Matthew Roloff Bio | Wiki
Matthew Roloff is an American television personality, author, farmer, business entrepreneur, and motivational speaker. He is best known for participating with his family on the TLC reality television program, Little People, Big World. The show was based on the Roloffs’ daily life. Roloff and his ex-wife Amy have dwarfism and so is one of their four children, Zachary.
Matthew Roloff Age
Roloff was born on October 7, 1961, in San Francisco, California, United States. He is 60 years old.
Matthew Roloff Height
He is a man of average stature and stands at a height of 4 ft (Approx. 1.22 m).
Matthew Roloff Family
He was born and raised in San Francisco, California by his parents Ron and Peggy Roloff. Roloff was born with diastrophic dysplasia, degenerative dwarfism that caused him to have fifteen operations as a child. Both his parents are of average height and so is his sister Ruth.
However, his younger brother Sam has diastrophic dysplasia and uses crutches to walk as well. Sam works as an artist and founder of Back-Story Underpainting. Sadly, Roloff’s middle brother Joshua was born with a severe heart malformation and died in 1999 at age 34. Both Roloff’s parents are often featured on Little People, Big World.
Matthew Roloff Wife
Roloff was previously married to Amy, also a little person with achondroplasia. Together, they have four children, fraternal twins Jeremy and Zachary, Molly, and Jacob. However, Zach, like his mother, has achondroplasia, while the other three children are of average height. The couple, Roloff and Amy met at a Little People of America convention in 1987. They held their wedding on September 12, 1987, and divorced in May 2016.
Matthew Roloff New Wife | Engaged
Matt’s new girlfriend, Caryn Chandler, worked as his assistant for ten years before they began dating. Roloff currently resides on the Roloff farm grounds with his girlfriend Caryn. Caryn worked as Roloff’s assistant for over a decade before they started dating. However, his ex-wife Amy believed there was more than just friends going on. Currently, Amy is married to Chris Marek.
Matthew Roloff Farm
Roloff’s family bought a fixer-upper farmhouse on 34 acres in Helvetia, Oregon, in 1990. Roloff served to create Roloff Farm, which now features pumpkins, a three-story treehouse, a pirate ship on a lake, a full-size Medieval castle, a regulation soccer field, and a volleyball court.
The 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.
Matthew Roloff Movies
Roloff appeared as an extra in the movie, Under the Rainbow. Additionally, he also appeared as an Ewok in the Star Wars TV movie Ewoks: The Battle for Endor. Roloff is good friends with a fellow little person and actor Martin Klebba.
Matthew Roloff Little People Big World
Roloff is an executive producer of Little People, Big World which premiered in August 2005. At the end of the first season, Roloff is shown taking a job in computer sales for the software company Amdocs, for which he served as a consultant.
In December 2010, Little People, Big World ended its sixth full season. After a short break, TLC/Discovery reached out to the Roloff family to film 4 one-hour “Little People, Big World” Specials.
Additionally, in the summer of 2012, the Roloffs started filming another season. It was a spin-off called Little People Big World: Wedding Farm. Little People, Big World: Conquering Mt. St. Helens premiered in March 2013. During this episode, Amy and Zach train to climb Mt. St. Helens and Roloff builds a one-room schoolhouse.
Matthew Roloff Net Worth
He earns his wealth from his career. Therefore, he has amassed a fortune over the years. Roloff’s estimated net worth is $5 million.
What Disease Does Matthew Roloff Have
Roloff was born with diastrophic dysplasia, degenerative dwarfism that caused him to have fifteen operations as a child.