
Adam Douglas Driver was born in November 1983 to Nancy Wright and Joe Douglas Driver. At the age of seven, shortly after Nancy and Joe divorced, Driver moved from his birthplace, San Diego, to Mishawaka, Indiana, where he lived with his mother and stepfather, Rodney G. Wright. Being the stepson of a Baptist minister, Driver was raised Baptist. While in school, Driver tried his hand at a number of things, basketball and acting being two of them. While his basketball endeavors didn't turn out to be fruitful, he fell for acting with just one line that he had to deliver in a high school play.
In 2001, at the age of 17, Driver, a high school graduate with no intentions of getting into college, tried his luck and auditioned for Juilliard, only to get rejected. He took up several odd jobs and paid $200 each month to live in the back portion of his parent's house. Months later, Driver decided to head to California in the hope of starting an acting career but ran out of money within two days of his arrival. With a heavy heart, Driver returned to Mishawaka, back to his good old life with his parents. Recalling his Mishawaka-to-California-to-Mishawaka adventure during a 2013 interview with Newsweek Magazine, Driver explained, "You always read stories of people going out to California and making it as an actor with, like, two dollars, so I figured I'd try it."
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