James Haven

James Haven (born James Haven Voight; May 11, 1973) is an American former actor. He is the son of actors Jon Voight and Marcheline Bertrand, and the older brother of actress Angelina Jolie.

Early life and education Haven was born in Los Angeles to actors Jon Voight and Marcheline Bertrand. He is the elder of two children; he has a sister, Angelina Jolie, two years younger, who became an actress. The singer-songwriter Chip Taylor and the geologist and volcanologist Barry Voight are his uncles. On his father's side, Haven is of German and Slovak descent. On his mother's side, he is of French-Canadian, Dutch, Polish, and German ancestry. Bertrand moved with them to Palisades, New York, giving up acting. A decade later when Haven was 13, the family returned to Los Angeles, where he attended Beverly Hills High School. After graduation, he enrolled at the USC School of Cinema-Television. While at the University of Southern California, he received the George Lucas Award for a student film he directed, which starred his sister.

Career Haven began his professional acting career in 1998. He 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. Haven was 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 Festival; it won the Special Jury Prize for Best Documentary at the Seattle International Film Festival. 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. He directed his father and Anton Yelchin in the short film Court of Conscience (2015).

Personal life Like his sister, Haven was estranged from his father for a while. During that time, he legally dropped "Voight" as his surname. 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. Haven grew up Catholic and became a born-again Christian in 2009.

Filmography Title Year Role Notes Gia 1998 Young man on Sansom Street TV film Hell's Kitchen 1998 Boyle's bartender Scrapbook 1999 Jamie Park Original Sin 2001 Faust Monster's Ball 2001 Hospital guard Ocean Park 2002 Youngblood Hunting of Man 2003 Usher CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 2004 Lazarus Kane TV seriesEpisode: "Suckers" (4.13) Rent-a-Person 2004 James Coleman Short film Breaking Dawn 2004 Don Wake Film Stay Alive 2006 Jonathan Malkus Validation 2007 Uniformed couple Short film The Game 2007 Director TV seriesEpisode: "The Ghost of Derwin Past" (2.10) Deep in the Heart 2012 Gary Easy Silence 2013 Trent Short film