A winner of the 2008 BAFTA Rising Star Award, Shia LaBeouf started out in Hollywood as a child artist, making both his big screen and small screen debut in 1998, with the film The Christmas Path (1998) and the sitcom Caroline in the City. Following supporting roles in popular movies like I, Robot (2004) and Constantine (2005), LaBeouf starred in the acclaimed horror thriller Disturbia (2007), which proved to be a turning point in his career.

Subsequently, the actor rose to prominence courtesy of his roles in blockbusters like Transformers (2007) and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008), while continuing to garner critical acclaim courtesy of movies like Lawless (2012) and Fury (2014). Other significant acting credits include The Greatest Game Ever Played (2005), A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (2006), Nymphomaniac: Vol. I (2013), American Honey (2016), the biographical sports drama Borg McEnroe (2017), Peanut Butter Falcon (2019) and Pieces of a Woman (2021).