Cameron Mathison's Profile

Cameron Arthur Mathison (born August 25, 1969 in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada) is an Emmy-nominated actor. He is best known for playing the role of Ryan Lavery on the ABC soap opera All My Children — a role which he has played from 1998 to 2002, and currently since 2003. He also hosts the reality show, I Wanna Be a Soap Star, as he has since its 2004 debut on SoapNet. Mathison will also be featured as a celebrity dancer on the upcoming fifth season of ABC’s Dancing With The Stars.

At an early age, he was diagnosed with Perthes disease, and spent nearly four years with braces on his legs. As a result of early treatment, Mathison has avoided the arthritis that is usually representative of Perthes disease cases.

Mathison attended Thornlea Secondary School in Thornhill, Ontario and McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. He graduated in 1991 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering.

Mathison made his feature film debut in 54. He followed up this appearance with a leading role in the Canadian independent movie Washed Up. Around this time, he was hired to play the role of Ryan Lavery on All My Children in 1998.

Mathison won the Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Male Newcomer in 1999 and earned Daytime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actor in 2002 and 2005.

In 2000, Mathison was named by People magazine as one of America’s 100 most eligible bachelors. In 2002, he married model Vanessa Arevalo. They share a son, Lucas, born in 2003, and a daughter, Leila, born in 2006.