LaBeouf later appeared in its sequels Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) and Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011), both also box office successes. Transformers was a box office success and one of the highest-grossing films of 2007. The same year he was cast in Michael Bay's science fiction film Transformers as Sam Witwicky, the main protagonist of the series. In 2007, LaBeouf starred in the commercially successful films Disturbia and Surf's Up. In 2004, he made his directorial debut with the short film Let's Love Hate and later directed a short film titled Maniac (2011), starring American rappers Cage and Kid Cudi.
He made his film debut in The Christmas Path (1998). He played Louis Stevens in the Disney Channel series Even Stevens, a role for which he received a Young Artist Award nomination in 2001 and won a Daytime Emmy Award in 2003. ə l ə ˈ b ʌ f/ ( listen) born June 11, 1986) is an American actor, performance artist, and filmmaker.
