Shia LaBeouf Biography

Shia LaBeouf Biography

Date of Birth

11 June 1986, Los Angeles, California, USA - -

Birth Name

Shia Saide LaBeouf - -

Height

5' 9¼" (1.76 m) - -

Mini Biography

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.

Trivia

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" (2000).
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.