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My Take
Shia LaBeouf is the rare actor whose chaos I cannot dismiss, because he keeps converting it into art. The Disney kid who won a Daytime Emmy became a blockbuster lead, then a tabloid cautionary tale, and then wrote Honey Boy — a screenplay dissecting his own childhood with a candor most stars would never risk. That act of self-examination, flaws fully exposed, is what keeps me invested. I do not excuse his worst behavior, but I distrust tidy redemption arcs anyway. His story is messy, unfinished, and human, and his raw, fully committed screen presence remains genuinely compelling to me.
Overview
Shia Saide LaBeouf ( SHY-ə lə-BUF; born June 11, 1986) is an American actor and filmmaker. He 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. He made his film debut in The Christmas Path (1998).
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Shia LaBeouf
- Name (Japanese)
- シャイア・ラブーフ
- Reading
- しゃいあ・らぶーふ
- Born
- June 11, 1986 (age 40)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Gemini / Tiger
- Origin
- Los Angeles, California, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- film director / voice actor / film actor / television actor / screenwriter
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Alexander Hamilton High School
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- Daytime Emmy Award
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | Transformers | — | |
| Notable work | Honey Boy | — |
6. Links
Film director — see all → · Voice actor — see all → · More people from United States →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.