Background and career
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.
Shia Saide LaBeouf was born on June 11, 1986, in Los Angeles, California, the only child of visual artist, jewelry designer and dancer Shayna Saide and professional clown Jeffrey LaBeouf. His mother died of heart failure in August 2022. LaBeouf's mother was Jewish, and his Cajun father is Christian. He has stated that he was raised around "both sides" — he was baptized and had a bar mitzvah. One of the camps he attended was Christian. He embraced the Catholic faith in 2022.
How Shia LaBeouf makes money
He also starred as Sam Witwicky in the first three Transformers films (2007–2011), which collectively grossed over $2 billion worldwide. It received mixed reviews, became the tenth film to gross over $1 billion, and marked LaBeouf's final time starring in a Transformers film.
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Net-worth figure: Celebrity Net Worth (2026-10-19), in USD. Biography and career facts: the person's Wikipedia article and linked reporting. Snapshot date for all StarWorth figures: 28 October 2026.
