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James Haven
Born
James Haven Voight

(1971-05-13) May 13, 1971 (age 52)
Alma mater USC School of Cinema-Television
Occupation Actor
Years active 1998–2013
Spouse(s) Lisa McDorven (m. 2009)
Children 3
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James Haven (born James Haven Voight; May 13, 1971) is an American 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. 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. 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. 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."

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, 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 starring his sister.

Career

Haven began his professional acting career in 1998. After he quit his job as a convenience store worker 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.

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 became a born-again Christian in 2009.

Haven is married to his longtime girlfriend Lisa McDorven On February 14, 2009. The couple had 2 fraternal twin children together, a son and a daughter.

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 Uninformed 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

See also

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