded by Adam Driver. Adam Driver hosted Saturday Night Live three times. Joined the Marines after 9/11, but a few months before he was to be deployed to Iraq in 2004, suffered a broken sternum that was serious enough for him to be honorably discharged Decided to become an actor after a close encounter with the hazardous material white phosphorus, caused by a snafu during a training exercise with the Marines in California Was rejected by Juilliard after high school, but reapplied and was accepted after spending a year at college in Indiana following his stint in the Marines Made Broadway debut in 2010 in a revival of George Bernard Shaw’s Mrs Warren’s Profession Along with his wife Joanne Tucker, runs Arts in the Armed Forces, a nonprofit organization that sponsors performances for mixed military and civilian audiences
