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"He was going to leave her, until Annie says, 'I'm pregnant.' And then Ryan's like, 'Shizer!' (He doesn't say shizer.)" — Cameron Mathison (Ryan) on his character's reaction to Annie’s pregnancy

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Cameron Mathison

Plays: Ryan Lavery

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Cameron Mathison received the 1999 Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Male Newcomer and was also nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actor in 2002 and 2004.

He joined the cast of All My Children in January 1989 as Ryan Lavery, left the show for a year and then returned in 2003 to reprise this fan-favorite role.

Born and raised in Canada, Mathison attended McGill University in Montreal and graduated with a Bachelor of Civil Engineering degree. He was also captain of the Red Men Basketball team (he tied Terrell Owens in the celebrity slam-dunk competition at the NBA All-Star weekend).

Cameron made his big screen debut in the 1998 Miramax release, 54; he also starred in the Canadian independent film Washed Up.

Mathison's television credits include The Drew Cary Show, CSI, JAG, What I Like About You, F/X: The Series and the television movie Any Mother's Son, with Bonnie Bedelia. He guest starred on ABC's Hope & Faith, hosts SOAPnet's original reality series, I Wanna Be a Soap Star, serves as a correspondent for the television show Extra, and is the guest entertainment anchor for the CW Morning News.