Shia LaBeouf was first seen in the 1998 film ‘The Christmas Path’ directed by Bernard Salzmann. The film received a 3.7 out of 10 rating on IMDb. In 2000, he joined the main cast of the American comedy television series ‘Even Stevens’ as ‘Louis Anthony Stevens.’ The series ran for 3 seasons and aired its final episode in 2003. He next starred as ‘Lewis’ in the 2003 American buddy comedy film ‘Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd’ directed by Troy Miller. Even though the film was largely panned by critics, it earned moderate success at the box office and grossed over $39.3 million on a budget of $19 million. That same year, he also played the role of ‘Max Petroni’ in the McG-directed American action comedy film ‘Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle.’ The film, despite opening to a mixed critical reception, managed to gross over $259.2 million on a $120 million budget. He continued to star in films such as ‘I, Robot’ (2004), ‘Constantine’ (2005), ‘The Greatest Game Ever Played’ (2005), ‘A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints’ (2006), ‘Bobby’ (2006), ‘Disturbia’ (2007), and ‘Surf's Up’ (2007). In 2007, he portrayed ‘Sam Witwicky’ in the American science fiction action film ‘Transformers’ directed by Michael Bay. Even though the film received a mixed response from critics, it was a major commercial success and grossed over $709.7 million on a $150–200 million budget.
In 2008, he played the role of ‘Henry "Mutt Williams" Jones III’ in the Steven Spielberg-directed American action-adventure film ‘Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.’ The film received a positive response from critics and enjoyed a successful box office run, grossing over $790.7 million on a budget of $185 million. The same year, he also appeared in the American action-thriller film ‘Eagle Eye’ directed by D. J. Caruso. The film received a mixed response from critics but managed to gross over $178.8 million on an $80 million budget. LeBeouf was next seen in films like ‘Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen’ (2009), ‘Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps’ (2010), ‘Transformers: Dark of the Moon’ (2011), ‘Lawless’ (2012), ‘The Company You Keep’ (2012), ‘Charlie Countryman’ (2013), ‘Nymphomaniac’ (2013), ‘Fury’ (2014), ‘Man Down’ (2015), ‘American Honey’ (2016), ‘Borg vs McEnroe’ (2017), ‘Honey Boy’ (2019), ’Pieces of a Woman’ (2020), and ‘A Man Named Scott’ (2021). He last appeared in the 2022 Italian–German biographical drama film ‘Padre Pio’ directed by Abel Ferrara. The film holds a 43% approval score on Rotten Tomatoes.