与许多称进入演艺圈实属偶然的年轻人不同，希亚·拉博夫十岁前就发现了表演对于自己不同寻常的意义，并且是感谢是表演拯救了他的童年，他的家庭；而右手手腕上“1986-2004”字样的文身则代表着他在成年前那段永远也不想被忘记的孩童岁月。 希亚·拉博夫的全名是Shia Saide LaBeouf，1986年7月11日出生于美国洛杉矶回音公园(Echo Park)地区，这里正是影片如同《Mi Vida Loca》和《成人礼》故事的发生地，这也就意味着希亚是当地少数白人以及母语不是西班牙语的小孩之一。希亚的名字来自他曾经是一位喜剧演员的祖父，母亲的职业是跳舞，而他的父亲越战归来后一直无法摆脱毒品，常常离家呆在治疗所，这也是家庭关系紧张的原因。一半由于与生俱来的表演天赋，一半也了赚钱，希亚开始在当地的咖啡厅、酒吧之类的地方参加暖场喜剧表演。当时这不能阻止父母的婚姻最终走到尽头，作为独子希亚跟随母亲但和父亲依然保持亲密的联系。此后当看到一位朋友在《Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman》(CBS, 1993-98)上出镜并且拥有很多令他羡慕的有趣玩意时，希亚·拉博夫的表演欲望再一次被刺激。据说接下来的故事是：他直接拿起电话簿找到一位经纪人的号码，给对方打去电话并装作是大人一样推销自己，结果他的表现得到了赏识，对方在希亚十二岁的时候签下了他。正式的工作开始于1998年电视剧《Breakfast with Einstein》以及网络节目“The X-Files” (Fox, 1993-2002) and “Freaks and Geeks” (NBC, 1999-2000)等等，2003年他加盟迪士尼制作精良的搞笑剧集《Even Stevens》，扮演“每个家庭都有那么一个”的淘气鬼Louis Stevens一角，和他乖巧的家姐形成鲜明对比。该剧在年轻人中很受欢迎，结果希亚·拉博夫凭借最后一季的出色表演获得日间艾美奖，作为童星迎来了演艺生涯的第一次高潮。此后希亚·拉博夫再次和迪斯尼合作了该剧电影版《咫尺逍遥岛》(2003)，以及接下来根据路易斯·萨奇尔获奖小说改编的《别有洞天》一片。后者中希亚饰演来自一个全都是怪人的家庭的少年斯坦利，延续与生俱来的霉运，清白的他又被送进了一个叫做“绿湖营”的少教所进行“劳动改造”；在那里他遇见了自己人生中第二个让他感受到父亲的力量的人——乔恩·沃伊特，乔恩也被肖恩称作自己的表演导师，对方的名作《午夜牛郎》一片他曾经反复观摩过不下六十遍。《别有洞天》中的表演让希亚·拉博夫引起了评论界的注意，并获得该年度MTV电影奖的突破男演员奖。
从影多年，梅阿•温宁翰出演了超过50部电影和剧集。最近她出演了凯特•温斯莱特主演的迷你剧《欲海情魔》。温宁翰曾凭借传记片《乔治•华莱士》获得艾美奖、金球奖、演员工会奖提名，并以《浪子情迷》获得艾美奖。而早年她还曾凭借《格鲁吉亚》一片获得奥斯卡、演员...
Yani Gellman (born September 2, 1985) is a Jewish American film and television actor. Gellman was born in Miami, Florida to a Canadian father and an Australian mother; he was named after a family friend, writer Jan Joors. His father was a reporter, and the family frequently moved during Gellman's childhood, living in Australia, Spain, and Texas before settling in Toronto. Gellman's acting debut was in a 1998 episode of the television series, Animorphs. After appearing in several more television productions, he was cast in supporting roles in the 2000 film, Urban Legends: Final Cut and in 2002's Jason X. In both films, his characters eventually became victims of serial killers. He appeared in 2002's The Matthew Shepard Story as Pablo, the love interest of the title character. Gellman became known among teenage audiences after playing the part of Paolo Valisari, an Italian international pop star, in 2003's The Lizzie McGuire Movie. Most recently, he has been cast in the Canadian series Monster Warriors. He plays a lawyer, Rafe Torres, in the long-running soap opera, The Young and the Restless. In April 2009 it was revealed that the character of Rafe Torres was gay. Gellman has also appeared as a model in numerous print ads, including Omega watches. He made a cameo in Degrassi Goes Hollywood, as well as playing Pete in multiple episodes of "Greek". He has recently played the role of police officer, Garrett Reynolds in hit TV show, Pretty Little Liars. He has also starred in the hit TV show 90210. Gellman speaks Spanish, having learned it during his time living in Spain. He has a university degree in Political Science.
