Shia LaBeouf biography & trivia

*    Shia LaBeouf was born on 11th June 1986 in Los Angeles, U.S.A to Jeffrey Craig LaBeouf & Shayna.

*    His mother Shayna is a dancer and a designer, his father took part in Vietnam War.

*    LaBeouf in one of his interviews described his parents as “hippies” and stated that “they are pretty weird people, but they loved me and I loved them.”

*    His father was a drug addict and attended rehabilitation centers to come out of heroin addiction.

*    His parents got divorce when he was young. His mother took his custody and brought him up by selling fabrics. During this financial trouble days LaBeouf’s uncle thought of adopting him but his mother was not ready to live without him.

*    LaBeouf attended “32nd Street Visual and Performing Arts Magnet” and “Alexander Hamilton High School”.

*    He started his acting career with small roles in Tv shows like Caroline in the City, Jesse, Suddenly Susan etc at the end of 1990s, his major breakthrough came in 2000 with “Even Stevens” on Disney Channel for which he won Daytime Emmy Award, he later worked for Holes in 2003.

*    He also ventured into film direction with short film “Let’s Love Hate”.

*    In 2000 decade LaBeouf worked for major commercial hits like Disturbia in 2007 alongside David Morse and Sarah Roemer, his subsequent film Transformers alongside Megan Fox and Josh Duhamel in 2007 turned out to be the biggest blockbuster hit in his career with $709 million, “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” in 2008 opposite Harrison For and Cate Blanchett, Eagle Eye in 2008 with Michelle Monaghan and Rosario Dawson, “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” in 2009 alongside Megan Fox and Josh Duhamel.

*    In 2010 decade LaBeouf appeared in blockbusters like Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps in 2010 alongside Michael Douglas and Carey Mulligan the earned more than $134 million at box office, Transformers: Dark of the Moon in 2011 with Josh Duhamel and John Turturro, this time Megan Fox was out of the Transformers camp due to some misunderstandings with director Michael Bay.

*    LaBeouf started dating China Brezner in 2004 and the couple broke up in 2007, later he had serious relationship with his co-star Carey Mulligan from 2009 to 2010. He also dated Isabel Lucas and Megan Fox for a short period of time.

*    He has three tattoos on his body: “1986–2004″ “a dog paw” and “hand with a shackle”.

*    LaBeouf had few legal troubles during his film career, in 2007 he was arrested for trespassing but later the charges were dropped, in 2008 an arrest warrant was issued for unlawful smoking, in the same year he was arrested for drunk driving and his license was suspended for one year.

Shia LaBeouf interview excerpts

“I’ve had to deal with all different types of situations —positive and negative and extremes of both. I didn’t read the book on how to be a well-adjusted celebrity.”

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