About Shia LaBeouf
Shia Saide LaBeouf ( SHY-ə lə-BUF; born June 11, 1986) is an American actor and filmmaker. His accolades include a BAFTA Award and Daytime Emmy Award. LaBeouf began his acting career at a young age, appearing in small roles on television. His breakthrough came as Louis Stevens in the Disney Channel series Even Stevens (2000–2003), before he transitioned to film with starring roles in Holes (2003) and The Greatest Game Ever Played (2005). LaBeouf subsequently starred in a string of commercially successful films, including Disturbia (2007), Surf's Up (2007), Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008), Eagle Eye (2008), and Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010). He also starred as Sam Witwicky in the first three Transformers films (2007–2011), which collectively grossed over $2 billion worldwide. Over the next decades, LaBeouf experienced career setbacks amid multiple controversies and legal issues. He continued acting and starred in independent films, earning praise for his performances in American Honey (2016), Borg vs McEnroe (2017), Honey Boy (2019), The Peanut Butter Falcon (2019), Pieces of a Woman (2020), and Salvable (2025). As a director, LaBeouf's credits include short films and music videos. He has also pursued a variety of public performance art projects with LaBeouf, Rönkkö & Turner since 2014. It received poor reviews, became the tenth film to gross over $1 billion, and marked LaBeouf's final time starring in a Transformers film. LaBeouf has created three short graphic novels Stale N Mate, Cyclical, and Let's Fucking Party, and a webcomic series, Cheek Up's through the publishing company, The Campaign Book. He played Louis Stevens in the Disney Channel series Even Stevens, a role for which he received Young Artist Award nominations in 2001 and 2002 and won a Daytime Emmy Award in 2003. In the early 2000s, LaBeouf became known among young audiences after playing Louis Stevens on the Disney Channel weekly program Even Stevens, a role that later earned him a Daytime Emmy Award. He made his film debut in The Christmas Path (1998).
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