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Shia LaBeouf

Shia LaBeouf

Actor, also writer · Born June 11, 1986 (40) · Los Angeles, California, USA

BAFTA Award winner · Screen Actors Guild Award nominee · 3 other major award bodies

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.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
June 11, 1986 (40)
From
Los Angeles, California, USA
Works as
Actor, also writer
Titles
46 on MovieCove · 74 credits in all
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 3% in 30 days

What are Shia LaBeouf's films like?

Across their 40 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Action10 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 55th percentile
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Drama8 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 60th percentile
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Comedy7 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 40th percentile
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Biography5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 78th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies
Adventure3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 86th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Adventure movies
Crime3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 74th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
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Documentary2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 91st percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Documentary movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
28%
Self
21%
Morality
18%
Survival
12%
Power
10%
Society
7%
Ideas
4%
Family bonds14 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption6 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice6 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship5 titles, browse their movies with this themeComing of age5 titles, browse their movies with this themeLoyalty7 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth5 titles, browse their movies with this themeFreedom4 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 39 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 13 · Serious 10 · Dark 16

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 21 · Stylized 9 · Heightened 9

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 8 · Charged 12 · Intense 19

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 11 · Shifting 19 · Whiplash 9

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 23 · Some laughs 12 · Funny 4

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 14 · Even-paced 19 · Relentless 6

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 12 · Engaged 18 · Full focus 9

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 14 · Affecting 8 · Heavy 17

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 23 · Open-ended 12 · Ambiguous 4

Roles they play

35 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 14 of 35 analyzed roles.

Hero
14 of 35
Ally
6 of 35
Shadow
5 of 35
Trickster
4 of 35
Shapeshifter
4 of 35
Mentor
2 of 35
Show the 35 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
22
Melancholic
16
Joyful
9
Thrilling
9
Contemplative
11
Other
41

How their films linger

Hopeful12 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 4 with a twist

  • Happy15
  • Bittersweet18
  • Tragic2
  • Ambiguous5

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Shia LaBeouf's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 41 of their 46 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Pluto TV (14).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Shia LaBeouf's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

74 credits, 46 with a MovieCove page; 26 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Henry Johnson(2025)

    as Gene

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Salvable(2025)

    as Vince

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Megalopolis(2024)

    as Clodio Pulcher

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • Padre Pio(2022)

    as Padre Pio

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • Pieces of a Woman(2020)

    as Sean Carson

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Rainsford: Love Me Like You Hate Me (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Actor

  • Fast Times at Ridgemont High: A Virtual Table Read (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    as Jeff Spicoli

  • The Tax Collector(2020)

    as Creeper

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • Honey Boy(2019)

    Screenplay · as James Lort

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • The Peanut Butter Falcon(2019)

    as Tyler

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Borg vs. McEnroe(2017)

    as John McEnroe

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • #TAKEMEANYWHERE (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Director · as Self

  • Man Down(2015)

    as Gabriel Drummer

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Everyday Performance Artists (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    as Narrator

  • American Honey(2016)

    as Jake

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • LoveTrue (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Executive Producer

  • #Introductions (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Director · Producer · as Multiple Characters

  • Bunny Ears (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Shia LaBeouf (archive footage)

  • "Shia LaBeouf" Live (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    as Shia LaBeouf

  • Fury(2014)

    as Boyd 'Bible' Swan

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Nymphomaniac: Vol. I(2013)

    as Jerôme

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Nymphomaniac: Vol. II(2013)

    as Jerôme

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Howard Cantour.com (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Director

  • Sigur Rós: Valtari Film Experiment (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Man (Fjögur Píanó)

  • Charlie Countryman(2013)

    as Charlie Countryman

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • The Company You Keep(2012)

    as Ben Shepard

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Lawless(2012)

    as Jack Bondurant

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Above and Beyond: Exploring Dark of the Moon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Actor

  • Maniac (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Director · Writer · as The Director

  • Born Villain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Director · Producer · Writer

  • Transformers: Dark of the Moon(2011)

    as Sam Witwicky

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps(2010)

    as Jacob Moore

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • Remembrance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Jacob

  • Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen(2009)

    as Sam Witwicky

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Eagle Eye(2008)

    as Jerry Shaw

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • New York, I Love You(2008)

    as Jacob

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull(2008)

    as Mutt Williams

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • The Shooting AKA Dear Sister (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Eric

  • Transformers(2007)

    as Sam Witwicky

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Surf's Up(2007)

    as Cody Maverick (voice)

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Disturbia(2007)

    as Kale

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints(2006)

    as Young Dito

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Bobby(2006)

    as Cooper

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • The Greatest Game Ever Played(2005)

    as Francis Ouimet

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Constantine(2005)

    as Chas Kramer

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Unscripted (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Show 1 episode · as Shia LaBeouf

  • Let's Love Hate (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Director · Writer

  • I, Robot(2004)

    as Farber

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • The Battle of Shaker Heights(2003)

    as Kelly Ernswiler

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle(2003)

    as Max Petroni

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • The Even Stevens Movie(2003)

    as Louis Stevens

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Holes(2003)

    Songs · as Stanley

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd(2003)

    as Lewis

    Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films

  • Tru Confessions(2002)

    as Eddie Walker

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • The Proud Family(2001)

    Show 1 episode · as Johnny McBride (voice)

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all shows

  • The Nightmare Room (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Show 1 episode · as Dylan Pierce

  • The Nightmare Room: Scareful What You Wish For (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as Dylan Pierce

  • Hounded(2001)

    as Ronny Van Dusen

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Even Stevens(2000)

    Show 65 episodes · as Louis Stevens

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows

  • Freaks and Geeks(1999)

    Show 1 episode · as Herbert

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Jesse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Show 1 episode · as Moe

  • TRL (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Breakfast with Einstein (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    as Joey

  • The Christmas Path (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    as Cal

  • Monkey Business (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    as Wyatt

  • Suddenly Susan(1996)

    Show 1 episode · as Ritchie

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all shows

  • Caroline in the City(1995)

    Show 1 episode · as Ethan

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all shows

  • Touched by an Angel(1994)

    Show 1 episode · as Johnny

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all shows

  • ER(1994)

    Show 1 episode · as Darnel Smith

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

  • The X-Files(1993)

    Show 1 episode · as Richie Lupone

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Entertainment Tonight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Angel of Death (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Writer · as Dr. Miklos Nyiszli

  • God of the Rodeo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

  • The Rooster Prince (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Eli

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 74 titles, 71 of them dated from 1981 to 2025; peak year 2008.

Biggest box office

Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)

$1.1B worldwide

Highest rated

The Peanut Butter Falcon (2019)

Midcredits 96th

Most popular right now

Fury (2014)

Film career

MilestoneAward winNomination
19812025

Peak 2008 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Top draw in 34 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting69 of 74: 64 only acting, 5 with another role · typical Midcredits score63rdDirecting6 of 74: 2 only directing, 4 with another roleWriting5 of 74: 0 only writing, 5 with another roleProducing3 of 74: 1 only producing, 2 with another roleOther crew1 of 74: 0 only other crew, 1 with another role

74 titles, 7 with more than one role — acting and directing overlap on 2 of them.

By decade

1980s1 · acting1990s11 · acting2000s27 · 26 acting · 2 crew2010s24 · 20 acting · 7 crew2020s8 · acting

Billing

usually 2nd · top billed in 43% of 37 roles
01061116

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

Awards

a BAFTA Award and 1 other major award from 6 major nominations, 2006–2020.

WinNomination
  1. 2020
    • Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best Supporting Male
  2. 2017
    • Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best Supporting Male
  3. 2008
    • BAFTA Award, won
  4. 2007
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Acting Ensemble
  5. 2006
    • Sundance award, won · Dramatic

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Shia LaBeouf's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 63rd percentile, the median of all 38; across their 39 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 64th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

64thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 39

Approval · how many liked their films

71stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 39

Reach · how many have seen their films

95thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 39

Midcredits score across 46 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up19
  • 50th to 74th9
  • 25th to 49th10
  • Below 25th8

Shape of the crowd

24 of their 46 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved5
  • Divisive1
  • Cult Classic3
  • Crowd Pleaser24
  • Broadly Agreed2
  • Mixed11

Most divisive · actor

Padre Pio (2022)

91st percentile spread · 45% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

The Peanut Butter Falcon (2019)

Midcredits 96th · 87% liked

Reviewers score the acting 69/100 in their films, across 37 reviewed titles; fans 80, detractors 46. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Shia LaBeouf's work okay for kids?

Across up to 32 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore24 titles27–87 · median 55 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity32 titles13–69 · median 43 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity28 titles35–89 · median 62 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs26 titles26–68 · median 39 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense27 titles10–83 · median 59 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Shia LaBeouf work with?

People who share at least 2 of Shia LaBeouf's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Lorenzo di Bonaventura shares the most, 4.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles