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Trivia
- Shia’s father, Jeffrey LaBeouf, is a French Cajun and his mom, Shayna LaBeouf, is a New York-born Russian.
- Shia is raised as a Jewish, but celebrate both Christmas and Hanukkah.
- Had his Bar Mitzvah when he was 13.
- His first serious girlfriend was China Brezner, daughter of Larry Brezner, producer of “The Greatest Game Ever Played”. They dated for three years, but broke up in early 2007 because Shia was very “work oriented”.
- Shia means “a gift from God” in Hebrew, while LaBeouf is a mispelled version of laboeuf, which means “the beef” in French. So literally his name means “thank God for the beef”.
- Shia said that his parents are “hippies”.
- His shoe size is 11.
- He wears contact lenses.
- When he was a kid, he and his parents dressed up as clowns and sell hot dogs in Echo Park.
- He has two dogs named Brando and Rex.
- He and his friend started a very unique hobby, painting toilet seats and then sell them to the markets.
- He plays drum and formed a recording label named Element Cru.
- Rapped alongside G-Money in the Viper Room in 2005.
- Shia enjoys rap and hip hop music so much, because he was raised in predominantly African-American society.
- He said that he’s an internet nerd, and his favorite websites on the net are MySpace, CHUD, Ain’t It Cool News, Dodgers, and Apple Quicktime Trailers.
- His favorite actors are Jon Voight, John Turturro, Jodi Foster, and Dustin Hoffman.
- Shia is a Dodgers fan. He said that Dodger tickets were one of his biggest splurge.
- He shares his first name with his maternal grandfather, a comedian who worked on Borsche Belt.
- Spent his childhood in Echo Park, Los Angeles, California.
- Was arrested in November 2007 for a criminal trespassing in Walgreens Chicago. Fortunately the charge was dropped in December 2007.
- During the filming of Eagle Eye, he was caught for unlawful smoking in a public property, and received a warning ticket. He was almost charged for an arrest warrant because he didn’t come to the court. The charge was later dismissed after he paid $500 fine.
- Was in a car crash in July 27, 2008, which made his left hand broken. Shia was not at fault because his car was hit by another car which ran a red light.
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