# 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

Haven was born in Los Angeles, California, 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. His uncles were the singer-songwriter Chip Taylor and the geologist and volcanologist Barry Voight. 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 were raised by their mother. They were raised as Catholics. 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, 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. 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.
Haven also 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 several years, during which 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 was raised a 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 series Episode: "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 series Episode: "The Ghost of Derwin Past" (2.10) |
| Deep in the Heart | 2012 | Gary | |
| Easy Silence | 2013 | Trent | Short film |