Shia Saide LaBeouf (born June 11, 1986) is an American actor, performance artist, 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).
In 2004, he made his directorial debut with the short film Let's Love Hate and later directed a short film titled Maniac (2011), starring American rappers Cage and Kid Cudi.
In 2007, LaBeouf starred in the commercially successful films Disturbia and Surf's Up. The same year he was cast in Michael Bay's science fiction film Transformers as Sam Witwicky, the main protagonist of the series.
Transformers was a box office success and one of the highest-grossing films of 2007. LaBeouf later appeared in its sequels Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) and Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011), both also box office successes. In 2008, he played Henry "Mutt Williams" Jones III in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
His other credits include the films Holes (2003), Constantine (2005), Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010), Lawless (2012), The Company You Keep (2012), Nymphomaniac (2013), Charlie Countryman (2013), Fury (2014), American Honey (2016), Borg vs McEnroe (2017), Honey Boy (2019), The Peanut Butter Falcon (2019), and Pieces of a Woman (2020).
Since 2014, LaBeouf has pursued a variety of public performance art projects with LaBeouf, Rönkkö & Turner.
Known For
Henry Johnson
Gene
2025
Salvable
Vince
2025
Megalopolis
Clodio Pulcher
2024
Padre Pio
Padre Pio
2023
The Dividers
Self (archive footage)
2023
Harrison Ford: Hollywood Hero
Self
2023
A Man Named Scott
Self
2021
Pieces of a Woman
Sean Carson
2020
Fast Times at Ridgemont High: A Virtual Table Read
Jeff Spicoli
2020
The Tax Collector
Creeper
2020
Showbiz Kids
Self (archive footage)
2020
Honey Boy
James Lort
2019
The Peanut Butter Falcon
Tyler
2019
Borg vs McEnroe
John McEnroe
2017
#TAKEMEANYWHERE
Himself
2017
Everyday Performance Artists
Narrator
2016
American Honey
Jake
2016
Man Down
Gabriel Drummer
2015
Bunny Ears
Shia LaBeouf (archive footage)
2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self · (1 episode)
2014
Sigur Rós: Valtari Film Experiment
Man (Fjögur Píanó)
2013
Above and Beyond: Exploring Dark of the Moon
2012
The Tony Danza Show
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
2004
Mike's Super Short Show
(1 episode)
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self · (3 episodes)
2003
The Nightmare Room
Dylan Pierce · (1 episode)
2001
The Christmas Path
Cal
1998
Slauson Rec
Himself
God of the Rodeo
Angel of Death
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self · (1 episode)
2015
#Introductions
Multiple Characters
2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self · (1 episode)
2015
Hot Ones
Self · (1 episode)
2015
Fury
Boyd 'Bible' Swan
2014
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
Jerôme
2013
Nymphomaniac: Vol. I
Jerôme
2013
Charlie Countryman
Charlie Countryman
2013
The Company You Keep
Ben Shepard
2012
Radioman
Self
2012
Lawless
Jack Bondurant
2012
Honest Trailers
Sam Witwicky (archive footage) · (1 episode)
2012
Maniac
The Director
2011
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Sam Witwicky
2011
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Jacob Moore
2010
The Human Factor: Exacting Revenge of the Fallen
Self
2009
Remembrance
Jacob
2009
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Sam Witwicky
2009
Eagle Eye
Jerry Shaw
2008
New York, I Love You
Jacob
2008
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Mutt Williams
2008
The Shooting
Eric
2007
Transformers
Sam Witwicky
2007
Surf's Up
Cody Maverick (voice)
2007
Disturbia
Kale Brecht
2007
A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
Young Dito
2006
Bobby
Cooper
2006
The Greatest Game Ever Played
Francis Ouimet
2005
Constantine
Chas Kramer
2005
Unscripted
Self · (1 episode)
2005
I, Robot
Farber
2004
The Battle of Shaker Heights
Kelly Ernswiler
2003
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
Max Petroni
2003
The Even Stevens Movie
Louis Stevens
2003
Holes
Stanley "Caveman" Yelnats IV
2003
Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
Lewis
2003
Tru Confessions
Eddie Walker
2002
The Proud Family
Johnny McBride (voice) · (1 episode)
2001
Hounded
Ronny Van Dusen
2001
Even Stevens
Louis Stevens · (65 episodes)
2000
The Early Show
Self · (3 episodes)
1999
Freaks and Geeks
Herbert · (1 episode)
1999
Jesse
Moe · (1 episode)
1998
TRL
(1 episode)
1998
Breakfast with Einstein
Joey
1998
Monkey Business
Wyatt
1998
Suddenly Susan
Ritchie · (1 episode)
1996
Caroline in the City
Ethan · (1 episode)
1995
Touched by an Angel
Johnny · (1 episode)
1994
ER
Darnel Smith · (1 episode)
1994
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
1993
The X-Files
Richie Lupone · (1 episode)
1993
Raw
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
1993
MTV Movie & TV Awards
Self · (1 episode)
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self · (4 episodes)
1992
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
(2 episodes)
1988
MTV Video Music Awards
Self · (1 episode)
1984
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host · (2 episodes)
1975
The Oscars
Self · (1 episode)
1953
Today
Self · (1 episode)
1952