Jason Tam

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Jason Tam is 25 years old (born June 28, 1982). He is most recognizable for his role as teenager Markko Rivera, self-proclaimed bad boy on the daytime soap opera One Life To Live, a role in which he originated in May 2007, and for his role as 'Paul' in the broadway show, A Chorus Line. He also starred on The-N teen drama Beyond the Break as "Shoe".

Jason was born and raised in Aina Haina, HI. He began down the road to performing at an early age. He began his training with gymnastics while he was in kindergarten. At the young age of 10 years old, he was a series co-host on The Music Factory, an educational music inspired television show for children. He then moved to the stage in the third grade with school productions and community theatre which included roles in such musicals as Bye Bye Birdie, The Music Man, Oliver and Grease among others. His first venture into the dance world was with a performance of The Nutcracker when he was in 4th grade with Ballet Hawaii. It was not until high school that he began his formal dance training. He moved to New York City in 2001 to attend NYU School of the Arts where he received his BFA. After graduating from college, he performed in regional theatre in The King and I, She Loves Me, West Side Story and Footloose. He also appeared in the Canadian National Tour of Les Miserables in the role of Gavroche, the same role he appeared in on Broadway.

He went on to become a series regular on The N's Beyond the Break. He took on the role of Markko Rivera on One Life to Live in May of 2007. Jason also has the distinction of doing double-duty by simultaneously appearing on OLTL and as Paul in the original cast of the revival of A Chorus Line on Broadway. He most recently appeared in the workshop of The Nightingale by Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater, the creators of Broadway's Spring Awakening.