Actor of The Week: Shia LaBeouf

 

Shia Saide LaBeouf (/ˈʃaɪ.ə ləˈbʌf/ lahir 11 Juni 1986) adalah aktor, artis pertunjukan, dan pembuat film Amerika. Dia memerankan Louis Stevens dalam serial Disney Channel Even Stevens, sebuah peran yang membuatnya menerima nominasi Young Artist Award pada 2001 dan memenangkan Daytime Emmy Award pada 2003. Dia membuat debut filmnya di The Christmas Path (1998). Pada tahun 2004, ia membuat debut penyutradaraannya dengan film pendek Let's Love Hate dan kemudian menyutradarai film pendek berjudul Maniac (2011), yang dibintangi oleh rapper Amerika Cage dan Kid Cudi.

Pada tahun 2007, LaBeouf membintangi film yang sukses secara komersial Disturbia dan Surf's Up. Pada tahun yang sama ia berperan dalam film fiksi ilmiah Michael Bay Transformers sebagai Sam Witwicky, protagonis utama dari seri. Transformers adalah sukses box office dan salah satu film terlaris tahun 2007. LaBeouf kemudian muncul dalam sekuel Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) dan Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011), keduanya juga sukses box office. Pada tahun 2008, ia memainkan Henry "Mutt Williams" Jones III di Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of Crystal Skull.

Penghargaan lainnya termasuk film Holes (2003), Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010), Lawless (2012), The Company You Keep (2012), Nymphomaniac (2013), Fury (2014), American Honey (2016), Borg vs McEnroe (2017), Honey Boy (2019), The Peanut Butter Falcon (2019), dan Pieces of a Woman (2020).

Sejak 2014, LaBeouf telah mengejar berbagai proyek seni pertunjukan publik dengan LaBeouf, Rönkkö & Turner.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	The Christmas Path	Cal
	Monkey Business	Wyatt
2003	The Battle of Shaker Heights	Kelly Ernswiler
	Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle	Max Petroni
	Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd	Lewis
	Holes	Stanley "Caveman" Yelnats IV
2004	I, Robot	Farber
2005	The Greatest Game Ever Played	Francis Ouimet
	Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind	Asbel	Voice role; English dub
	Constantine	Chas Kramer
2006	Bobby	Cooper
	A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints	Young Dito
2007	Disturbia	Kale Brecht
	Surf's Up	Cody Maverick	Voice role
	Transformers	Sam Witwicky
2008	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull	Henry "Mutt Williams" Jones III
	Eagle Eye	Jerry Shaw / Ethan Shaw
2009	Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	Sam Witwicky
	New York, I Love You	Jacob
2010	Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps	Jake Moore
2011	Transformers: Dark of the Moon	Sam Witwicky
	Maniac	The Director	Also director; Short film
	Born Villain	N/A	Co-writer, director; Short film
2012	Howard Cantour.com	N/A	Director; Short film
	Lawless	Jack Bondurant
	The Company You Keep	Ben Shepard
2013	Charlie Countryman	Charlie Countryman
	Nymphomaniac	Jerôme Morris
2014	Fury	Boyd Swan
2015	Man Down	Gabriel Drummer
2016	American Honey	Jake
2017	Borg vs McEnroe	John McEnroe
2019	Honey Boy	James Lort	Also writer
	The Peanut Butter Falcon	Tyler
2020	The Tax Collector	Creeper
	Pieces of a Woman	Sean Carson

 

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Caroline in the City	Ethan	Episode: "Caroline and the Bar Mitzvah"
1998	Breakfast with Einstein	Joey	Television film
1999	Jesse	Moe	Episode: "Momma Was a Rollin' Stone"
1999	Suddenly Susan	Ritchie	Episode: "A Day in the Life"
1999	Touched by an Angel	Johnny	Episode: "The Occupant"
1999	The X-Files	Richie Lupone	Episode: "The Goldberg Variation"
2000	ER	Darnel Smith	Episode: "Abby Road"
2000	Freaks and Geeks	Herbert the Mascot	Episode: "We've Got Spirit"
2000–2003	Even Stevens	Louis Anthony Stevens	65 episodes
2001	Hounded	Ronny van Dussel	Television film
2001	The Nightmare Room	Dylan Pierce	Episode: "Scareful What You Wish For"
2002	The Proud Family	Johnny McBride (voice)	Episode: "I Love You Penny Proud"
2002	Tru Confessions	Eddie Walker	Television film
2003	The Even Stevens Movie	Louis Stevens	Television film
2003	Project Greenlight	Himself	Season 2
2007–2008	Saturday Night Live	Himself (host)	2 episodes