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16 Apr, 2015

Star Wars: The Force Awakens official teaser #2

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Lucasfilm releases the second trailer of Star Wars: The Force Awakens at the annual Star Wars Celebration event held in Anaheim, California.

1 Sep, 2014

GQ cover

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adam-driver-gq-magazine-september-2014Driver appears on the cover of the September 2014 issue of GQ magazine. He talks about being a Marine, his burgeoning career, and his life.

It’s hard to describe. You’re put in these very heightened circumstances, and you learn a lot about who people are at the core, I think. You end up having this very intimate relationship where you would, like, die for these people It just seemed like a badass thing to do, to go and shoot machine guns and serve your country. To not get to go with that group of people I had been training with was…painful.

10 Jul, 2014

Emmy nomination

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Driver is nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series at the 66th Primetime Emmy Awards for portraying Adam Sackler on Girls. Co-star Lena Dunham tweets:

29 Apr, 2014

Star Wars: Episode VII cast announced

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The cast for Star Wars: Episode VII is announced. Actors John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, and Max von Sydow will join the original stars of the saga – Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, and Kenny Baker in the new film. Director J.J. Abrams says

We are so excited to finally share the cast of Star Wars: Episode VII. It is both thrilling and surreal to watch the beloved original cast and these brilliant new performers come together to bring this world to life, once again. We start shooting in a couple of weeks, and everyone is doing their best to make the fans proud.

18 Jul, 2013

Emmy nomination

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Driver is nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy at the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards for portraying Adam Sackler on Girls.