Transformers' comedic action actor Shia LaBeouf

July 1, 1:38 PMActing ExaminerDeborah Smith Ford

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Shia LaBeouf                                                                (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

They promised that "revenge" was coming, and it has!

Shia LaBeouf, one of the Transformers' actors, along side Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel and director Michael Bay.

Shia did not begin his acting career as a dramatic thespian nor in action films, rather he began working as an entertainer, first, as a comedian.

Shia's comedy career began when he was 10 years old, and then launched his acting career in 1998 at the age of 12. He became known among younger audiences for his part in the Disney Channel series Even Stevens, also appearing in three Disney TV movies.

In 2003, LaBeouf made his, non-Disney, film debut in Holes, also appearing in the lead role in The Battle of Shaker Heights the same year.

In 2005, LaBeouf made his transition from teen roles in The Greatest Game Ever Played. In 2007, he starred as the leads in Disturbia, opposite Carrie-Anne Moss and then starred in Transformers.

The following year he appeared in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull as Indiana's son.  Soon after he was, again, Sam Witwicky. in the Transformers sequel, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, and will also appear in New York, I Love You in 2009.

LaBeouf's upcoming films include the lead roles in The Associate, and Wall Street 2.

In addition to acting, Shia has tried on the director's hat, for in May 2009, LaBeouf made his directorial debut by directing Cage's music video for the single "I Never Knew You".