Adam Driver Net Worth

What is Adam Driver's Net Worth and Salary?

Adam Driver is an American actor who has a net worth of $30 million.

Adam Driver is best known for playing Kylo Ren in "Star Wars: The Force Awakens," "Star Wars: The Last Jedi," and "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker." Before becoming internationally famous through "Star Wars," he broke through as Adam Sackler on the HBO series "Girls," earning three Primetime Emmy nominations for the role. He later built one of the most respected film careers of his generation with performances in "Paterson," "BlacKkKlansman," "Marriage Story," "The Report," "Annette," "The Last Duel," "House of Gucci," "Ferrari," and "Megalopolis." His work in "BlacKkKlansman" and "Marriage Story" earned him Academy Award nominations, while his return to Broadway in "Burn This" earned him a Tony nomination. A former Marine, Driver also co-founded Arts in the Armed Forces, a nonprofit that brought theater and arts programming to military communities for more than a decade.

Early Life

Adam Douglas Driver was born on November 19, 1983, in San Diego, California. He was raised primarily in Mishawaka, Indiana, where he moved with his mother, Nancy, and later lived with his stepfather, Rodney G. Wright, a Baptist minister. Driver has described himself as a restless and somewhat misfit teenager. After graduating from Mishawaka High School in 2001, he worked ordinary jobs, including selling Kirby vacuum cleaners door-to-door.

After the September 11 attacks, Driver enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. He served for nearly three years with the 1st Battalion, 1st Marines, but was medically discharged after breaking his sternum in a mountain-biking accident shortly before his unit deployed to Iraq. The experience left him with a complicated sense of unfinished duty, but it also helped shape the discipline and intensity that later became part of his acting identity.

After leaving the Marines, Driver studied briefly at the University of Indianapolis before being accepted to Juilliard. He graduated from Juilliard's drama division in 2009.

Acting Career

After Juilliard, Driver stayed in New York and began working in theater while supporting himself with restaurant jobs. He appeared in Broadway and off-Broadway productions and made early television appearances in shows such as "The Unusuals" and "Law & Order." His first notable film role came in Clint Eastwood's "J. Edgar," followed by supporting parts in Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln," Noah Baumbach's "Frances Ha," and the Coen brothers' "Inside Llewyn Davis."

Driver's breakthrough came in 2012 when Lena Dunham cast him as Adam Sackler in the HBO series "Girls." The character was strange, volatile, vulnerable, and often uncomfortable, but Driver made him impossible to ignore. His work on the series quickly turned him from a New York theater actor into one of the most talked-about performers on television. He remained with "Girls" through its 2017 finale and received three consecutive Emmy nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series.

During and after "Girls," Driver continued choosing projects with respected directors. He appeared in "What If," "This Is Where I Leave You," "Hungry Hearts," "While We're Young," and "Midnight Special." His title role in Jim Jarmusch's "Paterson" became one of his defining early film performances, showing a quieter, more internal side of his screen presence.

Star Wars and Mainstream Success

Driver became a global star in 2015 when he debuted as Kylo Ren in "Star Wars: The Force Awakens." The role gave him the kind of international fame that few actors experience, but it also allowed him to bring emotional complexity to a blockbuster villain. He reprised the role in "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" and "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker," completing one of the central arcs of the sequel trilogy.

While "Star Wars" made him famous to a massive audience, Driver avoided being defined by franchise work. In 2016, he appeared in Martin Scorsese's "Silence" and starred in "Paterson." In 2017, he played a one-armed Iraq War veteran in Steven Soderbergh's "Logan Lucky."

His career reached another level with Spike Lee's "BlacKkKlansman," in which he played Detective Flip Zimmerman. The performance earned Driver his first Academy Award nomination, for Best Supporting Actor. The following year, he starred opposite Scarlett Johansson in Noah Baumbach's "Marriage Story," playing a theater director navigating a painful divorce. That performance earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor and became one of the most acclaimed roles of his career.

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Later Film and Stage Work

Driver has continued to mix commercial work, auteur films, and theater. In 2019, he starred in "The Report," "The Dead Don't Die," "Marriage Story," and "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker." That same year, he returned to Broadway opposite Keri Russell in "Burn This," earning a Tony Award nomination for Best Actor in a Play.

In 2021, Driver starred in Leos Carax's musical drama "Annette," Ridley Scott's medieval drama "The Last Duel," and Scott's fashion-crime drama "House of Gucci," in which he played Maurizio Gucci opposite Lady Gaga. He followed with "White Noise," reuniting with Noah Baumbach, then starred in the sci-fi thriller "65" and portrayed Enzo Ferrari in Michael Mann's "Ferrari."

Driver played Cesar Catilina in Francis Ford Coppola's "Megalopolis," a large-scale passion project that continued his pattern of working with ambitious directors. He also returned to the stage in Kenneth Lonergan's "Hold On to Me Darling," playing country music star Strings McCrane. In 2025, he appeared in Jim Jarmusch's "Father Mother Sister Brother," which won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.

Arts in the Armed Forces

Driver's military background has remained an important part of his public life. With his wife, actress Joanne Tucker, he co-founded Arts in the Armed Forces, commonly known as AITAF. The organization brought theater and other live arts programming to active-duty service members, veterans, military support staff, and their families.

AITAF operated for more than a decade and became closely associated with Driver's post-Marine public identity. The organization dissolved in 2023, but it remains one of the most distinctive examples of an actor using his own biography to support a cause connected to his personal history.

Personal Life

Adam Driver married Joanne Tucker in 2013. The two met while studying acting at Juilliard. They have kept their family life unusually private by Hollywood standards. Driver revealed in 2019 that he and Tucker had welcomed a son years earlier without publicly announcing it. They had a second child in 2023.

Driver is known for being intensely private and for avoiding some of the more promotional aspects of celebrity. He has also said in multiple interviews that he dislikes watching or listening to his own performances. In one widely discussed moment, he left an NPR "Fresh Air" interview after a clip from "Marriage Story" was played during the segment.

Real Estate

In 2014, Adam bought a condo in Brooklyn Heights, New York. In 2017, he bought a neighboring unit. Combined, he paid $4.24 million. He listed the units for sale in June 2026 for $5 million.

In June 2026, Adam Driver paid $11.5 million for three units at The Standish, a luxury condominium building in Brooklyn Heights. The purchases were reportedly made through a trust. The units were all on the sixth floor, suggesting that Driver may have been planning to combine them into a larger residence.

The Standish is one of Brooklyn Heights' best-known luxury condo conversions and has attracted other high-profile residents, including Matt Damon. Driver and Tucker have long been associated with Brooklyn, making the purchase a natural extension of their New York-based life.

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