Matthew Labyorteaux

Matthew Charles Labyorteaux (born December 8, 1966) is an American film, television and voice actor.^[2][3] In many of his credits, his last name is spelled as "Laborteaux".^[4] He is also credited as Matthew Charles for his work in animation.

Matthew Labyorteaux
Labyorteaux on Little House on the Prairie, 1977
Born	Matthew Charles Labyorteaux (1966-12-08) December 8, 1966 (age 58) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1972–present
Known for	Role of Albert Ingalls on Little House on the Prairie
Spouse	Leslie Labyorteaux ​ ​ (m. 2020)​ [1]
Children	2[1]
Relatives	Patrick Labyorteaux (brother)

He is best known as the voice of Jaden Yuki and The Supreme King in Yu-Gi-Oh! GX from 2005 to 2008. He is also known for portraying Albert Ingalls^[5] on Little House on the Prairie from 1978 to 1983.

Early life

Labyorteaux was born in Los Angeles and adopted by interior designer and talent agent Ronald Labyorteaux (1930–92) and actress Frances Marshall, born Frances Newman (1927–2012). He is the younger brother of Patrick, also adopted and also an actor, and Jane. An article in People magazine from 1978 reported that he was born with a hole in his heart, was thought to be autistic for the first five years of his life, and was unable to walk until the age of three or speak until the age of five.^[6] According to one report, his autism symptoms were managed through changes in his diet.^[7] Another source says the symptoms began to gradually disappear by the time he was seven, mentioning only the care of his adoptive family.^[8]

Career

Labyorteaux began working in commercials at the age of seven, having been discovered while accompanying his older brother, Patrick Labyorteaux, to a casting call. He shortly thereafter landed his first dramatic role in A Woman Under the Influence, directed and written by John Cassavetes, where he played one of the children of Peter Falk and Gena Rowlands's characters.^[9]

Aside from his tenure on Little House on the Prairie, Labyorteaux also starred in the short-lived television series The Red Hand Gang (1977) and Whiz Kids (1983–1984), in addition to several made-for-television movies. His most prominent film role was in Wes Craven's Deadly Friend (1986) as Paul Conway, a young genius who resurrects a dead girl using an artificial intelligence microchip from a robot he created that had previously been destroyed by a malicious neighbor.^[10]

He made guest appearances on numerous television shows, including The Rookies, The Bob Newhart Show, Mulligan's Stew, Lou Grant, Here's Boomer (spin-off of The Red Hand Gang), The Love Boat, Simon & Simon (crossover episode with Whiz Kids), Highway to Heaven, Night Court, Paradise, and Silk Stalkings.

More recently, Labyorteaux has worked as a voice actor, providing characterizations in video games and animated features, additional dialogue recording in film and television, and voice-over in advertisements.

Personal life

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.^[11]

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 have since engaged in fundraising for youth shelters across the U.S. The organization is no longer active.

On July 17, 2020, Labyorteaux married his wife Leslie.^[12] Matthew is the stepfather to Leslie's two children.^[1]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1974	A Woman Under the Influence	Angelo Longhetti
1978	King of the Gypsies	Middle Dave
1986	Deadly Friend	Paul Conway
1998	Mulan	Additional voices
2006	Everyone's Hero
2009	Bride Wars
2011	Yu-Gi-Oh!: Bonds Beyond Time	Jaden Yuki (voice)	English dub
2013	The Wind Rises	Additional voices
2018	Next Gen

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1975	The Rookies	Jody Gifford	Episode: "Lamb to the Slaughter"
	Phyllis	Child	Episode: "There's No Business Like No Business"
1976 & 1978–1983	Little House on the Prairie	Albert Quinn Ingalls, Young Charles Ingalls	Main role
1976	NBC Special Treat	Billy	Episode: "Papa and Me"
	The Practice	Pete	Episode: "Judy Sinclair"
	Doc	David	Episode: The Death of a Turtle
	The Bob Newhart Show	Richie	Episode: "My Boy Guillermo"
1977	A Circle of Children	Brian O'Connell	TV movie
	Most Wanted	Billy Joe Nelson	Episode: "The Tunnel Killer"
	Mulligan's Stew	Duane	Episode: "Biggest Mansion"
	The Red Hand Gang	Frankie	12 episodes
	Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo	Matthew Beck	TV movie
	Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman	Johnny Doe / Wild Child	Main role
1978	Killing Stone	Christopher Stone	TV movie
1979	The Little House Years	Albert Ingalls
	Lou Grant	Mark Donner	Episode: "Kids"
1980	Here's Boomer	Jesse	Episode: "Jailbreak"
	The Aliens Are Coming	Timmy Garner	TV movie
1982	The Love Boat	Chip Bronson	Episode: "Winning Isn't Everything"
1983	Simon & Simon	Richie Adler	Episode: "Fly the Alibi Skies"
	Little House: Look Back to Yesterday	Albert Ingalls	TV movie
1983–1984	Whiz Kids	Richie Adler	Main role
1985	Amazing Stories	Andy	Episode: "Fine Tuning"
	Highway to Heaven	Matt Haynes	Episode: "The Right Thing"
1986	Shattered Spirits	Ken Mollencamp	TV movie
1988	Hotel	Mark Daniels	Episode: "Double Take"
1989	Night Court	Bobby Johnson	2 episodes
1990	Paradise	Sam Devitt	Episode: "The Coward"
1991	The Last to Go	Nathan Holover	TV movie
	Silk Stalkings	Jason Dietz	Episode: "Dirty Laundry"
1993	Barbarians at the Gate	Teenaged F. Ross Johnson	TV movie
1995	Aaahh!!! Real Monsters	Rob, Chuck (voices)	Episode: "Eau de Krumm/O'Lucky Monster"
2005–2006	G.I. Joe: Sigma 6	Scott Abernathy	Voice
2005–2008	Yu-Gi-Oh! GX	Jaden Yuki/The Supreme King
2007	Winx Club	Nabu

Video games

Year	Title	Role
2003–2004	.hack series	Additional voices
2006	Thrillville	Adult #1, Announcer
2007	Thrillville: Off the Rails	Accountant, Adult #1, Announcer, Tank player
2011	Star Wars: The Old Republic	Additional voices
2012	Kinect Star Wars	Gold 5, Padawan #2
2013	Gangstar Vegas	Male casino dealer, Radio ads
2017	Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links	Jaden Yuki, Jaden / Yubel, Supreme King Jaden

Accolades

Year	Association	Category	Show	Result
1983	Young Artist Awards	Best Young Actor in a Drama Series	Little House on the Prairie	Nominated
1984		Best Young Actor in a New Television Series	Whiz Kids
		Best Young Actor in a Drama Series	Little House on the Prairie