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Angelina Jolie‘s brother James Haven, 50, has been within the highlight together with his well-known sister on and off all through the years. The 48-year-old actress’ solely sibling, whose mother and father are Jon Voight and the late Marcheline Bertrand, has made public appearances together with her at varied occasions throughout her fame, and regardless of dwelling a low-key life more often than not, he has a formidable profession and historical past of his personal.
The siblings are well-known (typically infamously) shut, and in December of 2023, James opened up about being protecting of his sister following her divorce from ex-husband Brad Pitt. “That’s the place it began, it began with the safety of her and her youngsters — my nieces and nephews,” he stated throughout an look on the 90who10 podcast, through Web page Six. “I set my life up so I may be current with regardless of the state of affairs,” he defined “I wish to be there for them or for her — no matter she’s going by means of.”
Discover out extra about James and his life with Angelina under!
James can be an actor.
Like Angelina, the proficient star has appeared in varied movies and tv exhibits since 1998. He began out in a small position in Angelina’s movie Gia and has appeared in different standard films since then, together with Hell’s Kitchen, Authentic Sin, Monster’s Ball, Breaking Daybreak, and Keep Alive. The tv exhibits he’s appeared in embrace CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and The Recreation.
Along with performing, he’s been the chief board director of Artivist, which is a pageant in Los Angeles that places a highlight on varied points, together with human rights, animal rights, and environmental points.
He was as soon as Angelina’s children’ nanny.
Shortly after Angelina’s break up from her husband Brad Pitt in 2016, James reportedly moved in to step within the position of not solely uncle, however head nanny to a number of the different nannies taking care of Angelina and Brad’s six youngsters, who embrace Maddox, Pax, Zahara, Shiloh, Vivienne, and Knox. She reportedly fired him in 2017, nevertheless, and their shut relationship had reportedly drifted away since then.
However within the December 2023 podcast interview talked about above, James appeared to push again on that narrative, saying he needed to be there for Angie’s children throughout their “massively youth.” “They’re changing into younger adults early 20s,” he stated. “I feel it’s simply very pure and I simply wish to be there any time. Anytime I’m blessed to be of their presence, I wish to be of their presence.”
His niece Shiloh was named after him.
James revealed that Shiloh was imagined to be his center title when he was born in 1973, however his mother and father modified their minds, in a 2007 interview with Grazia. When Shiloh was born in 2006, Angelina apparently remembered and cherished the title a lot, that she selected it for her daughter.
“On the final second, my mother and father gave me Haven as a substitute. It was very cool when Brad and Angie got here to me and stated, ‘We’re pondering of names and our favourite is Shiloh. We all know that was your authentic title, so would that be OK?’,” James advised the outlet. “I used to be virtually in tears – I used to be so honored.”
He sparked controversy when he & Angelina kissed on the 2000 Oscars.
The brother and sister attended the ceremony collectively and shared a smooch on the lips as they posed on the pink carpet. It precipitated eyebrows to lift and made headlines all over the place, changing into a now-infamous second. Angelina’s acceptance speech for successful Greatest Actress for her position in Woman, Interrupted, additionally obtained the eye that evening when she stated she was “in love” with James.
Regardless of the confusion of some viewers, each James and Angelina have been reportedly going by means of a tough time behind the scenes throughout that point when their mom started therapy after being identified with ovarian most cancers, which she handed away from seven years later. They reportedly spent that very same day on the hospital earlier than stepping out on the carpet for one of many largest award exhibits on this planet. “No person on this planet knew that they spent the day within the hospital. It was like, ‘Look the place we’re at now.’ However the world noticed one thing incestual,” an insider advised Radar On-line.
James grew to become a born-again Christian in 2009.
Since embracing his faith, he has reportedly been part of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, CA and was apparently coaching to be a youth minister in 2012. Being a Christian is reportedly what led him to mending issues together with his father, Jon, after years of being estranged from him, and he allegedly inspired Angelina to do the identical.
