Adam Driver was on track for success even before playing Kylo Ren in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. His intensity and purposeful choice in roles had him playing Adam Sackler on Girls, Louis Ironson in Angels in America on Broadway, Phillip Altman in This is Where I Leave You, and Al Cody in the Coen brothers Inside Llewyn Davis. But there are all kinds of interesting Adam Driver facts only the die hard fans know – ones that illuminate this brooding star.

A close inspection of the Adam Driver bio might change your mind about the tall, non-traditional actor. From his obsessiveness about his work to how many eggs he can eat in one day, his openness and honesty about all aspects of himself and his career, his determination to share the techniques of the theater with combat vets, and his way of spinning serious things into comedic moments… these all make Driver his own force.