Shia LaBeouf
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Modèle:Pp-semi-protected Modèle:Infobox actor Shia Saide LaBeouf<ref>According to the State of California. California Birth Index, 1905-1995. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California. At Ancestry.com</ref> (pronounced SHY-uh luh-BUFF, Modèle:IPAEng<ref>In this excerpt from the Late Show with David Letterman, Shia LaBeouf pronounces "Shia" at 00:54 and "LaBeouf" at 01:00: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4k_y9g-w5Q</ref>; born June 11, 1986) is a Daytime Emmy Award-winning<ref name="designer"/> American actor and comedian. After growing up in California, he became known with a starring role in the Disney Channel series Even Stevens. He made the transition to film roles with Holes, a box office success, and has since appeared in several Hollywood films, including Constantine, I, Robot, and The Greatest Game Ever Played. In 2007, LaBeouf starred in Disturbia, Transformers, and Surf's Up, and is due to appear in 2008's Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Several media publications have speculated that LaBeouf, whose screen persona was described by Time magazine as that of the "scrappy kid next door",<ref name="timeinterview607"/> might become a major film star throughout 2007.<ref name="star1"> Long , Tom
. " Breakout " , Detroit News , 2007-04-13 . Retrieved on 2007-04-13 . </ref><ref name="star2"> Kepnes , Caroline . " Weekend Peep Show: Spring Cleaning! " , E! Online , 2007-04-13 . Retrieved on 2007-04-13 . </ref><ref name="star3"> Randall , Laura . " Shia LaBeouf's star gets brighter " , The Christian Science Monitor , 2007-04-13 . Retrieved on 2007-04-13 . </ref><ref name="lovehate"/>
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Biography
Early life and family
Shia LaBeouf was born in Los Angeles, California, the only child of Shayna (née Saide), a dancer and ballerina turned visual artist and jewelry designer, and Jeffrey Craig LaBeouf, a Vietnam War veteran who "drifted" from job to job, working as a mime at a circus and as a rodeo clown.<ref name="timeinterview607"/><ref name="Stevenspraise"/><ref name="rodeo"> Woulfe , Molly
. " All grown up, Shia spouts off on 'Disturbia' " , NW Times , 2007-04-13 . Retrieved on 2007-04-13 . </ref><ref name="designer"> Ressner , Jeffrey . " The next Tom Hanks? " , USA Weekend , 2007-07-01 . Retrieved on 2007-07-08 . </ref><ref name="5generations"/> LaBeouf's maternal grandfather, who shared his first name, was a comedian who worked in the Borscht Belt of the Catskill Mountains, and his paternal grandmother was a Beatnik poet and lesbian who associated with Allen Ginsberg.<ref name="namemeaningstuff"/><ref name="timeinterview607"/><ref name="borscht"> Strickler , Jeff . " 'Disturbia' actor still just a kid " , Minneapolis Star Tribune , 2007-04-12 . Retrieved on 2007-04-13 . </ref> The name "Shia" is Hebrew for 'gift from God' and the surname "LaBeouf" is a variation of "Le Boeuf", the French term for 'the ox' or 'the beef'.<ref name="namemeaningstuff">" Oh Boy! Shia LaBeouf Mouths Off " , Gurl , 2007 . Retrieved on 2007-07-21 . </ref><ref name="namemeans"> Rob Allsletter . " TRANSFORMERS' SHIA LABEOUF " , Comics Continuum , 2007-07-02 . Retrieved on 2007-07-04 . </ref> LaBeouf has said that he comes from "five generations of performers" and was "acting when [he] came out of the womb".<ref name="5generations"> Koltnow , Barry . " Watching the moves " , OC Register , 2007-04-13 . Retrieved on 2007-04-13 . </ref> LaBeouf's father is a Cajun (once described by LaBeouf as a "Ragin' Cajun") and his New York-born mother is Jewish. LaBeouf was raised in the Jewish religion and had a Bar Mitzvah.<ref name="5generations"/><ref name="namemeans"/><ref name="DailyBulletin2007"/><ref name="usatoday03"> Thomas , Karen . " 'Holes' may mean a real opening for Shia LaBeouf " , USA Today , 2003-04-20 . Retrieved on 2007-04-13 . </ref><ref name="chickentaste"> Shady , Bethany . " SHIA LaBeouf " , Tastes Like Chicken , 2/02 . Retrieved on 2007-04-13 . </ref><ref name="interfaith"> Bloom , Nate . " Interfaith Celebrities: Shia the Mensch " , Interfaithfamily.com , 2007-04-10 . Retrieved on 2007-04-13 . </ref><ref name="bar"> O , Jimmy . " INT: Shia LaBeouf " , JoBlo.com , 2007-04-11 . Retrieved on 2007-04-13 . </ref> LaBeouf has described his parents as "hippies", his father as "tough as nails and a different breed of man", and his upbringing as similar to a "hippy lifestyle", stating that his parents were "pretty weird people, but they loved me and I loved them".<ref name="5generations"/><ref name="Darkhorizons05"> Fischer , Paul . " Interview: Shia LaBeouf for "Constantine" " , Dark Horizons , 2005-02-08 . Retrieved on 2007-04-14 . </ref> LaBeouf's father used to grow cannabis, and the two smoked marijuana together when LaBeouf was ten.<ref name="Stevenspraise"/><ref name="5generations"/> LaBeouf has also said that his father was "on drugs" during his childhood, being addicted to heroin and placed in drug rehabilitation for heroin addiction, while LaBeouf's mother was "trying to hold down the fort".<ref name="Stevenspraise"/> His parents eventually divorced, and he had what he has described as a "good childhood", growing up poor with his mother (who worked selling fabrics and brooches) in Echo Park, Los Angeles, California.
Education
LaBeouf attended a predominantly Latino and African-American school.<ref name="school"/><ref name="DailyBulletin2007"> Strauss , Bob
. " Shia LaBeouf has come a long way in Hollywood " , Inland Valley Daily Bulletin , 2007-04-07 . Retrieved on 2007-04-08 . </ref> Theatrically, LaBeouf attended 32nd Street Visual and Performing Arts Magnet school in Los Angeles (LAUSD)<ref name="5generations"/> and Alexander Hamilton High School, although he received most of his education from tutors.<ref name="school"> King , Susan . " A prime cut of LaBeouf " , Los Angeles Times , 2007-04-11 . Retrieved on 2007-04-13 . </ref> Following high-school, LaBeouf was accepted to Yale University, but declined, later remarking that he is "getting the kind of education you don't get at school",<ref name="Showest"/> although he would like to attend college.<ref name="5generations"/>
Career
Comedian
LaBeouf would "create things, story lines and fictitious tales" during his childhood, and practiced stand-up comedy around his neighborhood as an "escape" from a hostile environment.<ref name="DailyBulletin2007"/> He began performing stand-up and "talking dirty" at comedy clubs (including the The Ice House in Pasadena) at the age of ten (describing his appeal as having "disgustingly dirty" material and a "50-year-old mouth on the 10-year-old kid").<ref name="Leno"/><ref name="school"/> LaBeouf subsequently found an agent through the Yellow Pages, being taken on after doing his stand-up act for her and pretending to be his own manager, promoting himself in the third person.<ref name="DailyBulletin2007"/><ref name="perthnow"> Harvey , Shannon
. " ‘He's a natural’ " , Sunday Times , 2007-04-14 . </ref>
Actor
LaBeouf has said that he initially became an actor because his family was broke, not because he wanted to pursue an acting career.<ref name="Leno"/> He became well known among young audiences after playing Louis Stevens in the Disney Channel weekly program Even Stevens, a role for which he was cast three months after being signed by his agent. LaBeouf also played in the Disney Channel hit Tru Confessions where he played a mentally challenged kid with a sister who made a documentary about his disablity.<ref name="DailyBulletin2007"/> His father, at the time just released from rehab, served as his on-set parent and the two bonded.<ref name="stevens1"> Williamson , Kevin
. " LaBeouf shaped by drug abuse " , Jam! Showbiz , 2007-04-12 . Retrieved on 2007-04-13 . </ref> LaBeouf was awarded a Daytime Emmy Award for the role of Louis<ref name="5generations"/> and has said that he "grew up on that show" and that his childhood was "kind of lost," although his being cast in the show was the "best thing" that has happened to him.<ref name="Stevenspraise"> Lemire , Christy . " Shia LaBeouf: ‘I’m sick of being a boy’ " , Canton Repository , 2007-04-13 . Retrieved on 2007-04-13 . </ref> During this time period, LaBeouf also appeared in sketch shows on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.<ref name="Leno"> Cabrera , Delmy . " LaBeouf takes over Tinsel Town at Twenty " , The Depaulia , 2007-04-14 . Retrieved on 2007-04-13 . </ref> In 2003, he appeared in another Disney production, Holes, as Stanley "Caveman" Yelnats IV, opposite Sigourney Weaver, Jon Voight and Tim Blake Nelson. While filming Holes, Voight gave LaBeouf a book on acting, and this made LaBeouf realize acting could be more than a job.<ref name="timeinterview607"/> The film was a moderate box office success. Steven Spielberg was also a fan of LaBeouf in Holes, saying he reminded him of a young Tom Hanks.<ref name="designer"/>
That same year, he was heavily featured in the HBO documentary show Project Greenlight, which chronicled the making of the independent film The Battle of Shaker Heights. He also appeared in Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle as Max Petroni, an orphan whom the Angels end up protecting. He had a small role in I, Robot (2004) and appeared in the action-horror film Constantine (2005), opposite Keanu Reeves and Rachel Weisz, and in the Disney film The Greatest Game Ever Played, playing Francis Ouimet, a real-life golf player from a poor family who won the 1913 U.S. Open Championship.<ref name="timeinterview607"/> In 2006, LaBeouf co-starred in the ensemble film drama Bobby, which called for him to do his first nude scene when he strips naked while on an LSD trip. LaBeouf has said that he is not the "All-American Disney role model"<ref name="designer"/> and chose to appear in some of his film roles in order to "curse as much as possible"<ref name="curses"> Johnson , Neala
. " Shia ground " , The Herald Sun , 2007-04-12 . Retrieved on 2007-04-13 . </ref> and "age [himself] publicly" after his Disney roles, specifying that Disney is "great and all" and a "nurturing place"<ref name="Leno"/> but "dehabilitating for an actor", being "one constant string of same".<ref name="rodeo"/> He has also said that he enjoyed being a child actor and hated school.<ref name="school222"> Cordova , Randy . " Career window opening for Shia LaBeouf " , AZ Central , 2007-04-13 . Retrieved on 2007-04-13 . </ref>
In 2007, LaBeouf starred in Disturbia, a thriller released on April 13. He played a teenager under house arrest who suspects that his neighbor, played by David Morse, is a serial killer. The film was a hit and LaBeouf received positive reviews for the role, with the Buffalo News stating that LaBeouf "has grown into an appealing, bright young actor who is able to simultaneously pull off [the character's] anger, remorse and intelligence",<ref name="Review1"> Schobert , Christopher
. " Movies: Creepy cool 'Disturbia' " , The Buffalo News , 2007-04-13 . Retrieved on 2007-04-13 . </ref> Kurt Loder of MTV writing that LaBeouf "gets his star ticket decisively punched",<ref name="Loder1"> Loder , Kurt . " 'Disturbia': Watchmen, By Kurt Loder " , MTV Movie News , 2007-04-13 . Retrieved on 2007-04-13 . </ref> and the San Francisco Chronicle noting that LaBeouf is "fast becoming the best young actor in Hollywood".<ref name="SFC"> Stein , Ruthe . " If only Jimmy Stewart had had Wi-Fi and a cell " , San Francisco Chronicle , 2007-04-13 . Retrieved on 2007-04-13 . </ref> In comparing the film with Rear Window, The New York Daily News described LaBeouf's appeal as "more John Cusack than Jimmy Stewart".<ref name="NYDaily"> Weitzman , Elizabeth . " Movie Review: Nightmare in suburbia " , The New York Daily News , 2007-04-13 . Retrieved on 2007-04-13 . </ref> Also in 2007, LaBeouf provided a voice role as Cody Maverick in the animated film Surf's Up and played teenager Sam Witwicky, who becomes involved in the Autobot-Decepticon war on Earth, in Michael Bay's Transformers, released on July 3. LaBeouf has said that he is a fan of The Transformers television series and the 1986 The Transformers: The Movie,<ref name="mtvcom2006"> Carroll , Larry . " 'Transformers' Set Has Flashy Cars, Robot Models, Exploding Furbys " , MTV , 2006-08-31 . Retrieved on 2007-04-14 . </ref> and executive producer Steven Spielberg cast him in the role having been impressed by his performance in Holes.<ref name="timeinterview607"/> Disturbia was the most important film to LaBeouf of his three 2007 films, because it was a "character-driven" role.<ref name="DailyBulletin2007"/>
In 2007, LaBeouf presented an award at the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards on March 31, appeared on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno on April 2, and hosted Saturday Night Live on April 14.<ref>SNL Archives | Episode. Retrieved August 31, 2007.</ref> He was named 2007's "star of tomorrow" by the ShoWest convention of the National Association of Theater Owners.<ref name="Showest"> Moore , Roger
. " As Shia LaBeouf grows up,critical acclaim grows stronger " , The Orlando Sentinel , 2007-04-13 . Retrieved on 2007-04-13 . </ref> In April 2007, LaBeouf was cast to appear in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, which began filming in June 2007 for a May 22, 2008 release date.<ref name="Indiana1">Modèle:Cite press release</ref> Spielberg cast him in the film, impressed by his performance in Transformers. LaBeouf has stated that he would subsequently like to appear in a smaller-scale role.<ref name="designer"/> His next film will be Eagle Eye, a thriller directed by D. J. Caruso and scheduled to begin filming in the fall of 2007.<ref name="Eagle"> Thomas , Brian . " SHIA LaBEOUF SIGNS FOR THRILLER 'EAGLE EYE' " , IF Magazine , 2007-07-10 . Retrieved on 2007-07-10 . </ref> He has also signed on for two Transformers sequels.<ref name="transequels"> Murray , Rebecca . " Exclusive Interview with Shia LaBeouf and Brian Geraghty " , About.com , 2006-11-10 . Retrieved on 2007-07-09 . </ref>
Personal life
He bought his own house at the age of eighteen,<ref name="star3"/> lives in Burbank, California and remains close to both his parents;<ref name="Stevenspraise"/> his mother now lives nearby in Tujunga, Los Angeles, California and his father in Montana.<ref name="timeinterview607"/><ref name="5generations"/><ref name="DailyBulletin2007"/> LaBeouf is a smoker,<ref name="5generations"/><ref name="sports"/><ref name="timeinterview607"> Winters Keegan , Rebecca
. " The Kid Gets the Picture " , Time , 2007-07-05 . Retrieved on 2007-07-08 . </ref> drives a Nissan Maxima,<ref name="lovehate"/> and has two bulldogs named Brando and Rex.<ref name="star3"/><ref name="Film Spot">" Shia LaBeouf trivia " . Retrieved on 2007-06-12 . </ref> He has said that "sports is so big in my life"<ref name="sports"> Randall , Laura . " Shia LaBeouf's hot, and he's caught Spielberg's eye " , Philadelphia Daily News , 2007-04-13 . Retrieved on 2007-04-13 . </ref> and that he is a "film junkie".<ref name="junkie"> Topel , Fred . " Shia LaBeouf talks Transformers " , CraveOnline , 2007-04-12 . Retrieved on 2007-04-13 . </ref> He enjoys the music of The Shins, CKY, and the hip-hop label Definitive Jux.<ref name="Leno"/>
LaBeouf has cited actors Dustin Hoffman,<ref name="Leno"/> Jodie Foster, Jon Voight and John Turturro as inspirations,<ref name="star3"/> and has said that he is "very serious" about his career and has made "a calculated effort to stay away from the party scene", believing that "if the industry takes you lightly because you're always partying, then they will take your work lightly as well".<ref name="5generations"/> Interviewer Jamie Portman of The Vancouver Sun described LaBeouf as seeming to have a "love-hate relationship with the teenage culture that has spawned him".<ref name="lovehate"> Portman , Jamie
. " Shia LaBeouf's make-or-break year " , The Vancouver Sun , 2007-04-13 . Retrieved on 2007-04-13 . </ref>
It has been rumored that Shia LaBeouf has had plastic surgery on his nose. On November 4, 2007, LaBeouf was arrested for misdemeanor criminal trespassing in a Chicago Walgreens after refusing to leave when asked by a security guard. LaBeouf was due in court on November 28, 2007.<ref name="arrest"> Hollywood , Access
. " Shia LaBeouf arrested at Chicago Walgreens " , MSNBC , 2007-11-04 . </ref> The criminal charges were dropped on December 12.<ref>" Charges Against Shia LaBeouf Are Dropped " , Associated Press , 2007-12-12 . Retrieved on 2007-12-12 . </ref>
Filmography
Television and film
Other
Off-screen, LaBeouf co-wrote and directed Let's Love Hate, a short drama and winner of the Children's Jury Award in 2004 and the Children's Audience Award in 2005.<ref>IMDb.com Shia LaBeouf on the Internet Movie Database Retrieved October 14 2007</ref>
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