--- title: Meet the Cat That Looks Exactly Like Adam Driver description: Adam Driver has become the Internet's new favorite obsession. canonical: https://time.com/4185354/cat-looks-like-adam-driver/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-01-19T18:14:32.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:44:43.254Z og:title: Meet the Cat That Looks Exactly Like Adam Driver og:description: A photo of the feline recently went viral og:url: https://time.com/4185354/cat-looks-like-adam-driver/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9285ac3efec8c10f/6988799ea988ca02026b62c3/adam-driver-cat.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: "Lobby Hero" Photo Call og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Meet the Cat That Looks Exactly Like Adam Driver twitter:description: A photo of the feline recently went viral twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9285ac3efec8c10f/6988799ea988ca02026b62c3/adam-driver-cat.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Meet the Cat That Looks Exactly Like Adam Driver > Sponsored content. 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Adam Driver attends 'Lobby Hero' Photo Call at Studio 54 on November 9, 2015 in New York City.Robin Marchant/Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jan 19, 2016 6:14 PM UTC Adam Driver’s role as masked villain Kylo Ren in the record-breaking _Star Wars: The Force Awakens_ has turned the actor into one of the Internet’s new favorite obsessions. From a [_Saturday Night Live_ hosting gig](http://time.com/4178985/adam-driver-hosts-snl-promos/) to a [parody Twitter account](http://time.com/4160630/parody-twitter-kylo-ren/), the [_Girls_ star](http://time.com/4133176/trailer-girls-season-5/) is everywhere. But when [xoVain](http://www.xovain.com/) Editor Marci Robin shared a picture of Driver’s feline doppelgänger over the weekend, the 32-year-old actor’s online fame was taken to the next level. **Read More:** [Go Behind the Scenes with _Star Wars_ Actor Adam Driver](http://time.com/4131433/star-wars-the-force-awakens-adam-driver-kylo-ren/) > [](https://twitter.com/MarciRobin/status/688438007628693504) The original photo of Corey the cat was [posted to Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/p/BAlIloUltbs/) by the Monmouth County SPCA on Friday, and quickly started to go viral when Robin tweeted it out to her followers on Saturday. But unfortunately for fans who were hoping to make the Driver-like kitty the newest addition to their family, the SCPA tweeted that Corey has since been adopted. > [](https://twitter.com/TheMCSPCA/status/689207123901812736) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4185354/cat-looks-like-adam-driver/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4185354/cat-looks-like-adam-driver/"},"headline":"Meet the Cat That Looks Exactly Like Adam Driver","datePublished":"2016-01-19T18:14:32.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:44:43.254Z","description":"A photo of the feline recently went viral","url":"https://time.com/4185354/cat-looks-like-adam-driver/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals","cats","Star Wars","adam driver","star wars: the force awakens","The Force Awakens"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9285ac3efec8c10f/6988799ea988ca02026b62c3/adam-driver-cat.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9285ac3efec8c10f/6988799ea988ca02026b62c3/adam-driver-cat.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"\"Lobby Hero\" Photo Call","caption":"Adam Driver attends 'Lobby Hero' Photo Call at Studio 54 on November 9, 2015 in New York City.","creditText":"Robin Marchant/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4185354/cat-looks-like-adam-driver/","name":"Meet the Cat That Looks Exactly Like Adam Driver"}}]}] ```