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Shia LaBeouf in The Peanut Butter Falcon (2019)

Sverrir Gudnason and Shia LaBeouf in Borg vs. McEnroe (2017)

Shia LaBeouf and Toby Kebbell in Salvable (2025)

Shia LaBeouf and Bailey Coppola in Megalopolis (2024)

Karen Allen and Shia LaBeouf in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)

Shia LaBeouf and A.J. Trauth in Even Stevens (2000)

Shia LaBeouf, Fred Meyers, and A.J. Trauth in Even Stevens (2000)

Christy Carlson Romano, Lauren Frost, and Shia LaBeouf in Even Stevens (2000)

Christy Carlson Romano, Shia LaBeouf, and A.J. Trauth in Even Stevens (2000)

Shia LaBeouf, Donna Pescow, and Tom Virtue in Even Stevens (2000)

Christy Carlson Romano and Shia LaBeouf in Even Stevens (2000)

Shia LaBeouf and Stacy Martin in Nymphomaniac: Vol. II (2013)

Shia LaBeouf in Nymphomaniac: Vol. II (2013)

Shia LaBeouf in Nymphomaniac: Vol. I (2013)

Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, John Hurt, Shia LaBeouf, and Ray Winstone in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)

Dakota Johnson, Shia LaBeouf, and Zack Gottsagen in The Peanut Butter Falcon (2019)

Darrell Hammond, Shia LaBeouf, and Amy Poehler in Saturday Night Live (1975)

Shia LaBeouf and James Sobol Kelly in Borg vs. McEnroe (2017)

Sverrir Gudnason, Shia LaBeouf, and Janus Metz in Borg vs. McEnroe (2017)

Brad Grunberg and Shia LaBeouf in Eagle Eye (2008)

Shia LaBeouf's natural talent and raw energy have secured his place as one of Hollywood's leading men.

Most recently, LaBeouf starred alongside Vanessa Kirby and Ellen Burstyn in Kornel Mundruczo's Oscar® nominated Pieces of a Woman. In the critically acclaimed film, a grieving couple (Kirby/LaBeouf) embarks on an emotional journey after the loss of their baby. Previously, Shia was also seen in the crime drama, The Tax Collector, which was written and directed by David Ayer. He most recently wrapped production on Abel Ferrarra's Padre Pio which follows the life of the now saint during his time as a monk in Puglia, Italy.

LaBeouf received rave reviews for his performance in Honey Boy, which premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. The film also marks Shia's first feature length film as a screenwriter. LaBeouf portrays a law breaking, alcohol-abusing father who tries to mend his tumultuous relationship with his son (Lucas Hedges & Noah Jupe) over the course of a decade. The film received a Special Jury Award for Vision and Craft at the festival. In 2019, Shia starred in The Peanut Butter Falcon, the highest grossing indie film of the year with $20,500,000 domestic box office receipts. The film, also starring Dakota Johnson, Bruce Dern and Zachary Gottsagen, won the Audience Award at the SXSW Film Festival.

Other credits include drama, Borg vs. McEnroe (critics heralded LaBeouf's performance as "perfection," "flawless" and "explosive"); the critically acclaimed independent film American Honey , directed by Andrea Arnold, (his performance earned him a British Independent Film Award nomination for "Best Actor," a London Critics' Circle Film Award nomination for "Supporting Actor of the Year," and an Independent Spirit Award nomination for "Best Supporting Male"); the post-apocalyptic thriller, Man Down alongside Gary Oldman and Kate Mara; the war drama Fury, directed by David Ayer, opposite Brad Pitt; Lars von Trier's drama, Nymphomaniac: Vol. 1; Lars von Trier's Nymphomaniac: Vol. 2; and the suspense drama Charlie Countryman, opposite Evan Rachel Wood, Mads Mikkelsen and Melissa Leo.

LaBeouf starred in Transformers: Dark of the Moon (grossing over $1 billion worldwide), which marked his third and final turn as the enterprising and heroic Sam Witwicky. From the original Transformers released in 2007 (which earned over $700 million around the world in theatrical release and became the highest grossing DVD of the year) to the second installment in 2009, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, (which garnered global receipts upwards of $836 million,) Sam continued to find himself in the middle of a life and death struggle between warring robot legions on earth. Additional film credits include Robert Redford's The Company You Keep, Lawless alongside Tom Hardy, Gary Oldman and Guy Pearce, Oliver Stone's Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps opposite Michael Douglas, the fourth installment of Steven Spielberg's "Indiana Jones" series, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, alongside Harrison Ford, D.J. Caruso's Eagle Eye, the Anthony Minghella-scripted segment of New York, I Love You, a romantic anthology also starring Julie Christie and John Hurt, the popular thriller Disturbia, the Oscar® nominated animated film Surf's Up alongside Jeff Bridges, A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints, which won "Best Ensemble Cast" at the Sundance Film Festival, Emilio Estevez's acclaimed drama Bobby, Disney's The Greatest Game Ever Played which follows the true story of a 19-year-old amateur athlete's journey to winning the U.S. Open, I, Robot, Constantine, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, HBO's "Project Greenlight" featuring The Battle of Shaker Heights produced by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck and in 2003 he made his feature film debut in the comedy Holes, based on the best-selling book by Louis Sacher.

On television, LaBeouf garnered much praise from critics everywhere for his portrayal of "Louis Stevens" on the Disney Channel's original series "Even Stevens." In 2003, he earned a Daytime Emmy award for "Outstanding Performer in a Children's Series" for his work on the highly-rated family show.

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