biographical article needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. (January 2009) Cameron Mathison Born Cameron Arthur Mathison August 25, 1969 (1969-08-25) (age 41) Sarnia, Ontario, Canada Occupation Actor/Host Years active 1997–present Spouse Vanessa Arevalo (2002-present) 2 children Children Lucas (b. 2003) and Leila (b. 2006) Cameron Arthur Mathison (born August 25, 1969) is a Daytime Emmy-nominated actor and television host. 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, and the game show Your Place or Mine?, which debuted in June 2008 on TLC. Mathison was featured as a celebrity dancer on the fifth season of ABC's Dancing With The Stars, where he and his professional partner, Edyta Śliwińska, were eliminated just one week shy of the semifinals. He serves as a special correspondent for the television show Extra, and co-hosted the 35th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards in 2008..