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Shia LaBeouf

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Shia Saide LaBeouf was born June 11, 1986, in Los Angeles, California, to Jeffrey LaBeouf and Shayna Saide, and is an only child. His parents are divorced, and he lives with his mom in Los Angeles. He started his career by doing stand-up comedy around places in his neighborhood, such as coffee clubs. One day, he saw a friend of his acting on "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman" (1993), and wanted to become an actor. Shia and his mom talked it over, and the next day he started looking for an agent. He searched in the yellow pages, called one up, and did a stand-up routine in front of him. They liked him and signed him, and then he started auditioning. He's well known for playing Louis Stevens in the popular Disney Channel series "Even Stevens" (2000) and has won a Daytime Emmy for his performance.

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Named after his grandfather who is also a comedian.

Enjoys making independent short films with his friends

Celebrates both Christmas and Hanukkah.

Attends the prestigious Hamilton Academy of Music in Los Angeles, California, along with actors such as Emile Hirsch, Will Rothhaar, Candace Lifson, Kyla Pratt, Kellan Rhude, Kaitlin Doubleday, Zoma Crum, and Cherish Lee.

Graduated from high school in 2003. In the fall he is planning on going to college, preferably Yale University.

His first name rhymes with "hiya."

Plays the drums.

Wears a size-11 shoe.

Favorite movies are Dumb & Dumber (1994) and Saving Silverman (2001).

For music, he likes to listen to System of a Down, 50 Cent, Eminem, D12, Led Zeppelin, Jack Johnson, Ben Folds, and others.

Is involved with Joe Torre's Give Back to the Children's Fund.

Wears contact lenses.

When younger, he attended 32nd Street USC Visual and Performing Arts Magnet.

Performed alongside hip-hop MC G-Money at the Viper Room on January 2005.

Shares the same birthday with "Jackass" (2000) star Ryan Dunn.

Won a Daytime Emmy award in 2003 for Outstanding Performer in a Children's Series at the age of 16 for his portrayal of Louis Stevens on "Even Stevens" (2000).

Sometimes plays basketball with "Lizzie McGuire" (2001) star Adam Lamberg.

Is an only child.

Parents are Shayna & Jeffrey (divorced).

Started a hip-hop group/record label (Element) and a film production company (www.grassyslope.com) with fellow actor and best friend 'Lorenzo Eduardo'.

Grew up in Los Angeles with actor Bo Barrett.

Was considered for the role of Jimmy Olsen in Superman Returns (2006).

Second father and mentor was Jon Voight.

Last name is pronounced "La-buff".

American Beauty (1999) is one of his favorite films.

His French-Cajun father, Jeffrey LaBeouf, was a clown from San Francisco who spent time in France studying commedia dell'arte.

His mother, Shayna, was a former ballet dancer from New York who once studied with Martha Graham. She also once ran a head shop across the street from Tompkins Square Park.

As a child, he and his parents would dress up like clowns and sell hot dogs in the park across the street from their apartment.

Growing up, he lived in an apartment on Glendale Boulevard in Los Angeles, California.

Grew up in Echo Park, Los Angeles, California.

Considers The Greatest Game Ever Played (2005) as his transition movie from child actor to adult actor.

When he was a guest on "Late Show with David Letterman" (1993) during the hype for Transformers (2007), Dave asked Shia how his name originated. Shia responded saying that the name "Shia" was Hebrew for Praise God and his last name "LaBeouf" was French for Beef hence the phrase "Praise God for Beef.".

Had only two days off between finishing the shooting of Disturbia (2007) and beginning that of Transformers (2007).

Became good friends with Adam Scarimbolo, and Channing Tatum on the set of A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (2006).

Was ranked #7 on Yahoo! List of 10 Most Popular Stars of 2007 on Yahoo! Movies.(2007).

Ranked #4 on interview magazines Hollywood faces to watch "future stars of tomorrow".

Was ranked #24 on Entertainment Weekly's '30 Under 30' the actors list. (2008).

Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight, Jodie Foster, and John Turturro are his inspirations.

At age 13, he celebrated his Bar Mitzvah (the traditional coming-of-age ceremony for Jewish boys).

Was arrested for driving under the influence after being involved in a car accident. [July 2008]

His car crash at the end of July 2008 left him with a damaged hand. He had to undergo extensive surgery that lasted for at least 4 hours. His injury will be written into Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) from which he had to take some time off after the crash.

Personal Quotes

[when asked about what it's like to be a celebrity] I'll tell you when I become one.

[when asked about what type of girls he likes] I like the dark, mysterious, maybe even gothic type girls. They have to have a good personality, too. I'm very picky.

I got to grow up in a situation where drugs were demonic. To watch your dad go through heroin withdrawal is something that would keep you from doing any of that yourself.

I'm not an Adonis, that's for damn sure. I've never really thought of myself that way, and it doesn't matter to me. My favorite actors aren't Adonises. Dustin Hoffman is a flawed-looking man; he's amazing to me. Tom Hanks is flawed-looking; people love him. Same with Gene Hackman.

I was billed as the ten-year-old kid with the 50-year-old mouth. I knew if I wanted to work in the business, funny would be good because I looked like Garry Shandling.

Clubs are so lame. Nobody even dances at these clubs. They stand around and get drunk and they schmooze. There is no enjoyment factor. You get so many invites . . . partying has never interested me. My dad was a drug addict. There's something about watching your dad go through heroin withdrawal when you're 11. It's not interesting anymore. I'm not individualizing this. There are lots of kids that deal with this. I'm an '80s baby; that's what was going on.

[on his co-star Harrison Ford]I've been fortunate enough to work with Harrison on (Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the) Crystal Skull, and I can honestly say it is a dream come true. He's a man's man. And he's incredible because he make movies even better, because we love him as much as Indy hates snakes, and because he's captain of the goddamn Millenium Falcon!

Talent is funny, I've always looked at talent like what the hell does talent really mean? Talent is to actors what luck is to card players. It's not really anything, it's just a fictitious word that people have created and labeled things. Talent is like you know I never really believed in talent, I believed in drive and determination and preparation but talent is sort of like luck. I wouldn't want to think of myself as talented it doesn't seem like there's any validity in that. I like to think of myself as an ordinary man with extra ordinary determination. That's it.

Salario

Where Are They Now

(June 2003) Still working on movies, planning on going to Yale in the fall.

(July 2007) In Transformers as Sam Witwickey.

(September 2007) Filming the latest installment of the Indiana Jones series with Harrison Ford.

(December 2007) In Chicago filming "Eagle Eye" (2008) with Disturbia director D.J Caruso.

(June 2008) In Philidelphia, P.A filming "Transformers 2: The Revenge of the Fallen" (2008) with Transformer director, Michael Bay.

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