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Shia LaBeouf Profile |
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Birth Date: June 11, 1986
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Birth Place: Los Angeles, California, USA
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Birth Name: Shia Saide LaBeouf
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Height: 5'9"
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Biography |
Shia LaBeouf is a Daytime Emmy
Award-winning American actor and comedian. He became known
after a starring role in the Disney Channel series Even
Stevens, and has since appeared in a string of Hollywood
films, including Holes, I, Robot, The Greatest Game Ever
Played, Constantine, and has a role in the upcoming
Transformers and provides the lead voice for in animated
film Surf's Up.
LaBeouf was born in Los Angeles, California, the only child
of a circus clown, Jeffrey LaBeouf, and Shayna Saide, a
ballerina. His father is Cajun and his mother is Jewish, and
LaBeouf was raised in the Jewish religion. However, he
celebrates both Christmas and Hanukkah. LaBeouf started his
career by performing stand-up comedy around his
neighborhood. One day, he saw one of his friends act on Dr.
Quinn, Medicine Woman and from then on he wanted to become
an actor. He searched the Yellow Pages for an agent and
called one using an adult voice claiming to know a great
child actor (himself) who would someday be big. The agency
signed him after he performed a stand-up routine.
LaBeouf attended the prestigious Hamilton Academy of Music
in Los Angeles, California, and graduated in 2003. He
currently lives in Stockton, California and attends the
University of the Pacific.
LaBeouf became well known after playing Louis Stevens in the
Disney Channel television series, Even Stevens, for which he
was awarded a Daytime Emmy Award. In 2003, he appeared in
another Disney production, Holes as Stanley "Caveman"
Yelnats IV, opposite actors Sigourney Weaver, Jon Voight,
and Tim Blake Nelson. That same year, he was heavily
featured on the HBO documentary show "Project Greenlight",
which chronicled the making of the independent film "The
Battle of Shaker Heights". In 2005, he appeared in the
horror film Constantine, opposite Keanu Reeves and Rachel
Weisz. He also had a small role in I, Robot (2004). In 2006,
he had a role in Bobby, which called for him to do his first
(real) nude scene when he strips naked while on an LSD trip.
LaBeouf will play Sam Witwicky (also known as "Spike"), a
teenager who uncovers a robot invasion of Earth, in director
Michael Bay's upcoming Transformers film, scheduled to be
released on July 4, 2007. LaBeouf has noted that he is a fan
of The Transformers television series and the 1986 The
Transformers: The Movie. |
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Other Information |
Named after his grandfather who is also a comedian.
Enjoys making independent short films with his friends
Celebrates both Christmas and Hanukkah.
Attended the prestigious Hamilton Academy of Music in Los
Angeles, California, along with actors such as Emile Hirsch,
Fernanda Romero, Frank Miranda Will Rothhaar, Rachel Kiri
Walker, Candace Lifson, Kyla Pratt, Kaitlin Doubleday, 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 is pronounced to rhyme 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" (1999).
Sometimes plays basketball with "Lizzie McGuire" (2001) star
Adam Lamberg.
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.
Was ranked #6 on Moviefone's 'The 25 Hottest Actors Under
25'(2008).
Wants to Star in a biopic of New York Horror-Core MC and
personal friend, Cage (Chris Palko).
His driver's license was suspended for a year in January
2009, as a consequence of refusing blood-alcohol-level
testing after his car accident in 2008.
Is in a relationship with Carey Mulligan as of August 2009,
having met her when they began filming Wall Street: Money
Never Sleeps (2010) together.
His family name does not actually mean "the beef". As
spelled, it is a Cajun deformation of the original French
name "LeBoeuf". "Le" instead of "La" because in French,
"Beef" or "Boeuf" is masculine and the correct way the name
is spelled is "Leboeuf" or "LeBoeuf". As so often happened
in Louisiana, the name became deformed because the French
sent there could say their name but could not read or write
French correctly. "Beouf" is not a French word or name.
There is no such name as "Labeouf" or "LaBeouf" in French.
Correctly spelled it would mean "the beef" in the singular
tense.
[2009] Topped Forbes list of actors who give movie studios
the best return on their investment, with his films earning
an average of $160.00 Dollars for every $1 Dollar he is
paid.
Has appeared in three movies that feature sentient robots.
I, Robot (2004), Transformers (2007) and Transformers:
Revenge of the Fallen (2009).
Lives in Sherman Oaks, California.
Appeared twice on the cover of GQ magazine: June '08 and
April '10.
Was accepted at Yale University but has not attended.
Admitted that he had a short relationship with Megan Fox
while they were filming Transformers. |
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