Popular for playing an unscrupulous con man on the daytime drama “All My Children” (ABC, 1970- ), Cameron Mathison began his career as romance novel cover-hunk before landing his career-making role as Ryan Lavery in 1989. Mathison’s million dollar smile and buff body were a perennial favorite with soap audiences for many years to come. And with these assets, coupled with his charming off-screen personality, he made the leap to primetime as the host of “I Wanna Be a Soap Star” (SoapNet, 2004- ) and as a contestant on the viewer favorite, “Dancing with the Stars” (ABC, 2005- ).Cameron Arthur
