Celebrity Nooz: Matthew Laborteaux

Matthew Labyorteaux (Actor) - Little House on the Prairie

Updated: 1/08/20

Name: Matthew Labyorteaux

Birth Name: Matthew Charles Labyorteaux

Born: December 8, 1966 in Los Angeles, California, USA

Claim To Fame: Matthew Labyorteaux is an American film, television, and voice actor, best known for portraying Albert Quinn Ingalls on Little House on the Prairie from 1978-83.

Family Life: Laborteaux was adopted by Ronald Labyorteaux, an interior designer, and actress Frances Marshall. He has an older brother, Patrick Labyorteaux, himself adopted, and Jane Laborteaux.

Info: Was born with a hole in his heart, and was thought to be autistic for the first five years of his life.

Labyorteaux began working in commercials at the age of seven, having been discovered while accompanying his older brother, Patrick Labyorteaux, to a casting call.

Landed his first dramatic role in A Woman Under the Influence, where he played one of Peter Falk and Gena Rowlands' children.

Brother-in-law of Tina Albanese.

In 1992, Matthew and Patrick founded the Youth Rescue Fund (which was partnered with Los Angeles Youth Supportive Services), a charity organization that assists young people in crisis, and they have since engaged in fundraising for youth shelters across the U.S., they appeared before a House sub-committee to plead the case of runaways and raised $11 million.

Trivia: Brother, Patrick Labyorteaux, also appeared on Little House on the Prairie, as Andrew Garvey.

Labyorteaux is a skilled video game player. In October 1981, he finished in 10th place for Centipede at the Atari, Inc. world championships. In April 1982, he became the United States Pac-Man champion at a People-sponsored tournament, with a score of 1,200,000.

Little House on the Prairie, Labyorteaux also starred in the short-lived television series The Red Hand Gang (1977) and Whiz Kids (1983-84), in addition to several made-for-television movies. His most prominent film role was in Wes Craven's Deadly Friend (1986).

In many of his credits, his last name is spelled as "Laborteaux". He is also credited as Matthew Charles for his work in animation.

He is known to younger fans as the voice of Jaden Yuki and The Supreme King in Yu-Gi-Oh! GX.

Where Are They Now: Labyorteaux has worked as a voice actor, providing characterizations in video games and animated features for over two decades. His latest role was lending his voice to one of the most recent Star Wars video games - Star Wars: The Old Republic - Onslaught.

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