James Haven

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James Haven
Born
James Haven Voight

(1973-05-11) May 11, 1973 (age 50)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Alma mater USC School of Cinema-Television
OccupationActor
Years active1998–2013
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James Haven (born James Haven Voight; May 11, 1973) [1] is a former American actor. He is the son of actors Jon Voight and Marcheline Bertrand, and the older brother of actress Angelina Jolie.

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Early life

Haven was born in Los Angeles, California, to actors Jon Voight and Marcheline Bertrand. His younger sister is Angelina Jolie, who became an actress. His uncles were the singer-songwriter Chip Taylor and the geologist and volcanologist Barry Voight. [2] On his father's side, Haven is of German and Slovak descent. [3] [4] On his mother's side, he is of French-Canadian, Dutch, Polish, and German ancestry. [3] Although Bertrand said she had Iroquois ancestry, Voight stated that their lineage is "not seriously Iroquois", and that he and Bertrand invented the Iroquois story to make Bertrand seem more "exotic." [5]

After their parents' separation in 1976, Haven and his sister were raised by their mother. She moved with them to Palisades, New York, giving up acting. A decade later, when Haven was 13, the family moved back to Los Angeles, [6] where he attended Beverly Hills High School. Following graduation, he enrolled at the USC School of Cinema-Television. While at the University of Southern California, he received a George Lucas Award for a student film he directed, which starred his sister.

Career

Haven began his professional acting career in 1998. During that, Haven had minor roles in several films starring his sister, Angelina Jolie, namely Gia (1998), Hell's Kitchen (1998), and Original Sin (2001). He also appeared in Monster's Ball (2001), which starred his sister's then-husband, Billy Bob Thornton. He appeared in a 2004 episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and a 2007 episode of The Game .

In 2005, Haven was the executive producer of the documentary Trudell , which chronicles the life and work of Santee Sioux musician and activist John Trudell. Trudell was an official selection at the Sundance Film Festival and the Tribeca Film Festival; it won the Special Jury Prize for Best Documentary at the Seattle International Film Festival. [7] In 2011, he served as executive producer for the short comedy film That's Our Mary, which follows two actresses awaiting the final casting decision for the role of the Virgin Mary at a faith-based film studio.

Since 2006, Haven has been the executive board director of Artivist, a festival in Los Angeles that highlights films addressing human rights, animal rights and environmental issues.

Haven retired from acting in 2013. [8]

Haven also directed his father and Anton Yelchin in the short film Court of Conscience (2015). [9] [10]

Personal life

Like his sister, Haven was estranged from his father for several years, during which he legally dropped "Voight" as his surname. [11] In the wake of his mother's death from ovarian cancer on January 27, 2007, he reconciled with his father after a six-year estrangement. [12] Haven became a born-again Christian in 2009. [13] [14]

Filmography

TitleYearRoleNotes
Gia 1998Young man on Sansom StreetTV film
Hell's Kitchen 1998Boyle's bartender
Scrapbook1999Jamie Park
Original Sin 2001Faust
Monster's Ball 2001Hospital guard
Ocean Park 2002Youngblood
Hunting of Man2003Usher
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 2004Lazarus KaneTV series
Episode: "Suckers" (4.13)
Rent-a-Person2004James ColemanShort film
Breaking Dawn 2004Don WakeFilm
Stay Alive 2006Jonathan Malkus
Validation2007Uninformed coupleShort film
The Game 2007DirectorTV series
Episode: "The Ghost of Derwin Past" (2.10)
Deep in the Heart2012Gary
Easy Silence2013TrentShort film

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  5. ↑ Shelden, Michael (October 2, 2001). "Angie overdoes the bad girl act". The Daily Telegraph . Archived from the original on October 11, 2007. Voight is quick to say that Angelina is "not seriously Iroquois" and that this is just a little fancy he and Marcheline developed to enhance his ex-wife's exotic background.
  6. ↑ Van Meter, Jonathan. Angelina Jolie: Body Beautiful. Vogue . April 2002. Retrieved May 24, 2011.
  7. ↑ Native American Film Festival Planned Archived September 30, 2011, at the Wayback Machine , Jamestown Community College, NY. Retrieved May 24, 2011.
  8. ↑ More than a Pretty Face: James Haven. Marie Claire . October 25, 2007. Retrieved May 24, 2011.
  9. ↑ Farmer, Sariah (March 15, 2023). "Watch director James Haven's film starring father Jon Voight at Zions Indie Film Fest". KTVX. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
  10. ↑ Sneider, Jeff (March 24, 2016). "James Haven, Angelina Jolie's Brother, to Direct Airborne Virus Movie 'The Last Boy' (Exclusive)". TheWrap. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
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  14. ↑ Dziemianowicz, Joe. Brad Pitt, with actor James Haven, helped plan reunion between Angelina Jolie and father Jon Voight. New York Daily News . February 24, 2010. Retrieved May 24, 2011.


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