Shia Shaide LaBeouf was born June 11, 1986, in Los Angeles, California, to Shayna and Jeffrey LaBeouf, an only child. His parents divorced and he lived with his mother in Los Angeles. He started his career by doing stand-up comedy around places in his neighborhood, such as coffee clubs. One day, he saw a friend of his act on "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman", and decided he wanted to become an actor. He searched in the yellow pages for an agent, called one up, and did a stand-up routine in front of him. They liked him and signed him, and then he started auditioning.

LaBeouf is well known for playing Louis Stevens in the popular Disney Channel series "Even Stevens" and won an Emmy for his performance in Tru Calling, a Disney Channel Movie. LaBeouf's film credits include The Greatest Game Ever Played, Constantine, I, Robot, Charlie's Angel's: Full Throttle, and Bobby.