James Haven

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title: "James Haven" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1973-births", "living-people", "20th-century-american-male-actors", "21st-century-american-male-actors", "21st-century-evangelicals", "american-evangelicals", "american-male-film-actors", "american-male-television-actors", "american-male-voice-actors", "american-people-of-dutch-descent", "american-people-of-french-canadian-descent", "american-people-of-german-descent", "american-people-of-slovak-descent", "american-people-of-swiss-french-descent", "film-producers-from-california", "film-directors-from-los-angeles", "male-actors-from-los-angeles", "usc-school-of-cinematic-arts-alumni", "voight-family", "writers-from-los-angeles"] description: "American actor" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Haven" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
name	James Haven
birth_name	James Haven Voight
other names	Jamie Haven
birth_date
birth_place	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
occupation	Actor
years_active	1998–2013
alma mater	USC School of Cinema-Television
mother	Marcheline Bertrand
father	Jon Voight
relatives
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| name = James Haven | birth_name = James Haven Voight | other names = Jamie Haven | birth_date = | birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S. | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1998–2013 | alma mater = USC School of Cinema-Television | mother = Marcheline Bertrand | father = Jon Voight | relatives = 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.

After their parents' separation in 1976, Haven and his sister grew up living with their mother. They were Catholic. 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

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

References

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4. [http://www.pitt.edu/~votruba/qsonhist/celebrities/voightjon.html "Is Jon Voight Slovak?"] {{Webarchive. link. (February 19, 2015 . [[University of Pittsburgh]]. Retrieved May 24, 2011.)
5. Cohen, Rich. "A Woman in Full". [[Vanity Fair (magazine).
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7. [http://www.sunyjcc.edu/node/9810 Native American Film Festival Planned] {{Webarchive. link. (September 30, 2011 , [[Jamestown Community College]], NY. Retrieved May 24, 2011.)
8. [http://www.marieclaire.com/world-reports/inspirational-women/pretty-face-james-haven 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".
10. Sneider, Jeff. (March 24, 2016). "James Haven, Angelina Jolie's Brother, to Direct Airborne Virus Movie 'The Last Boy' (Exclusive)".
11. (February 12, 2007). "Angelina's Heartbreak".
12. [http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7389734n&tag=segementExtraScroller;housing "Angelina Jolie on her father"]. [Video]. ''60 Minutes''. CBS. November 27, 2011. Retrieved December 31, 2011.
13. (February 23, 2010). "Revealed: Brad, Bro Behind Jolie-Voight Reunion".
14. Dziemianowicz, Joe. [http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2010/02/24/2010-02-24_brad_pitt_and_actor_james_haven_helped_plan_reunion_between_angelina_jolie_and_f.html 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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