Cameron Mathison

{{Short description|Canadian-American actor (born 1969)}}

{{use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Cameron Mathison

| image = Cameron Mathison by Gage Skidmore.jpg

| caption = Mathison in 2022

| birth_name = Cameron Arthur Mathison

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1969|08|25|mf=yes}}

| birth_place = Sarnia, Ontario, Canada

| occupation = Actor

| alma_mater = McGill University

| years_active = 1997–present

| spouse = {{Marriage|Vanessa Mathison
|2002|2024|reason=separated}}

| children = 2

| website =

}}

Cameron Arthur Mathison (born August 25, 1969){{cite web|url= https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/cameron-mathison/bio/194743/|title= Cameron Mathison Biography|work=TV Guide|access-date=March 11, 2022}} is a Canadian-American actor and television host. From 1997 to 2011, he played Ryan Lavery in All My Children. Since 2021, he has portrayed the role of Drew Cain on General Hospital. He has also had numerous roles in various Hallmark movies.

Early life

Mathison was born on August 25, 1969 in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, the second of two sons of parents Bill and Loretta.{{cite news|url=https://www.soapoperadigest.com/actors/cameron-mathison/|title=Cameron Mathison|work=Soap Opera Digest|accessdate=September 10, 2019|archivedate=May 2, 2019|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20190502194011/https://www.soapoperadigest.com/actors/cameron-mathison/|url-status=live}} Mathison attended Thornlea Secondary School in Thornhill, Ontario and McGill University in Montreal, Quebec where he captained the McGill Redmen men's basketball team.{{cite web|url=https://usportshoops.ca/history/teamseason.php?Gender=MBB&Season=1991-92&Team=McGill&Reflink=|title=McGill Redmen-1991-92 Season }} He graduated in 1993 with a bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering.{{cite web|url=http://www.tvovermind.com/entertainment-news/five-things-didnt-know-cameron-mathison|title=Five Things You Didn't Know About Cameron Mathison|date=13 September 2017|website=TVOvermind}}

Career

After graduating from McGill, he began working as a model and started acting in commercials in Canada, the U.S. and Europe. This led to taking acting classes and the beginning of his acting career in Toronto.

Mathison made his film debut in 54. He followed up this appearance with a leading role in the Canadian independent film Washed Up. In December 1997, he was hired to play the role of Ryan Lavery on All My Children filming his first scenes on December 15. Mathison first appeared on-screen in the January 12, 1998 episode.

Mathison won the Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Male Newcomer in 1999{{cite news|url=https://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/1999-0/|title=Soap Opera Digest 1999|date=April 14, 2003|website=Soap Opera Digest}} and earned Daytime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actor in 2002{{cite magazine|url=http://ew.com/article/2002/03/18/here-are-daytime-emmy-nominations/|title=Here are the Daytime Emmy nominations|date=March 18, 2002|magazine=Entertainment Weekly}} and 2005.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/daytime-emmy-nominees-are/|title=Daytime Emmy Nominees Are...|date=March 2, 2005|website=CBS News}} In 2000, Mathison was named by People magazine as one of "America's 100 Most Eligible Bachelors".{{Cite web|url=http://people.com/archive/cover-story-americas-most-wanted-vol-54-no-2/|title=America's Most Wanted|date=July 10, 2000|website=People Magazine}}

In 2007, Mathison participated on the fifth season of Dancing with the Stars where he placed 5th with pro Edyta Śliwińska.{{cite web|url=http://www.newschannel10.com/story/7359963/cameron-mathison-eliminated-from-dancing-with-the-stars|title=Cameron Mathison eliminated from 'Dancing with the Stars'|accessdate=January 11, 2018|website=NewsChannel10|date=15 November 2007 }}{{cite news|url=https://www.ocregister.com/2007/11/13/cameron-mathison-eliminated-from-dancing-with-the-stars/|title=Cameron Mathison eliminated from 'Dancing With the Stars'|date=November 13, 2007|website=The Orange County Register}}

After working freelance with Good Morning America for several years, Mathison signed with GMA in January 2009 as a regular correspondent. Mathison worked on many events for GMA: The Oscars, Grammys, Golden Globes, American Music Awards, MTV Movie Awards, MTV Video Music Awards, and the Country Music Awards. Mathison continued to work as a host and correspondent for GMA, the Emmy-nominated series Ultimate Proposal,{{Cite web|url=http://www.tubefilter.com/2011/10/10/yahoos-ultimate-proposal/|title=Yahoo's 'Ultimate Proposal' Starts Strong with 1.75M Views|date=October 10, 2011|website=Tubefilter}} and the renovation reality show Game of Homes.{{cite web|url=http://www.corusent.com/news/w-networkos-big-competition-series-game-of-homes-announces-cameron-mathison-as-host/|title=W Network's Big Competition Series Game Of Homes Announces Cameron Mathison As Host|date=September 22, 2014|website=Corusent}}{{cite web|url=http://www.wdish.com/entertainment/were-watching-cameron-mathison-game-homes-you-should-be-too|title=We're Watching Cameron Mathison In Game Of Homes. You Should Be, Too|access-date=January 11, 2018|website=WDish|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180111165959/http://www.wdish.com/entertainment/were-watching-cameron-mathison-game-homes-you-should-be-too|archive-date=January 11, 2018|url-status=dead}}

Mathison also continues to act in both comedic and dramatic roles. He has appeared on Castle, Desperate Housewives, Hot in Cleveland, Drop Dead Diva, the EXes, and numerous independent and television films. In 2014, Mathison joined the Hallmark/Crown Media family. Mathison appeared in 8 movies based on the Murder She Baked novels starring opposite Alison Sweeney.{{cite web|url=https://www.eater.com/2015/2/19/8069407/murder-she-baked-hallmark-channel-alison-sweeney-mystery|title='Murder She Baked' Is a New Culinary Murder-Mystery From the Hallmark Channel|date=February 19, 2015|website=Eater}}{{cite web|url=https://www.soapoperanetwork.com/2015/04/first-look-alison-sweeney-and-cameron-mathison-in-murder-she-baked-a-chocolate-chip-cookie-mystery|title=FIRST LOOK: Alison Sweeney And Cameron Mathison In 'Murder, She Baked: A Chocolate Chip Cookie Mystery'|date=April 7, 2015|website=Soap Opera Network}}

In April 2015, Mathison signed with CBS's Entertainment Tonight. He currently serves as a full-time correspondent and weekend co-anchor for the entertainment news magazine.{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2015/tv/news/cameron-mathison-entertainment-tonight-1201463846/|title='Entertainment Tonight' Names Cameron Mathison Weekend Co-Anchor & Correspondent|last=Wagmeister|first=Elizabeth|website=Variety|date=April 5, 2015|language=en-US|access-date=March 18, 2016}} On July 26, 2018, Mathison was named the new co-host of Home & Family, alongside Debbie Matenopoulos; he assumed his position in September with the launch of the seventh season.{{cite news |title=Cameron Mathison to Co-Host Hallmark's Home & Family |url=https://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/cameron-mathison-to-co-host-hallmarks-home-family/ |access-date=July 26, 2018 |work=Soap Opera Digest |date=July 26, 2018 |location=United States}}

In April 2021, Deadline Hollywood announced Mathison had joined the cast of General Hospital as "Drew Cain".{{cite web |last=Petski |first=Denise |title=General Hospital: Home & Family{{'}}s Cameron Mathison Joins Cast of ABC Drama |url=https://deadline.com/2021/04/general-hospital-home-family-cameron-mathison-cast-abc-drama-1234724798/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |publisher=Penske Media Corporation |access-date=April 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210405224741/https://deadline.com/2021/04/general-hospital-home-family-cameron-mathison-cast-abc-drama-1234724798/ |archive-date=April 5, 2021 |location=United States |date=April 5, 2021 |url-status=live}} He debuted in the role in the final moments of the August 16, 2021 episode.{{cite magazine |last=Rice |first=Lynette |title=See how General Hospital will introduce Cameron Mathison |url=https://ew.com/tv/general-hospital-cameron-mathison-exclusive-first-look/ |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |publisher=Meredith Corporation |access-date=August 8, 2021 |location=United States |language=en |date=August 8, 2021}}

In November 2023, it was announced that Mathison had signed a multi-picture deal with Great American Family over the next several years, moving on from the Murder, She Baked movie series and Hallmark.{{cite magazine |last=Rice |first=Lynette |title=Cameron Mathison Signs Multi-Picture Deal With Great American Family |url=https://deadline.com/2023/11/cameron-mathison-multi-picture-deal-great-american-family-1235627555/ |magazine=Deadline Hollywood |publisher=Penske Media Corporation |access-date=November 20, 2023 |location=United States |language=en |date=November 20, 2023}}

Personal life

On July 27, 2002, he married model Vanessa Marie Arevalo, having proposed in Vail, Colorado.{{cite web|url= https://www.instagram.com/p/BXDMCnUgaEY/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/BXDMCnUgaEY |archive-date=December 24, 2021 |url-access=limited|title=#tbt to July 27, 2002|date=July 27, 2017|first=Cameron|last=Mathison| publisher=Cameron Mathison verified Instagram account|quote=this photo was taken moments after we said 'I do'.}}{{cbignore}} They have two children; a son born in April 2003 and a daughter born in July 2006. On July 31, 2024, four days after their 22nd wedding anniversary, Arevalo and Mathison announced their separation.{{cite news |last=Seemayer |first=Zach |title=Cameron and Vanessa Mathison Call It Quits After 22 Years of Marriage |url=https://www.etonline.com/cameron-and-vanessa-mathison-call-it-quits-after-22-years-of-marriage-exclusive-229871 |access-date=July 31, 2024 |work=Entertainment Tonight |publisher=CBS Media Ventures |date=July 31, 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240731175227/https://www.etonline.com/cameron-and-vanessa-mathison-call-it-quits-after-22-years-of-marriage-exclusive-229871 |archive-date=July 31, 2024 |location=United States}}

On September 9, 2019, he announced that he had been diagnosed with renal cell carcinoma and would be taking several weeks off to receive treatment.{{Cite web |url=https://wgntv.com/2019/09/10/hallmark-channel-host-cameron-mathison-reveals-he-is-battling-renal-cancer/ |title=Hallmark Channel host Cameron Mathison reveals he is battling renal cancer |date=September 11, 2019 |website=WGN-TV |language=en |access-date=September 11, 2019}} In January 2025, his home in Altadena, California burned down due to the Eaton Fire.{{cite magazine |last=Holub |first=Christian |title=General Hospital star says 'I've lost my home and everything I own' from L.A. wildfires |url=https://ew.com/general-hospital-star-cameron-mathison-home-destroyed-by-la-fires-8771749 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |publisher=Dotdash Meredith |access-date=January 10, 2025 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250111015514/https://ew.com/general-hospital-star-cameron-mathison-home-destroyed-by-la-fires-8771749 |archive-date=January 11, 2025 |location=United States |issn=1049-0434 |oclc=21114137 |date=January 9, 2025 |url-status=live}}{{cite magazine |last=Senanayake |first=Natalia |title=Cameron Mathison Shares Video of ‘What’s Left’ of L.A. Home After It Burned to the Ground in Wildfire |url=https://people.com/cameron-mathison-home-burned-down-fire-palisades-california-video-8771258 |magazine=People |publisher=Dotdash Meredith |access-date=January 10, 2025 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250111020004/https://people.com/cameron-mathison-home-burned-down-fire-palisades-california-video-8771258 |archive-date=January 11, 2025 |location=United States |issn=0093-7673 |oclc=794712888 |date=January 8, 2025 |url-status=live}}

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1998

|54

|Atlanta

|Miramax

2000

|Washed Up

|Conman

|Independent

=Television=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1997

|Any Mother's Son

|Rich Eastman

|Television film

1997

|F/X: The Series

|Masked Man

|Episode: "House of Horrors"

1998

|data-sort-value="Defenders: Choice of Evils, The" | The Defenders: Choice of Evils

|Mike Murphy

|Television film

1998–2011

|All My Children

|Ryan Lavery

|ABC-TV

2002

|data-sort-value="Job, The" | The Job

|Brad

|Episode: "Telescope"

2002

|data-sort-value="Drew Carey Show, The" | The Drew Carey Show

|Kirk

|Episode: "Kate's Wedding"

2003

|CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

|Danny Pasqualle

|Episode: "Recipe for Murder"

2003

|JAG

|Lt. Stanley Mitchell

|Episode: "Empty Quiver"

2003

|What I Like About You

|Noah

|Episode: "The Fix Up"

2003

|See Jane Date

|Gary Babcock

|Television film

2004

|Hope & Faith

|Dillon Smith

|3 episodes

2004–2007

|I Wanna Be a Soap Star

|Host

|Soapnet

2006

|Daytime Emmy Awards

|Host

|ABC-TV

2006–2008

|Instant Beauty Pageant

|Host

|Style Network{{cite web|url=http://soaps.sheknows.com/all-my-children/news/516/mathison-signs-on-for-instant-beauty-pageant|title=Mathison Signs On For "Instant Beauty Pageant|date=February 1, 2007|website=Soaps.sheknows.com}}

2008

|Your Place or Mine

|Host

|TLC

2008

|Daytime Emmy Awards

|Host

|ABC-TV{{cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/stars-contestant-cameron-mathison-to-host-daytime-emmys-with-the-views-sherri-shepherd/|title='Stars' Contestant Cameron Mathison to Host Daytime Emmys With 'The View's' Sherri Shepherd|date=May 27, 2008|website=Fox News}}{{cite web|url=http://emmyonline.com/day_35th_nominations|title=THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS & SCIENCES ANNOUNCES 35th ANNUAL DAYTIME ENTERTAINMENT EMMY® AWARD NOMINATIONS|access-date=January 11, 2018|website=Emmyonline.com|archive-date=September 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200918104348/http://emmyonline.com/day_35th_nominations|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.today.com/id/25291338/ns/today-today_entertainment/t/hollywood-prepares-daytime-emmys/#.WlcIF1Vl_IU|title=Hollywood prepares for Daytime Emmys|date=June 20, 2008|website=Today}}

2009–2015

|Good Morning America

|Correspondent & Host

|ABC-TV

2011

|Castle

|Vince Powers

|Episode: "One Life to Lose"

2012

|Desperate Housewives

|Greg

|Episode: "What's the Good of Being Good"

2012

|Drop Dead Diva

|Jonah Pierce

|Episode: "Pick's and Pakes"

2012

|data-sort-value="Wife He Met Online, The" | The Wife He Met Online

|Bryant Meyers

|Lifetime TV Movie{{cite web|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2012/05/saturdays-highlights-the-wife-he-met-online-on-lifetime.html|title=Saturday's Highlights: 'The Wife He Met Online' on Lifetime|date=May 18, 2012|website=Los Angeles Times}}

2013

|data-sort-value="Surrogate, The" | The Surrogate

|Jacob Kelly

|Independent{{cite web|url=http://www.alloy.com/entertainment/lifetime-movie-the-surrogate-review/|title=Lifetime Movie The Surrogate Is Juno Meets Misery Meets The Craziest Thing You've Ever Watched On TV|date=March 3, 2013|website=Alloy|access-date=January 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180111165641/http://www.alloy.com/entertainment/lifetime-movie-the-surrogate-review/|archive-date=January 11, 2018|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.themoviescene.co.uk/reviews/the-surrogate-2013/the-surrogate-2013.html|title=Psycho with a Baby Bump|access-date=January 11, 2018|website=TheMovieScene.co.uk}}

2013

|data-sort-value="Carpenter's Miracle, The" | The Carpenter's Miracle

|Josh Camden

|Television film{{cite web|url=http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/346551|title=Interview with Cameron Mathison: 'The Carpenter's Miracle'|date=March 26, 2013|website=Digital Journal}}

2013

|data-sort-value="Christmas Ornament, The" | The Christmas Ornament

|Tim Pierce

|Hallmark Channel television film

2013

|Window Wonderland

|Kenneth

|Hallmark Channel television film

2013

|Holidaze

|Carter

|Television film{{cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwtv/article/BWW-Interviews-Cameron-Mathison-Chats-ABC-Family-Original-Movie-HOLIDAZE-20131122|title=BWW Interviews: Cameron Mathison Chats ABC Family Original Movie HOLIDAZE|date=November 22, 2013|website=BroadwayWorld}}

2013

|Hot in Cleveland

|Bill

|Episode: "The Anger Games"

2013

|Belle's

|PR Rep

|Episode: "One Big Happy Family"

2014

|Game of Homes

|Host

|W Network

2014

|data-sort-value="Exes, The" | The Exes

|Rob Lutz

|Episode: "Oh Brother Here Art Thou"

2014

|Along Came a Nanny

|Mike Logan

|Hallmark Movies & Mysteries television film{{cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwtv/article/Cameron-Mathison-to-Star-in-Hallmark-Channel-Movie-ALONG-CAME-A-NANNY-20140815|title=Cameron Mathison to Star in Hallmark Channel Movie ALONG CAME A NANNY|date=August 15, 2014|website=Broadway World}}{{cite web|url=https://www.soapoperanetwork.com/2014/10/amcs-cameron-mathison-stars-along-came-nanny-world-premiere-happens-sunday|title='AMC's' Cameron Mathison Stars In 'Along Came A Nanny;' World Premiere Happens This Sunday!|date=October 9, 2014|website=Soap Opera Network}}{{cite web|url=http://www.bryantimes.com/bryan_times/sarah-lancaster-comes-along-as-a-nanny-for-hallmark/article_603b5236-ae14-51e4-8be7-1b92a50e2b8d.html|title=Sarah Lancaster comes along as a 'Nanny' for Hallmark|date=October 11, 2014|website=BryanTimes}}

2014

|My Gal Sunday

|Henry Parker

|Hallmark Movies & Mysteries television film{{cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwtv/article/Jack-Wagner-Rachel-Blanchard-and-Cameron-Mathison-to-Star-in-Hallmarks-MY-GAL-SUNDAY-Pilot-20130722|title=Jack Wagner, Rachel Blanchard and Cameron Mathison to Star in Hallmark's MY GAL SUNDAY Pilot|date=July 22, 2013|website=Broadway World}}

2015–2017

|Murder, She Baked series

|Mike Kingston

|Hallmark Movies & Mysteries television film series; 5 films{{Cite web|url=http://www.hallmarkmoviesandmysteries.com/murder-she-baked-peach-cobbler-mystery|title=Murder, She Baked: A Peach Cobbler Mystery Hallmark Movies and Mysteries|website=Hallmark Movies and Mysteries|access-date=March 18, 2016}}

2016

|data-sort-value="Christmas To Remember, A" | A Christmas To Remember

|John Blake

|Hallmark Movies & Mysteries television film{{cite web|url=https://www.soapsindepth.com/gallery/abc/amc-all-my-children-cameron-mathison-mira-sorvino-hallmark-movie-a-christmas-to-remember-117103|title=ALL MY CHILDREN's Cameron Mathison Stars With Mira Sorvino in 'A Christmas to Remember'!|date=October 25, 2016|website=Soaps In Depth|accessdate=November 22, 2021}}

2017

|At Home in Mitford

|Tim Kavanaugh

|Hallmark Channel television film{{cite web|url=http://www.countryliving.com/life/entertainment/a44225/at-home-in-mitford-hallmark-channel/|title='At Home in Mitford' Star Andie MacDowell Says Small-Town Life Is About Love and Community|date=August 7, 2017|website=Country Living}}

2018

|Very, Very Valentine

|Henry

|Hallmark Channel television film

2018

|data-sort-value="Summer to Remember, A" | A Summer to Remember

WillHallmark Channel TV Movie{{cite news|url=http://www.hallmarkchannel.com/a-summer-to-remember/about-a-summer-to-remember|title=About A Summer To Remember|access-date=October 21, 2018|website=Hallmark Channel|date=June 11, 2018}}
2018–2021

|Home and Family

|Co-host

|Hallmark Channel

2018

|Love, Of Course

|Noah Ferris

|Hallmark Channel television film{{cite web|url=https://heavy.com/entertainment/2018/10/hallmark-love-of-course/|title=Hallmark's 'Love, Of Course': Cast, Discussion, Time & Photos|date=October 20, 2018|website=Heavy.com}}

2019

|data-sort-value="Christmas Club, The" | The Christmas Club

|Edward Taylor

|Hallmark Channel television film

2021–present

|General Hospital

|Drew Cain

|

2021–2023

|Hannah Swensen Mysteries

|Mike Kingston

|Hallmark Movies & Mysteries television film series (3 films)

2021

|data-sort-value="Kindhearted Christmas, A" | A Kindhearted Christmas

|Scott Morris

|Great American Family television film

2022

| data-sort-value="Merry Christmas Wish, A" | A Merry Christmas Wish

| Dylan

| Great American Family television film

2024-present

| data-sort-value="Beat the Bridge" | Beat the Bridge

| Host

| Game Show Network

=Web=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

2011–2012

|Ultimate Proposal{{cite web|url=http://daytimeconfidential.com/2011/10/11/cameron-mathisons-ultimate-proposal-a-huge-hit-for-yahoo|title=Cameron Mathison's Ultimate Proposal a Huge Hit For Yahoo|date=October 11, 2011|website=Daytime Confidential}}

|Host

|Fishbowl Media

2012

|Dallas Behind the Scenes

|Host

|TNT

2012–2013

|Backstage Pass to the Oscars{{Cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/oscars-2012-sherri-shepherd-cameron-mathison-291384|title=Sherri Shepherd, Cameron Mathison, Jake Whetter and Shira Lazar to Host Oscars' 'Backstage Pass' (Exclusive)|date=February 15, 2012|website=The Hollywood Reporter}}

|Host

|

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