1-MINUTE RESUME FOR SHIA LABEOUF
By the tender age of 10, precocious Shia LaBeouf ["Shy-uh Leh-Buff"] had found himself an agent via the yellow pages and started performing a "blue" stand-up routine at various comedy clubs around Los Angeles. Ironically, the foulmouthed tween's first show was the popular Disney series
Even Stevens, which earned him a Daytime Emmy. He went on to star in the series' movie and also
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle; The Greatest Game Ever Played; I, Robot and
Constantine, but his true breakthrough was starring as Stanley Yelnats in the critically successful 2003 movie
Holes, which was based on the popular young adult novel. In 2007, his career exploded, with a starring role in
Disturbia, Michael Bay's
Transformers and being cast by Steven Spielberg in the hotly anticipated
Indiana Jones 4.
5 Things:
1. He grew up in an unusual household in Echo Park to a Jewish ballerina mother and Cajun father, who held a variety of jobs: standup comic, circus clown and snow-cone salesman.
2. He admits to getting kicked out of every school he ever attended.
3 Initially got into comedy to start an acting career to help his mother out financially after parents divorce.
4. Has admitted smoking pot with his dad, whom he has described as a "hippie" and who did all kinds of drugs.
5. Was recently accepted at Yale .
Quote:
"I'm not Ben Affleck. I'm not. I'm just not. I'm not the handsome f*****' guy who can just stand there and doesn't really have to do much to be cool. That's it, film me and I'm good to go."
aintitcool.com, Sept. 4, 2006
Recent Films:
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - (2008 ) - Actor
Eagle Eye - (2008) - Actor
Transformers - (2007) - Actor
Surf's Up - (2007) - Voice
Disturbia - (2007) - Actor
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Sites for Shia LaBeouf
http://www.shia-labeouf.org/
http://www.shialabeouf.us/affapply.php
http://www.celebritykidz.com/ShiaLaBeouf/
http://shialalalabeouf.blogspot.com/