Matthew Roloff

Matthew Roloff
Roloff (right) in October 2014
Born	(1961-10-07) October 7, 1961 (age 55) San Francisco, California, U.S.
Residence	Hillsboro, Oregon, U.S.
Occupation	Actor, author, farmer, business entrepreneur, motivational speaker
Spouse(s)	Amy Knight (m. 1987; div. 2016)
Children	Zachary Roloff (b. 1990) Jeremy Roloff (b. 1990) Molly Roloff (b. 1993) Jacob Roloff (b. 1997)

Matthew James "Matt" Roloff (born October 7, 1961) is an American actor, author, farmer, business entrepreneur, and motivational speaker best known for participating with his family on the TLC reality television program, Little People, Big World. The show featured the Roloffs' daily life. Roloff has dwarfism, as does his ex-wife Amy and one of their four children, Zachary.

Roloff was born with diastrophic dysplasia, a degenerative dwarfism that caused him to have fifteen operations as a child. He was born to Ron and Peggy Roloff, who are often featured on Little People, Big World. They are of average height as is his older sister, Ruth. His younger brother Sam, an artist and founder of Back-Story Underpainting, has diastrophic dysplasia and uses crutches to walk as well. His middle brother Joshua was born with a severe heart malformation. Joshua died in 1999 at age 34.

The Roloff family includes Matt, Amy, also a little person with achondroplasia, and four children: fraternal twins Jeremy and Zachary (born 1990), Molly (born 1993), and Jacob (born 1997). Zach, like his mother, has achondroplasia, while the other three children are average height. Matt and Amy met at a Little People of America convention in 1987. The couple were engaged quickly and were married on September 12, 1987. In March 2014, the couple announced that they had separated. On June 5, 2015 the couple announced they would be divorcing. Their divorce was finalized in May 2016.

The Roloffs bought a fixer-upper farmhouse on 34-acres in Helvetia, Oregon, in 1990. Roloff worked to create Roloff Farm, which now features pumpkins, pirate ship on a lake, three-story treehouse, full-size Medieval castle, regulation soccer field, volleyball court, mine shaft, and underground tunnels. There are also outbuildings and restored barns.

Roloff Farm is open to the public during certain seasons of the year, such as pumpkin season. It receives approximately 30,000 visitors annually.

The Roloffs expanded with the purchase of the 80-acre property next to the farm in 2010.

Roloff appeared as an extra in the movie, Under the Rainbow. He also appeared as an Ewok in the Star Wars TV movie Ewoks: The Battle for Endor. He is good friends with fellow little person and actor Martin Klebba, who appeared in the Pirates of the Caribbean movie franchise and is also a member of a leading athletic club for little people, the LA Breakers.