Shia LaBeouf's Career In Pictures

by Helen Earnshaw | 27 June 2011

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Shia Labeouf is one of the most sought after young talents currently working in Hollywood and he returns to the big screen this week as he reprises the role of Sam Witwicky in Transformers: Dark of the Moon.

To celebrate the release of the movie, which is the third film in franchise, we take a look at LaBeouf's career so far...

- Holes

After a string of TV projects LaBeouf swapped the small screen for the silver screen in 2003 as he took on the role of Stanley Yelnats IV in Holes.

An adaptation of the novel by Louis Sachar the movie follows a wrongfully convicted boy is sent to a brutal desert detention camp where he joins the job of digging holes for some mysterious reason.

- I, Robot

It wasn't long before LaBeouf stepped into the big budget blockbuster as he teamed up Will Smith and Bridget Moynahan for I,Robot.

Directed by Alex Proyas the movie was loosely based on the stories by Isaac Asimov - and it was a big box office hit.

The movie took $347 million at the global box office when it was released back in 2004 - easily making back it's $120 million budget.

- Disturbia

However it was his role in the D. J. Caruso directed Disturbia in 2007 that caught everybody's attention.

LaBeouf took on the role of Kale, a teen living under house arrest becomes convinced his neighbour is a serial killer.

The movie was met well by the critics and LaBeouf's central performance was praised. The film went on to gross over $117 million - not bad for a movie made for $20 million.

- Transformers

But it was Michael Bay's Transformers and the role of Sam Witwicky that was to change his career forever.

His star rocketed practically overnight as the movie was received positively by the critics when it was released in 2007.

The movie was even more warmly received at the box office as it went on to gross over $709 million worldwide.

A sequel would follow two years later - and while it was not as well received critically it did just as well in theatres.

- Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

He went from one blockbuster movie to another as he stepped into the Indiana Jones franchise in 2008 when it returned to the big screen.

Ford was back as Jones while Karen Allen reprised her role as Marion Ravenwood - LaBeouf played her son Mutt.

Famed archaeologist/adventurer Dr. Henry "Indiana" Jones is called back into action when he becomes entangled in a Soviet plot to uncover the secret behind mysterious artifacts known as the Crystal Skulls.

The movie went on to be the biggest of the franchise has fans flocked to cinemas to catch the latest instalment - the are rumoured plans for a fifth film.

- Eagle Eye

He reunited with Caruso in 2009 for action thriller Eagle Eye in 2009 - which saw him star alongside Michelle Monaghan.

The film follows two strangers as they are brought together by an antonymous caller who uses technology to control their every move.

However this time around their partnership was not to be so successful with the critics - however it did top the U.S. box office the weekend of release.

- Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps was the last time that we saw LaBeouf on the big screen as Michael Douglas returned to the role of Gordon Gekko and Oliver Stone to the director's chair.

To take down a merciless finance executive, a young trader agrees to a disgraced Wall street legend's proposal in exchange for the man to be reunited with his daughter, the trader's fiancée.