Former child star and once A-list actor looks unrecognizable during rare outing... can you guess who?
On Saturday, he was spotted heading out with his wife to pick up some groceries at Erewhon in Pasadena before she is set to head to the United Kingdom to film her next movie.
The troubled actor, whose entertainment career has been mired with scandal involving his past romantic relationships and serious accusations, looked very different from his former self during their outing.
He sported a very short haircut and a prominent mustache on his face — two years after he shaved off his beard as another one of his ever-changing looks.
The rare outing comes just weeks after a documentary about him allegedldy being physically violent premiered at Cannes Film Festival and just a couple months before he is set to head to court with an ex-girlfriend.
Can you guess who he is?
This former child star and once a renowned A-list actor looked unrecognizable during a rare outing with his famous girlfriend over the weekend. Can you guess who he is?
He's Shia LaBeouf. The fallen actor, 39, was a far cry from his former clean-shaven self with a clean background while stepping out.
For his casual outing in sunny Southern California, he sported an oversize graphic T-shirt as he repped the Detroit Lions football team.
He also sported a pair of dark blue shorts that showed off the many tattoos on his thighs, right above his knees. He also donned sandals with tall socks and threw on a mesh baseball cap to complete his look.
During his outing, he was spotted with his wife Mia Goth, who is set to begin filming for an upcoming Star Wars spinoff alongside Ryan Gosling soon in the United Kingdom.
During their outing, the Pearl star looked casual-chic in a white, long-sleeved top, which was cropped to show off her bare midriff, and bright yellow shorts.
She sported gray sneakers teamed with a black backpack and oversize sunglasses after stopping by the upscale grocery chain.
She was seen walking out with a grocery bag in hand and a bottle of green juice while her partner was walking hands-free.
LaBeouf and the MaXXXine star have been in an on-again, off-again relationship since 2012, when they first met on the set of the movie Nymphomaniac: Vol. II.
During his outing, he was spotted with wife Mia Goth, who is set to begin filming for an upcoming Star Wars spinoff alongside Ryan Gosling soon in the United Kingdom
The Transformers alum and Goth, 31, went on to get married in 2016.
They briefly separated when Goth filed for divorce in 2018 before reconciling and welcoming their daughter Isabel together in 2022.
He first rose to Disney Channel fame for his role as Louis Stevens on the hit series Even Stevens, winning a Daytime Emmy in 2003.
Afterwards, he transitioned to film and played the leading star of the hit family comedy Holes that same year.
He then went on to star opposite Megan Fox in the Transformers in 2007.
LaBeouf and Goth's outing comes weeks ahead of his trial, scheduled for September, against FKA Twigs after the singer sued her ex-boyfriend back in 2020.
Her lawsuit against him saw him charged with assault, sexual battery and infliction of emotional distress over the course of their nearly year-long relationship due to his 'relentless abuse.'
The pair had started dating after she was cast in his mostly autobiographical 2019 film Honey Boy.
He and Twigs, whose real name is Tahliah Debrett Barnett, dated from mid-2018 to mid-2019.
He initially responded and acknowledged her charges but has since denied the allegations.
Amid the scandal, he has stepped back from acting with minor appearances sprinkled throughout the past few years. In March, one of his latest movies Salvable was released, being the third movie he has appeared in since 2020.
In the past half decade, he has also made appearances in The Tax Collector and Pieces of a Woman.
Back in May, a documentary painting him in a once-again, not-very-pretty light premiered at Cannes Film Festival.
First-time director Leo Lewis O'Neil's documentary, Slauson Rec, explores the experimental theater company LaBeouf previously launched in southern Los Angeles in 2018.
The new documentary included footage of him being physically violent with students, drawing from several years' worth of intimate video recordings he signed off on.
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