65 Facts About Shia LaBeouf

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Shia Saide LaBeouf is an American actor, performance artist, and filmmaker.

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Shia LaBeouf 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.

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Shia LaBeouf made his film debut in The Christmas Path.

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In 2007, LaBeouf starred in the commercially successful films Disturbia and Surf's Up.

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Shia LaBeouf later appeared in its sequels Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and Transformers: Dark of the Moon, both box office successes.

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Shia LaBeouf was born on June 11,1986, in Los Angeles, California.

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Shia LaBeouf is the only child of Shayna Saide and Jeffrey LaBeouf.

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Shia LaBeouf's mother was a visual artist, jewelry designer, and former dancer, while his father is a Vietnam War veteran and former professional clown.

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Shia LaBeouf's mother died of heart failure in August 2022.

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Shia LaBeouf has stated that he was raised around "both sides"; he had a Bar Mitzvah ceremony, and was baptized.

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Shia LaBeouf has said he was subjected to abuse by his father, who once pointed a gun at his son during a Vietnam War flashback.

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Shia LaBeouf remains close to and financially supports both of his parents.

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Shia LaBeouf attended 32nd Street Visual and Performing Arts Magnet in Los Angeles and Alexander Hamilton High School, although he received most of his education from tutors.

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Shia LaBeouf completed the 2010 Los Angeles Marathon on March 21,2010, with a time of 4 hours, 35 minutes and 31 seconds.

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Shia LaBeouf has said that he initially became an actor because his family was broke, not because he wanted to pursue an acting career, having originally gotten the idea from a child actor he met who had things he wanted.

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Shia LaBeouf has said that "[he] grew up on that show" and being cast was the "best thing" that happened to him.

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Shia LaBeouf made his directorial debut with the short film Let's Love Hate with Lorenzo Eduardo.

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Shia LaBeouf has played real-life people, including golfer Francis Ouimet and the younger version of Dito Montiel in A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints.

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Shia LaBeouf starred in Disturbia, a thriller released on April 13,2007, as a teenager under house arrest who suspects that his neighbor is a serial killer, which he considered a "character-driven" role.

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Shia LaBeouf received positive reviews for the role, with The Buffalo News writing that he "is able to simultaneously pull off [the character's] anger, remorse and intelligence".

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Shia LaBeouf hosted Saturday Night Live on April 14,2007, and returned the following season to host the episode that aired on May 10,2008.

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Shia LaBeouf starred in the 2007 film Transformers as Sam Witwicky opposite Megan Fox.

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Shia LaBeouf's character is a human who becomes involved in the conflict between Autobots and Decepticons.

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The film received mixed reviews from critics, with Shia LaBeouf's performance receiving similarly average reviews.

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In Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Shia LaBeouf portrayed Indiana Jones' greaser son, Mutt Williams.

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Shia LaBeouf told the Los Angeles Times that he felt he as an actor "dropped the ball" on Jones' legacy, and "there was a reason" the film was not universally accepted.

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Shia LaBeouf appeared in the Oliver Stone-directed film Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, the sequel to Wall Street.

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Shia LaBeouf reprised the role of Sam Witwicky in the 2009 sequel to Transformers, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.

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Shia LaBeouf said production was only delayed two days after his accident because Bay made up for it by filming second unit scenes, and Shia LaBeouf recovered a few weeks earlier than expected, allowing him to return to the set.

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Shia LaBeouf did not return for the fourth film in the series, Transformers: Age of Extinction, and Mark Wahlberg was cast as a new lead character.

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Shia LaBeouf next portrayed Jerome Morris in the Lars von Trier-directed erotic art film Nymphomaniac, which premiered in December 2013.

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Meanwhile, at the film's screening at the Berlin Film Festival a tuxedoed Shia LaBeouf walked the red carpet with a paper bag over his head with the words "I am not famous anymore" written upon it.

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Shia LaBeouf co-starred with Brad Pitt and Logan Lerman in David Ayer's World War II-set film, Fury, which was released in October 2014.

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In 2015, Shia LaBeouf starred in Sia's music video for "Elastic Heart" along with Maddie Ziegler.

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Shia LaBeouf starred in the war-thriller film Man Down directed by Dito Montiel alongside Gary Oldman and Kate Mara.

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In 2016, Shia LaBeouf starred in American Honey, directed by Andrea Arnold, playing the male lead role, Jake.

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In 2019, Shia LaBeouf starred in the comedy-drama film The Peanut Butter Falcon, which premiered in March, and was released in August.

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Shia LaBeouf penned the screenplay while in rehab and based it upon his life as an actor.

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Shia LaBeouf starred in the Netflix drama film Pieces of a Woman opposite Vanessa Kirby, directed by Kornel Mundruczo.

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In early 2014, Shia LaBeouf began collaborating with British artist and author of The Metamodernist Manifesto, Luke Turner, and Finnish artist Nastja Sade Ronkko, embarking on a series of actions described by Dazed as "a multi-platform meditation on celebrity and vulnerability".

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On February 9,2014, the artists caused controversy at the Berlin Film Festival when Shia LaBeouf arrived at the red carpet wearing a brown paper bag over his head with the words "I am not famous anymore" written on it.

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Shia LaBeouf met British actress Mia Goth while filming Nymphomaniac in 2012.

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Later that month, Shia LaBeouf confirmed their nuptials on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.

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In February 2022, it was reported that Goth and Shia LaBeouf had reconciled and she was pregnant with their first child.

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Shia LaBeouf dated British musician FKA Twigs from 2018 to 2019.

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Shia LaBeouf began dating American actress Margaret Qualley in 2020 after they co-starred in her sister Rainey Qualley's short film music video "Love Me Like You Hate Me".

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In 2015, Shia LaBeouf endorsed Jeremy Corbyn's campaign in the Labour Party leadership election in the United Kingdom.

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Shia LaBeouf contributed an essay to the 2004 book I Am Jewish by Judea Pearl, in which he stated that he has a "personal relationship with God that happens to work within the confines of Judaism".

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Shia LaBeouf had described himself as Jewish, but declared in 2007 that religion had "never made sense" to him.

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Shia LaBeouf stated that the Traditional Latin Mass played a key role in his conversion.

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On December 17,2013, Shia LaBeouf released his short film Howard Cantour.

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In January 2014, Shia LaBeouf spoke about the plagiarism accusations with Bleeding Cool writer Rich Johnston, stating that he saw copyright laws as too restrictive and that they did not allow for ideas to flow freely.

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Shia LaBeouf later tweeted a description of his next project, Daniel Boring.

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On June 26,2014, Shia LaBeouf was arrested at New York City's Studio 54 theater and subsequently charged with disorderly conduct, harassment, and criminal trespass.

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Shia LaBeouf was said to have been "acting disorderly, yelling and being loud".

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Shia LaBeouf pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct, while the trespassing and harassment charges were dropped.

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On July 8,2017, Shia LaBeouf was arrested in downtown Savannah, Georgia, at around 4 am for public intoxication, disorderly conduct, and obstruction.

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Bodycam footage showed Shia LaBeouf making "profanity-laced racial remarks" towards police officers during his arrest.

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Shia LaBeouf later attributed the incident to his alcohol addiction.

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Shia LaBeouf was sentenced to probation for one year, including time served, and ordered to pay a $1,000 fine as well as seek therapy to manage his anger and substance use issues.

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In September 2020, Shia LaBeouf was criminally charged with misdemeanor battery and petty theft for his involvement in an altercation with a man in June of that year.

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Shia LaBeouf subsequently took a hiatus from acting and began receiving treatment.

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Shia LaBeouf was replaced by Harry Styles in September 2020 due to "scheduling conflicts".

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Shia LaBeouf denied he was fired and that he "quit the film due to lack of rehearsal time" in August 2020.

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Vanity Fair reported that Shia LaBeouf gave Wilde an ultimatum to choose between him and Pugh, with Wilde choosing Pugh.