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Birth Name:
Shia Saide LaBeouf
Birth Place:
Los Angeles, California, USA
Date of Birth:
June 11, 1986
What Race or Ethnicity:
Jewish-Russian and Cajun
The American actor is famous for his roles in the films, Transformers I and II, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and Disturbia. He was born to a Jewish mother and a Cajun father.
His father, who was a Vietnam veteran, struggled with a drug addiction problem and left the family when he was a child leaving his mother, Shayna to look after the family. His last name is French meaning “the beef” and his name Shia is Hebrew for “a Gift from God”.
Source:
- http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1804503925/bio
- http://www.talktalk.co.uk/
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wowwwzerz he’s hottt i love shia labouef he is freakin fawwwn like
in even stevens he was iight now he’s fawwwn (hottt) lol<3
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His last name is french… but it doesn’t say french in his ethnicity
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his dad is cajun being cajun is basically being french.
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he’s fucking cajun like ali landry, shane west, and lacey chabert. that’s fucking cool
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Cajun? he just got even more sexy;)
PLEASE NO ONE GET OFFENDED!
(sorry for the all-caps, but ppl get so sensitive on this site)
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why would people get offended? haha it’s not like you’re saying it’s a bad thing, totally the opposite!
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aw, thats better http://www.talktalk.co.uk/entertainment/film/biography/artist/shia-labeouf/biography/170 or http://www.tvrage.com/person/id-29776 xD
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@ethnic i found it when introduced into a search engine: descent Shia LaBeouf lol
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This is a very handsome man. ;) Thank God for Jewish-Russian and Cajun. 18 hehe
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Thanks aps. Interesting article and website btw ;)
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His mother is Russian-Jewish.:) http://gaydarevent.com/UserPortal/Article/Detail.aspx?ID=21176&sid=43
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I lovvvvvvvvvvvvvve Shia labeouf he is so damn sexy all I need is lime an hour and a half with I would rock his world
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he’s so sexy. :)
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