Maddox Chivan Jolie-Pitt Height, Age, Family, Biography
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Father: Brad Pitt
Age: 23 Years
Mother: Angelina Jolie
Bio/Wiki | |
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Birth Name | Rath Vibol |
Profession(s) | • Actor • Film Producer |
Physical Stats | |
Height (approx.) | 5' 5" (165 cm) |
Eye Colour | Black |
Hair Colour | Black |
Career | |
Debut | Film: By the Sea (2015) as a child artist |
Personal Life | |
Date of Birth | 5 August 2001 (Sunday) |
Age (as of 2024) | 23 Years |
Birthplace | Cambodia |
Zodiac sign | Leo |
Nationality | American |
Hometown | Cambodia |
College/University | Yonsei University, Sinchon Campus, Seoul, South Korea |
Educational Qualification | Biochemistry |
Relationships & More | |
Marital Status | Unmarried |
Family | |
Parents | Father- Brad Pitt (actor) Mother- Angelina Jolie (actress) |
Siblings | Brothers- 2 • Pax Thien Jolie-Pitt • Knox Léon Jolie-Pitt Sisters- 3 • Zahara Marley Jolie • Shiloh Jolie • Vivienne Jolie |
Some Lesser Known Facts About Maddox Chivan Jolie-Pitt
- Maddox Chivan Jolie-Pitt is Angelina Jolie‘s oldest child.
- She adopted him from a Cambodian orphanage when he was 7 months old.
- His birth name was Rath Vibol.
- In 2002, Jolie faced legal challenges in adopting Maddox due to strict rules against international adoptions in Cambodia caused by baby trafficking concerns.
- She turned to Mounh, who acted as Maddox’s father on the adoption court documents.
- Maddox was also added to Mounh’s family records, officially listed as his third child.
- Angelina Jolie overcame the legal issues as a foreigner after having a Cambodian father on documents.
- Mounh later signed documents transferring custody of Maddox to Jolie.
- Mounh shared in a media conversation that Jolie wanted to adopt a child in need of care rather than have a biological baby.
- Maddox caught Jolie’s attention because he smiled at her and got up when they met at the orphanage, unlike other babies who cried.
- His cheerful, loving nature touched Jolie’s heart and led her to choose him.
- After the adoption, his name became Maddox Chivan Thornton Jolie.
- When Brad Pitt also adopted him, his name changed to Maddox Chivan Jolie-Pitt.
- Maddox’s relationship with his father, Brad Pitt, became strained after an alleged domestic abuse incident on a flight from Paris to Los Angeles in 2016.
- Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s marriage ended soon after the incident in 2016.
- She went to South Korea in 2019 to drop off Maddox Chivan Jolie-Pitt for his first year of college at Yonsei University.
- In 2023, Maddox went to the White House with his mother. They attended a state dinner hosted by President Joe Biden.
- The dinner was held to honour South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and First Lady Kim Keon Hee.
- The domestic abuse incident on a flight in 2016 affected Maddox, and by 2024, a family source said that he no longer wanted a relationship with his father and saw himself as his mother’s protector.
- In 2024, Maddox and his brother Pax worked on the production of the film Maria, a biopic about opera legend Maria Callas starring Angelina Jolie.
- They both helped on the film’s set, and Jolie enjoyed having them on the film set. At work, Maddox and Pax were described as focused and hardworking.