Shia LaBeouf has been in an impressive number of films, including Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry met Lloyd (2003), Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008), Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) and Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps.
Shia has an interesting family background. His father is a Vietnam Veteran who has worked as a mime in a circus, a rodeo clown and a stand-up comedian. He’s of Cajun origin. Shia’s New York-born mother is Jewish and was once a jewellery designer. As a result, Shia’s name is an interesting mix of these two influences: “Shia” is Hebrew for “light of God”; and his surname (which is pronounced “labuff”) is a Cajun version of the French word “le boeuf”, which means “the beef”.