Actor Shia LaBeouf has come a long way since his poverty-stricken childhood in Los Angeles.
After landing a role as a young teen on the Disney Channel's Even Stevens, the star transitioned smoothly into a film career, starring in blockbusters such as the Transformers franchise, I, Robot and Eagle Eye.
In later years, he took on more challenging, arthouse roles, including Lars von Trier's Nymphomaniac, before beginning a sideline as an experimental performance artist.
In recent years LaBeouf's behaviour has become markedly erratic.
Here we track his eventful life, from the time he tried to start a fight outside an LA strip club, to an evening spent slapping fellow theatre-goers during a performance of Cabaret.
Born on June 11 1986, LaBeouf grows up in Echo Park, Los Angeles.
In the same interview, LaBeouf also revealed: "I used to s--- on myself until I was 12 years old. »
