Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's son files to drop actor's last name

Maddox Jolie-Pitt is taking steps to legally remove Pitt from his last name. The 24-year-old son of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt filed paperwork on Friday, April 17, to officially change his name from Maddox Chivan Jolie-Pitt to Maddox Chivan Jolie, according to documents obtained by USA TODAY. He cited the reason as 'personal.'

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's son files to drop actor's last name. Maddox Jolie-Pitt is taking steps to legally remove Pitt from his last name. The 24-year-old son of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt filed paperwork on Friday, April 17, to officially change his name from Maddox Chivan Jolie-Pitt to Maddox Chivan Jolie, according to documents obtained by USA TODAY. He cited the reason as 'personal.' The switch comes months after Maddox made headlines for dropping his father's surname from his latest professional role as an assistant director on Jolie's movie 'Couture.' At the February debut of the French film, the end credits listed him as Maddox Jolie, marking the first time he publicly presented with a different name, as he went by Maddox Jolie-Pitt in his prior credit for Netflix's 'Maria' in 2024. Several of Pitt and Jolie's six children...