Did Matthew Roloff play in Star Wars? Has Matthew Roloff starred in any movies?
Emily Carr
Updated on January 01, 2026
Matthew James “Matt” Roloff is an American television personality, 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 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. Roloff worked as a computer programmer for Silicon Valley companies including Altos Computer Systems in the late 1980s. He sold systems software to Fortune 500 companies.
Roloff also has a number of other business ventures. On Little People, Big World, he is shown running the business he co-founded, Direct Access Solutions, a company that provides accessibility products for little people in the hospitality industry.
Did Matthew Roloff play in Star Wars?
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 a 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.
Has Matthew Roloff starred in any movies?
He is a producer and actor, known for Little People, Big World (2006), Under the Rainbow (1981) and Ewoks: The Battle for Endor (1985). He was previously married to Amy Roloff.
Appearances
| 2012 | Little People Big World: Wedding Farm (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2008 | The Bonnie Hunt Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2007 | Chelsea Lately (TV Series) · as Self – Guest |
| 2006 | Little People, Big World (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2006 | Rachael Ray (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | Big Enough · as Self |
| 2003 | Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (TV Series) · as Self – Guest |
| 1997 | The View (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1986 | The Oprah Winfrey Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1981 | Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) · as Self |
Actor
| 1985 | Ewoks: The Battle for Endor · as Ewok with Crutches |
| 1981 | Under the Rainbow · as Hotel Rainbow Guest |