Iconic Roles: Adam Driver's Best Movies

Iconic Roles is a look at some of the best performances by actors and actresses in film and television.

Thanks to his imposing physique and his particular acting style, Adam Driver is undoubtedly the face of the new wave of Hollywood actors. The 39-year-old actor landed his role in the TV series Girls, but thanks to Star Wars, he achieved global popularity. His feature debut was 2011's J. Edgar, which starred Leonardo DiCaprio.

Oscar-nominated artists Noah Baumbach and Driver will once again join forces for promising drama in White Noise. The couple have previously collaborated four times in the past on Frances Ha in 2013, While We're Young in 2015, The Meyerowitz Stories in 2017 and Marriage Story in 2019. While the film will officially debut on Netflix at the end of the week, Driver has already earned a Golden Globe Best Actor nomination for his work as Professor Jack Gladney.

Here is a list of the best Adam Driver movies.

Detective Philip Zimmerman in BlacKkKlansman (2018)

BlacKkKlansman is the story of a black officer (John David Washington) who infiltrates the Ku Klux Klan in making a series of phone calls in the seventies "Flip" Zimmerman shows up to go in person to KKK meetings to work undercover for his fellow detective. Serious as can be, director Spike Lee gave the film a lighthearted tone, which features plenty of funny moments, and his efforts earned Driver his first Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor, won by Mahershala Ali for Green. Book that year. BlacKkKlansman is considered one of the best films directed by Spike Lee and also ranks among the best Adam Driver films.

Kylo Ren in the Star Wars sequel trilogy (2015-2019)