Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s son Pax Thien Jolie-Pitt has a passion for the arts, just like his parents.

Despite growing up with some of Hollywood’s biggest stars as his mom and dad, the former couple’s middle son is pursuing work behind the lens.

“None of my children want to be actors,” Jolie told BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour in 2016. “I think they like the process of film from the outside.”

Pax has been exposed to the industry since he was adopted by Jolie and Pitt in the early 2000s. His youth included attending red carpet events with his parents such as the 2018 Golden Globes and the world premiere of Jolie’s 2019 film Maleficent: Mistress of Evil.

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“It’s a part of their life. But it’s not important to them and a center of their lives in a way that’s unhealthy. It’s all fun,” Jolie told Extra in 2019 of letting her kids see all facets of her career.

Although Pax mainly lives his life out of the spotlight, he and Jolie have collaborated together and share a tight-knit bond. “I schedule individual time with each of the kids like a crazy person. I know what I’m doing with my boys tonight,” she told Vogue in 2015.

From his childhood to his hobbies, here’s everything to know about Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s son, Pax Thien Jolie-Pitt.

He was born in 2003 in Vietnam

Pax was born in Vietnam on Nov. 29, 2003. He spent his early years at the Tam Binh Orphanage just outside of Ho Chi Minh City.

“We travel often to Asia, Africa, Europe, where they were born,” Jolie told Vogue of her children’s birthplaces.

She went on, getting specific about Pax and his brother Maddox’s heritage: “The boys know they’re from Southeast Asia, and they have their food and their music and their friends, and they have a pride particular to them.”

He was adopted in 2007

Jolie adopted Pax in 2007 after he spent three years in the Tam Binh Orphanage. As regulations in Vietnam made it difficult for unmarried couples to adopt together, Pitt later formally adopted their son in 2008.

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At the time, Pax joined his older brother Maddox and his two younger sisters, Shiloh and Zahara. Jolie told MSN that Pax was a “tough, remarkable little person,” as he adjusted to life with his new family.

“He spent 3 1/2 years of his life in one place, in one room, in this one little iron bed with 20 other kids, and having no choice for himself to do things, having no freedom,” the actress said. “And suddenly, here he is in a very free situation with new brothers and sisters and a mom and dad. He’s learning English and he’s so loving and he’s wild and free ’cause he suddenly has freedom.”