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Aug 20, 2014 · Actor Adam Driver is best known for playing Adam on HBO's "Girls," but with a new villainous role in "Star Wars: ... In fact, the actor first had a completely different career path as a Marine.
Dec 16, 2015 · After stints selling vacuums door-to-door and other odd jobs, "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" actor Adam Driver was among the first to go see a Marine Corps recruiter after the Sept. 11 attacks ...
Apr 9, 2015 · Nicole Rivelli/Courtesy of A24. A year after Sept. 11, actor Adam Driver joined the Marine Corps. He was working odd jobs, selling vacuum cleaners and paying rent to live in his parents' house ...
Adam Driver, a former Marine Corps veteran, dedicated two years of service as an 81mm mortar man after joining in response to the 9/11 attacks. Unfortunately, a sternum fracture from mountain biking led to his medical discharge in 2004. Transitioning to civilian life, Driver pursued drama at The Juilliard School, graduating in 2009.
Today, Adam Driver is one of the hottest actors in Hollywood with a career-defining role as Kylo Ren in the revived Star Wars series and a lead in the upcoming Martin Scorsese movie "Silence ...
Oct 24, 2021 · Driver signed up to join the Marines when he was only 18. It was just shortly after the September 11 attacks, and he felt that he should get in the fight himself. “It wasn’t against Muslims,” Driver said. “It was: We were attacked. I want to fight for my country against whoever that is.”.
Adam Driver. Actor: Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens. Adam Douglas Driver was born in San Diego, California. His mother, Nancy (Needham) Wright, is a paralegal from Mishawaka, Indiana, and his father, Joe Douglas Driver, who has deep roots in the American South, is from Little Rock, Arkansas.
