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Shia LaBeouf is back to a clean-shaven look.
The 39-year-old actor was photographed in public for the first time in months on Friday, Dec. 12. He sported a shaved head and face while out and about in Los Angeles.
The last time LaBeouf was photographed publicly was the London premiere of his latest film, Salvable, over the summer.
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At the July 8 event, LaBeouf had a longer, slicked-back hairstyle, and he also rocked a massive mustache.
During his latest public outing, LaBeouf wore a red graphic T-shirt, black joggers and a pair of sneakers while talking on the phone and holding a to-go coffee cup.
At the London premiere of Salvable, LaBeouf wore a similarly casual look, hitting the red carpet in an oversized button-up shirt and shorts with socks and sandals.
The last time the Transformers star was spotted in black-tie attire was in May, when he attended the 2025 Cannes Film Festival.
He was at the event for the premiere of Slauson Rec, a documentary chronicling his controversial acting school — one of several controversies that have marred LaBeouf’s career in recent years.
In 2020, the actor’s ex-girlfriend, FKA twigs, filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court accusing him of “relentless” sexual, physical and emotional abuse, also claiming that he knowingly gave her a sexually transmitted disease.
LaBeouf denied “each and every” assault allegation, and the 37-year-old musician dropped the lawsuit in July.
She and LaBeouf — who began dating when she was cast in his film Honey Boy in 2018 — settled for an undisclosed amount ahead of the trial, which was previously scheduled for September.
“Committed to forging a constructive path forward, we have agreed to settle our case out of court,” the pair said in a joint statement provided to PEOPLE by their respective attorneys. “While the details of the settlement will remain private, we wish each other personal happiness, professional success and peace in the future.”
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LaBeouf — who is married to Mia Goth, with whom he shares a young daughter, Isabel — has appeared in only three movies since 2020, aside from the doc about his controversial school.
In 2022, the actor starred as the title character in Padre Pio. He was originally slated to appear in Olivia Wilde’s Don’t Worry Darling, which was released that year, but left the project early in its development.
Most recently, LaBeouf held a supporting antagonist role in Francis Ford Coppola’s 2024 epic Megalopolis.
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