This article is a List of awards and nominations received by Adam Driver.
Adam Driver is an American actor known for his roles on stage and screen. He has received nominations for two Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards and two BAFTA Awards, four Primetime Emmy Awards, four Actor Awards, and a Tony Award.
For his performances on film, Driver has been nominated for two Academy Awards. He received his first nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of a Jewish undercover agent infiltrating the KKK in the Spike Lee directed crime comedy-drama BlacKkKlansman (2018). This was followed by a nomination for Best Actor playing a stage director and father going through a divorce in Noah Baumbach's drama film Marriage Story (2019). He won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor for his role as engineer in the Italian drama Hungry Hearts (2014). For his role as Kylo Ren in the Star Wars sequel trilogy, Driver received a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor, one Teen Choice Award and a MTV Movie Award, while for Jim Jarmusch's drama Paterson (2016) he received multiple nominations for Best Actor from critics associations, winning several. He became only the second American actor, to be nominated for a César Award in France, for his role in Leos Carax's musical Annette (2022).
His breakthrough came in 2012 when he was cast in the Lena Dunham created HBO comedy-drama series Girls (2012–2017) where he portrayed the unstable actor Adam Sackler. The role earned Driver nominations for three consecutive Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series as well as a nomination for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. He was also nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for hosting Saturday Night Live (2020).
For his roles on stage, he received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Play portraying Pale, a menacing yet sensitive older brother in the Broadway revival of the Lanford Wilson play Burn This (2019). He won the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play for playing an easygoing working class roommate in the John Osborne realist play Look Back in Anger (2014).
Major associations
Academy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2019 Best Supporting Actor BlacKkKlansman 2020 Best Actor Marriage Story
Actor Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2013Outstanding Cast in a Motion PictureLincoln 2019BlacKkKlansman Outstanding Male Actor in a Supporting Role 2020 Outstanding Male Actor in a Leading Role Marriage Story 2022 Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture
BAFTA Awards British Academy Film Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2018 Best Actor in a Supporting Role BlacKkKlansman 2019 Best Actor in a Leading Role Marriage Story
Emmy Awards Primetime Emmy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2013Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Girls (episode: "It's Back") 2014 Girls (episode: "Two Plane Rides") 2015 Girls (episode: "Close-Up") 2020 Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series Saturday Night Live (episode: "Adam Driver / Halsey")
Golden Globe Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2019 Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture BlacKkKlansman 2020 Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama Marriage Story 2023 Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy White Noise
Tony Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2019 Best Leading Actor in a Play Burn This
Critics awards Year Category Nominated work Result Alliance of Women Film Journalists 2018 Best Supporting Actor BlacKkKlansman 2019 Best Actor Marriage Story Atlanta Film Critics Circle 2019 Best Actor Marriage Story Austin Film Critics Association 2019 Best Actor Marriage Story Columbus Film Critics Association 2018 Best Actor BlacKkKlansman 2020Marriage Story 2020 Actor of the YearThe Dead Don’t Die, Marriage Story, The Report, The Rise of Skywalker Chicago Film Critics Association 2016 Best Actor Paterson 2019 Marriage Story Chicago Indie Critics Awards 2019 Best Actor Marriage Story Chicago Independent Film Critics Circle Awards 2018 Best Supporting Actor BlacKkKlansman Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards 2019 Best Narration Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2013 Best Song Inside Llewyn Davis 2019 Best Supporting Actor BlacKkKlansman 2020 Best Actor Marriage Story Critics' Choice Television Awards2015 Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Girls Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association 2019Best Actor Marriage Story Denver Film Critics Society 2017 Best Actor Paterson 2019 Best Supporting Actor BlacKkKlansman Detroit Film Critics Society 2019 Best Actor Marriage Story Dublin Film Critics' Circle 2016 Best Actor Paterson 2019Marriage StoryFilm Critics Circle of Australia 2014 Best Actor in a Supporting Role Tracks Florida Film Critics Circle 2018 Best Supporting ActorBlacKkKlansman 2019Best ActorMarriage Story 2021Best ActorAnnette Georgia Film Critics Association 2018 Best Supporting ActorBlacKkKlansman 2019 Best ActorMarriage Story Hollywood Critics Association2020 Actor of the Decade Himself Houston Film Critics Society 2013 Best Original Song Inside Llewyn Davis 2019 Best Actor Marriage Story Indiana Film Journalists Association 2019 Best Actor Marriage Story IndieWire Critics Poll 2016 Best Actor Paterson 2018 Best Supporting Actor BlacKkKlansman 2019 Best Actor Marriage Story Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards 2019 Best Actor Marriage Story London Film Critics' Circle 2017 Actor of the Year Paterson 2019 Supporting Actor of the YearBlacKkKlansman 2020 Actor of the Year Marriage Story 2021 Actor of the Year Annette Los Angeles Film Critics Association 2016 Best Actor Paterson 2019 Marriage Story National Society of Film Critics 2017 Best Actor Paterson Nevada Film Critics Society 2019 Best ActorMarriage Story North Carolina Film Critics Association 2019 Best ActorMarriage Story Online Association of Female Film Critics 2018 Best Supporting Actor BlacKkKlansman 2019 Best ActorMarriage Story Online Film Critics Society 2016 Best Actor Paterson 2018 Best Supporting Actor BlacKkKlansman 2019 Best Actor Marriage Story Philadelphia Film Critics Circle 2019 Best Actor Marriage Story Phoenix Critics Circle 2018 Best Supporting ActorBlacKkKlansman 2019 Best Actor Marriage Story 2022 Best Actor White Noise Phoenix Critics Circle 2022 Best Actor White Noise San Diego Film Critics Society 2016 Best Actor Paterson 2019 Marriage Story San Francisco Film Critics Circle 2018 Best Supporting Actor BlacKkKlansman Seattle Film Critics Society 2019 Best Actor Marriage Story Southeastern Film Critics Association 2019 Best Actor Marriage Story Toronto Film Critics Association 2016 Best Actor Paterson 2019 Marriage Story Utah Film Critics Association 2019 Best ActorMarriage Story Vancouver Film Critics Circle 2019 Best Actor Marriage Story Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association 2019 Best Actor Marriage Story
Film Festival awards Year Category Nominated work Result Los Cabos International Film Festival 2018 Outstanding Work in Cinema BlacKkKlansman Palm Springs International Film Festival 2020 Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actor Marriage Story Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2020 Outstanding Performers of the Year Award (with Scarlett Johansson)Marriage Story Venice International Film Festival 2014 Volpi Cup for Best Actor Hungry Hearts
Industry awards Year Category Nominated work Result AACTA Awards 2019 Best International Lead Actor in a Film – Cinema Marriage Story César Awards 2022 Best Actor Annette Gotham Independent Film Awards 2016Best Actor Paterson 2018 BlacKkKlansman 2019 Marriage Story Independent Spirit Awards 2019 Best Supporting Male BlacKkKlansman 2020 Robert Altman Award Marriage Story Lucille Lortel Awards 2012 Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play Look Back in Anger MTV Movie & TV Awards 2016 Best Villain Star Wars: The Force Awakens Best Fight (with Daisy Ridley) 2018 Best Villain Star Wars: The Last Jedi Sant Jordi Awards 2017 Best Actor in a Foreign Film Paterson Satellite Awards 2019 Best Supporting Actor BlacKkKlansman Saturn Awards 2016Best Supporting Actor Star Wars: The Force Awakens 2021 Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Taron Awards 2019Best Actor Marriage Story 2021 Annette Teen Choice Awards 2016 Choice Villain Star Wars: The Force Awakens Choice Hissy Fit 2018 Choice Villain Star Wars: The Last Jedi Choice Hissy Fit Village Voice Film Poll 2016 Best Actor Paterson Young Hollywood Awards 2014 Fan Favorite Actor – Male Tracks
Theatre awards Year Category Nominated work Result Drama League Award 2019 Distinguished PerformanceBurn This 2025 Hold On to Me Darling Lucille Lortel Awards 2012Outstanding Featured ActorLook Back in Anger 2025 Outstanding Lead Performer in a Play Hold On to Me Darling Outer Critics Circle Awards 2025 Outstanding Lead in an Off-Broadway Play Hold On to Me Darling
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