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'''Shia Saide LaBeouf'''<ref>According to the State of California. ''California Birth Index, 1905-1995''. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California. At Ancestry.com</ref> (born ], ]) is a ]-winning<ref name="designer"/> ] actor and comedian. After growing up in ], he became known with a starring role in the ] series '']''. He made the transition to film roles with '']'', a box office success, and has since appeared in several ] films, including '']'', ''],'' and '']''. In 2007, LaBeouf starred in '']'', '']'', and '']'', and is slated to appear in 2008's '']''. Several media publications have speculated that LaBeouf, whose screen persona was described by ] as that of the "scrappy kid next door",<ref name="timeinterview607"/> might become a major film star throughout 2007.<ref name="star1">{{cite news|last=Long|first=Tom|coauthors=|title=Breakout|pages=|publisher=Detroit News|date=]|url=http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070413/OPINION03/704130398/1032/ENT|accessdate=2007-04-13}}</ref><ref name="star2">{{cite news|last=Kepnes|first=Caroline|coauthors=|title=Weekend Peep Show: Spring Cleaning!|pages=|publisher=E! Online|date=]|url=http://www.eonline.com/movies/reelgirl/detail/index.jsp?uuid=02a6d10a-2807-4491-80f0-549505a5c092|accessdate=2007-04-13}}</ref><ref name="star3">{{cite news|last=Randall|first=Laura|coauthors=|title=Shia LaBeouf's star gets brighter|pages=|publisher=The Christian Science Monitor|date=]|url=http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0413/p15s01-almo.html|accessdate=2007-04-13}}</ref><ref name="lovehate"/>

==Biography==
===Childhood===
Shia LaBeouf (] {{IPA|}}, "Shy-uh La-Buff"<ref name="namepron">{{cite news|last=Garcia|first=Chris|coauthors=|title=Next project could transform Shia LaBeouf into son of Indy|pages=|publisher=Austin360|date=]|url=http://www.austin360.com/movies/content/movies/stories/2007/04/13garcia.html|accessdate=2007-04-13}}</ref>) was born in ], ], the only child of Shayna (] Saide), a dancer and ] turned visual artist and jewelry designer, and Jeffrey Craig LaBeouf, a ] veteran who "drifted" from job to job, working as a ] at a circus and as a ].<ref name="timeinterview607"/><ref name="Stevenspraise"/><ref name="rodeo">{{cite news|last=Woulfe|first=Molly|coauthors=|title=All grown up, Shia spouts off on 'Disturbia'|pages=|publisher=NW Times|date=]|url=http://nwitimes.com/articles/2007/04/13/entertainment/entertainment/docba2676756b1cf66b862572ba00642861.txt|accessdate=2007-04-13}}</ref><ref name="namepron"/><ref name="designer">{{cite news|last=Ressner|first=Jeffrey|coauthors=|title=The next Tom Hanks?|pages=|publisher=USA Weekend|date=]|url=http://usaweekend.com/07_issues/070701/070701shia_labeouf.html|accessdate=2007-07-08}}</ref><ref name="5generations"/> LaBeouf's maternal grandfather, who shared his first name, was a ] who worked in the ] of the ], and his paternal grandmother was a ] ] and ]<!--- this is not a joke, see reference ---> who associated with ].<ref name="namemeaningstuff"/><ref name="timeinterview607"/><ref name="borscht">{{cite news|last=Strickler|first=Jeff|coauthors=|title='Disturbia' actor still just a kid|pages=|publisher=Minneapolis Star Tribune|date=]|url=http://www.startribune.com/1553/story/1116772.html|accessdate=2007-04-13}}</ref> The name "Shia" is ] for 'gift from God' and the surname "LaBeouf" is a ] of "Le Boeuf", the ] term for 'the beef'.<ref name="namemeaningstuff">{{cite news|last=|first=|coauthors=|title=Oh Boy! Shia LaBeouf Mouths Off|pages=|publisher=Gurl|date=]|url=http://www.gurl.com/showoff/spotlight/articles/0,,648254_711127-2,00.html|accessdate=2007-07-21}}</ref><ref name="namemeans">{{cite news | author = Rob Allsletter | title = TRANSFORMERS' SHIA LABEOUF | publisher = Comics Continuum | date = ] | url = http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/0707/02/shialabeouf.htm | accessdate=2007-07-04}}</ref> LaBeouf has said that he comes from "five generations of performers" and was "acting when came out of the womb".<ref name="5generations">{{cite news|last=Koltnow|first=Barry|coauthors=|title=Watching the moves|pages=|publisher=OC Register|date=]|url=http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/entertainment/abox/article_1649698.php|accessdate=2007-04-13}}</ref> LaBeouf's father is a ] (once described by LaBeouf as a "]") and his ]-born mother is ], and LaBeouf was raised in the ] religion and had a ].<ref name="5generations"/><ref name="namemeans"/><ref name="DailyBulletin2007"/><ref name="usatoday03">{{cite news|last=Thomas|first=Karen|coauthors=|title='Holes' may mean a real opening for Shia LaBeouf|pages=|publisher=USA Today|date=]|url=http://www.usatoday.com/life/2003-04-17-labeouf_x.htm|accessdate=2007-04-13}}</ref><ref name="chickentaste">{{cite news|last=Shady|first=Bethany|coauthors=|title=SHIA LaBeouf|pages=|publisher=Tastes Like Chicken|date=2/02|url=http://www.tlchicken.com/view_story.php?ARTid=91|accessdate=2007-04-13}}</ref><ref name="interfaith">{{cite news|last=Bloom|first=Nate|coauthors=|title=Interfaith Celebrities: Shia the Mensch|pages=|publisher=Interfaithfamily.com|date=]|url=http://www.interfaithfamily.com/site/apps/nl/content2.asp?c=ekLSK5MLIrG&b=297399&ct=3724107|accessdate=2007-04-13}}</ref><ref name="bar">{{cite news|last=O|first=Jimmy|coauthors=|title=INT: Shia LaBeouf|pages=|publisher=JoBlo.com|date=]|url=http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=15311|accessdate=2007-04-13}}</ref> LaBeouf has described his parents as "]s", his father as "tough as nails and a different breed of man", and his upbringing as similar to a "hippy lifestyle", stating that his parents were "pretty weird people, but they loved me and I loved them".<ref name="5generations"/><ref name="Darkhorizons05">{{cite news|last=Fischer|first=Paul|coauthors=|title=Interview: Shia LaBeouf for "Constantine"|pages=|publisher=Dark Horizons|date=]|url=http://www.darkhorizons.com/news05/constan3.php|accessdate=2007-04-14}}</ref> LaBeouf's father used to grow ], and the two smoked ] together when LaBeouf was ten.<ref name="Stevenspraise"/><ref name="5generations"/> LaBeouf has also said that his father was "on drugs" during his childhood, being addicted to ] and placed in ] for ] addiction, while LaBeouf's mother was "trying to hold down the fort".<ref name="Stevenspraise"/> His parents eventually divorced, and he had what he has described as a "good childhood", growing up poor with his mother (who worked selling fabrics and brooches) in ], and attending a predominantly ] and ] school.<ref name="school"/><ref name="DailyBulletin2007">{{cite news|last=Strauss|first=Bob|coauthors=|title=Shia LaBeouf has come a long way in Hollywood|pages=|publisher=Inland Valley Daily Bulletin|date=]|url=http://www.dailybulletin.com/entertainment/ci_5611107|accessdate=2007-04-08}}</ref>

LaBeouf would "create things, story lines and fictitious tales" during his childhood, and practiced ] around his neighborhood as an "escape" from a hostile environment.<ref name="DailyBulletin2007"/> He began performing stand-up and "talking dirty" at ]s (including the ] in Pasadena) at the age of ten (describing his appeal as having "disgustingly dirty" material and a "50-year-old mouth on the 10-year-old kid").<ref name="Leno"/><ref name="school"/> LaBeouf subsequently found an agent through the ], being taken on after doing his stand-up act for her and pretending to be his own manager, promoting himself in the third person.<ref name="DailyBulletin2007"/><ref name="perthnow">{{cite news|last=Harvey|first=Shannon|coauthors=|title=‘He's a natural’|pages=|publisher=Sunday Times|date=]|url=http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,21559198-5005380,00.html}}</ref>

===Career===
LaBeouf has said that he initially became an actor because his family was "broke", not because he wanted to pursue an acting career.<ref name="Leno"/> He became well known among young audiences after playing Louis Stevens in the ] weekly program '']'', a role for which he was cast three months after being signed by his agent.<ref name="DailyBulletin2007"/> His father, at the time just released from rehab, served as his on-set parent and the two bonded.<ref name="stevens1">{{cite news|last=Williamson|first=Kevin|coauthors=|title=LaBeouf shaped by drug abuse|pages=|publisher=Jam! Showbiz|date=]|url=http://jam.canoe.ca/Movies/Artists/L/LaBeouf_Shia/2007/04/12/3991944.html|accessdate=2007-04-13}}</ref> LaBeouf was awarded a ] for the role<ref name="5generations"/> and has said that he "grew up on that show" and that his childhood was "kind of lost," although his being cast in the show was the "best thing" that has happened to him.<ref name="Stevenspraise">{{cite news|last=Lemire|first=Christy|coauthors=|title=Shia LaBeouf: ‘I’m sick of being a boy’|pages=|publisher=Canton Repository|date=]|url=http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?ID=348116&Category=20&subCategoryID=|accessdate=2007-04-13}}</ref> During this time period, LaBeouf also appeared in sketch shows on '']''.<ref name="Leno">{{cite news|last=Cabrera|first=Delmy|coauthors=|title=LaBeouf takes over Tinsel Town at Twenty|pages=|publisher=The Depaulia|date=]|url=http://www.thedepaulia.com/story.asp?artid=2298&sectid=5|accessdate=2007-04-13}}</ref> In 2003, he appeared in another ] production, '']'', as Stanley "Caveman" Yelnats IV, opposite ], ] and ]. While filming ''Holes'', Voight gave LaBeouf a book on acting, and this made LaBeouf realize acting could be more than a job.<ref name="timeinterview607"/> The film was a moderate box office success. Steven Spielberg was also a fan of Shia in Holes, saying he reminded him of a young Tom Hanks.<ref name="designer"/>

That same year, he was heavily featured in the ] documentary show '']'', which chronicled the making of the independent film '']''. He had a small role in '']'' (2004) and appeared in the action-] '']'' (2005), opposite ] and ], and in the Disney film '']'', playing ], a real-life golf player from a poor family who won the 1913 U.S. Open Championship.<ref name="timeinterview607"/> In 2006, LaBeouf co-starred in the ensemble film drama '']'', which called for him to do his first ] when he strips naked while on an ] trip. LaBeouf has said that he is not the "All-American Disney role model"<ref name="designer"/> and chose to appear in some of his film roles in order to "curse as much as possible"<ref name="curses">{{cite news|last=Johnson|first=Neala|coauthors=|title=Shia ground|pages=|publisher=The Herald Sun|date=]|url=http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,21545424-2902,00.html|accessdate=2007-04-13}}</ref> and "age publicly" after his Disney roles, specifying that Disney is "great and all" and a "nurturing place"<ref name="Leno"/> but "dehabilitating for an actor", being "one constant string of same".<ref name="rodeo"/> He has also said that he "enjoyed" being a ] and "hated" school.<ref name="school222">{{cite news|last=Cordova|first=Randy|coauthors=|title=Career window opening for Shia LaBeouf|pages=|publisher=AZ Central|date=]|url=http://www.azcentral.com/ent/movies/articles/0413shia0413.html|accessdate=2007-04-13}}</ref>

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In 2007, LaBeouf starred in '']'', a thriller released on ]. He played a teenager under ] who suspects that his neighbor, played by ], is a ]. LaBeouf received positive reviews for the role, with ] stating that LaBeouf "has grown into an appealing, bright young actor who is able to simultaneously pull off anger, remorse and intelligence",<ref name="Review1">{{cite news|last=Schobert|first=Christopher|coauthors=|title=Movies: Creepy cool 'Disturbia'|pages=|publisher=The Buffalo News|date=]|url=http://www.buffalonews.com/197/story/52995.html|accessdate=2007-04-13}}</ref> ] of ] writing that LaBeouf "gets his star ticket decisively punched",<ref name="Loder1">{{cite news|last=Loder|first=Kurt|coauthors=|title='Disturbia': Watchmen, By Kurt Loder|pages=|publisher=MTV Movie News|date=]|url=http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1557045/story.jhtml|accessdate=2007-04-13}}</ref> and the ] noting that LaBeouf is "fast becoming the best young actor in Hollywood".<ref name="SFC">{{cite news|last=Stein|first=Ruthe|coauthors=|title=If only Jimmy Stewart had had Wi-Fi and a cell|pages=|publisher=San Francisco Chronicle|date=]|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/04/13/DDGKPP738P1.DTL|accessdate=2007-04-13}}</ref> In comparing the film with '']'', The ] described LaBeouf's appeal as "more ] than ]".<ref name="NYDaily">{{cite news|last=Weitzman|first=Elizabeth|coauthors=|title=Movie Review: Nightmare in suburbia|pages=|publisher=The New York Daily News|date=]|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/movies/2007/04/13/2007-04-13_nightmare_in_suburbia.html|accessdate=2007-04-13}}</ref> Also in 2007, LaBeouf provided a voice role as Cody Maverick in the animated film '']'' and played teenager Sam Witwicky, who becomes involved in the ]-] war on ], in ]'s '']'', released on ]. LaBeouf has said that he is a fan of '']'' television series and the 1986 '']'',<ref name="mtvcom2006">{{cite news|last=Carroll|first=Larry|coauthors=|title='Transformers' Set Has Flashy Cars, Robot Models, Exploding Furbys|pages=|publisher=MTV|date=]|url=http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1539806/08302006/story.jhtml|accessdate=2007-04-14}}</ref> and ] ] cast him in the role having been impressed by his performance in ''Holes''.<ref name="timeinterview607"/> ''Disturbia'' was the most important film to LaBeouf of his three 2007 films, because it was a "character-driven" role.<ref name="DailyBulletin2007"/>

In 2007, LaBeouf presented an award at the ] on ], appeared on '']'' on ], and hosted '']'' on ]. He was named 2007's "star of tomorrow" by the ShoWest convention of the National Association of Theater Owners.<ref name="Showest">{{cite news|last=Moore|first=Roger|coauthors=|title=As Shia LaBeouf grows up,critical acclaim grows stronger|pages=|publisher=The Orlando Sentinel|date=]|url=http://www.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment/movies/orl-cal13labeouf07apr13,0,899414.story?coll=orl-ent-promos-movies|accessdate=2007-04-13}}</ref> In April 2007, LaBeouf was cast to appear in '']'', which began filming in June 2007 for a ], ] release date.<ref name="Indiana1">{{cite press release|title=LaBeouf Confirmed for Indiana Jones 4|publisher=Coming Soon.net|date=]|url=http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=19878|accessdate=2007-04-13}}</ref> Spielberg cast him in the film, impressed by his performance in ''Transformers''. LaBeouf has stated that he would subsequently like to appear in a smaller-scale role.<ref name="designer"/> His next films will be '']'' and ''Eagle Eye'', a thriller directed by ] and scheduled to begin filming in the fall of 2007.<ref name="Eagle">{{cite news|last=Thomas|first=Brian|coauthors=|title=SHIA LaBEOUF SIGNS FOR THRILLER 'EAGLE EYE'|pages=|publisher=IF Magazine|date=]|url=http://www.ifmagazine.com/new.asp?article=4679|accessdate=2007-07-10}}</ref> He has also signed on for two ''Transformers'' sequels.<ref name="transequels">{{cite news|last=Murray|first=Rebecca|coauthors=|title=Exclusive Interview with Shia LaBeouf and Brian Geraghty|pages=|publisher=About.com|date=]|url=http://movies.about.com/od/bobby/a/bobbysl111006_4.htm|accessdate=2007-07-09}}</ref>

===Personal life===
LaBeouf attended 32nd Street Visual and Performing Arts Magnet school in Los Angeles (LAUSD)<ref name="5generations"/> and ], although he received most of his education from tutors.<ref name="school">{{cite news|last=King|first=Susan|coauthors=|title=A prime cut of LaBeouf|pages=|publisher=Los Angeles Times|date=]|url=http://www.calendarlive.com/movies/reviews/cl-wk-movies12apr12,0,4362289.story?coll=cl-home-more-channels|accessdate=2007-04-13}}</ref> He bought his own house at the age of eighteen,<ref name="star3"/> remains close to both his parents<ref name="Stevenspraise"/> and lives in ]; his mother now lives nearby in ] and his father in ].<ref name="timeinterview607"/><ref name="5generations"/><ref name="DailyBulletin2007"/> LaBeouf was accepted to ], but declined, later remarking that he is "getting the kind of education you don't get at school",<ref name="Showest"/> although he would like to attend college.<ref name="5generations"/> LaBeouf is a ],<ref name="5generations"/><ref name="sports"/><ref name="timeinterview607">{{cite news|last=Winters Keegan|first=Rebecca|coauthors=|title=The Kid Gets the Picture|pages=|publisher=]|date=]|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1640381,00.html|accessdate=2007-07-08}}</ref> drives a ] Maxima <ref name="lovehate"/> and has one English bull ] named Brando.<ref name="star3"/><ref name="Film Spot">{{cite news|last=|first=|coauthors=|title=Shia LaBeouf trivia|pages=|publisher= |date=|url=http://www.filmspot.com/people/34106/shia-labeouf/trivia.html|accessdate=2007-06-12}}</ref>
LaBeouf has said that "sports is so big in my life"<ref name="sports">{{cite news|last=Randall|first=Laura|coauthors=|title=Shia LaBeouf's hot, and he's caught Spielberg's eye|pages=|publisher=Philadelphia Daily News|date=]|url=http://www.philly.com/dailynews/features/20070413_Shia_LaBeoufs_hot__and_hes_caught_Spielbergs_eye.html|accessdate=2007-04-13}}</ref> and that he is a "film junkie".<ref name="junkie">{{cite news|last=Topel|first=Fred|coauthors=|title=Shia LaBeouf talks Transformers|pages=|publisher=CraveOnline|date=]|url=http://www.craveonline.com/filmtv/articles/04647746/shia_labeouf_talks_transformers.html|accessdate=2007-04-13}}</ref> He enjoys the music of ] and the ] label ].<ref name="Leno"/>

LaBeouf has cited actors ],<ref name="Leno"/> ], ] and ] as inspirations,<ref name="star3"/> and has said that he is "very serious" about his career and has made "a calculated effort to stay away from the party scene", believing that "if the industry takes you lightly because you're always partying, then they will take your work lightly as well".<ref name="5generations"/> Interviewer Jamie Portman of ] described LaBeouf as seeming to have a "love-hate relationship with the teenage culture that has spawned him".<ref name="lovehate">{{cite news|last=Portman|first=Jamie|coauthors=|title=Shia LaBeouf's make-or-break year|pages=|publisher=The Vancouver Sun|date=]|url=http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/arts/story.html?id=cd2bbdb1-6cb1-4d1e-ab79-cd5f2c6ae1f5|accessdate=2007-04-13}}</ref>

LaBeouf has said that although he does not devoutly practice ], he has a "personal relationship with God that happens to work within the confines of Judaism".<ref name="interfaith"/>

==Filmography==
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! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes
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|rowspan="1"| ]-] || '']'' || Herbert the mascot || one episode
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| ]-] || '']'' || Louis Stevens || TV Show
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|rowspan="2"| ] || '']'' || Dylan Pierce || one episode
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| '']'' || Ronny Van Dusen ||]
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| ] || '']'' || Eddie Walker || Disney Channel Original Movie
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|rowspan="5"| ] || '']'' || Louis Stevens|| Disney Channel Original Movie
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| '']'' || Kelly Ernswiler || limited release
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| '']'' || Max Petroni ||
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| '']'' || Lewis ||
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| '']'' || ]/Caveman ||
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| ] || '']'' || Farber ||
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|rowspan="3"| ] || '']'' || Francis Ouimet ||
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| '']'' || Asbel || voice role
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| '']'' || Chas Kramer ||
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|rowspan="2"| ] || '']'' || Cooper ||
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| '']'' || Young Dito ||
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|rowspan="3"| ] || '']'' || Kale Brecht ||
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| '']'' || Cody Maverick || voice role
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| '']'' || ] ||
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|rowspan="2"| ] || '']'' || ||filming
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| '']'' || ||pre-production
|-
| ] ||'']'' || ] ||
|}

==References==
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==External links==
* {{imdb name|id=0479471|name=Shia LaBeouf}}
* Shia LaBeouf Saves the World - Fan Page

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