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Angelina Jolie‘s brother James Haven, 49, has been within the highlight together with his well-known sister on and off all through the years, however their relationship is reportedly not as shut because it was. The 47-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 instances throughout her fame, and regardless of residing a low-key life more often than not, he has a formidable profession and historical past of his personal. 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 well-liked films since then, together with Hell’s Kitchen, Unique Sin, Monster’s Ball, Breaking Daybreak, and Keep Alive. The tv exhibits he’s appeared in embody CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and The Sport.
Along with appearing, he’s been the manager board director of Artivist, which is a competition 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 youngsters’ 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 among the different nannies taking care of Angelina and Brad’s six kids, who embody Maddox, Pax, Zahara, Shiloh, Vivienne, and Knox. She reportedly fired him in 2017, nevertheless, and their shut relationship has reportedly drifted away since then.
His niece Shiloh was named after him.
James revealed that Shiloh was speculated to be his center identify 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 liked the identify 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 considering of names and our favourite is Shiloh. We all know that was your authentic identify, so would that be OK?’,” James advised the outlet. “I used to be nearly 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 triggered eyebrows to boost and made headlines all over the place, changing into a now notorious second. Angelina’s acceptance speech for successful Greatest Actress for her position in Woman, Interrupted, additionally acquired consideration that night time when she stated she was “in love” with James.
Regardless of the confusion of some viewers, each James and Angelina had been reportedly going via a tough time behind the scenes throughout that point when their mom started remedy after being recognized 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 one on this planet knew that they spent the day in 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 once more 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.
