Paul Ryan (formerly Stenbeck) is a fictional character on the CBS soap opera As the World Turns. The character was born onscreen on July 6, 1977 (later revised to 1971, when he as SORASed to a teenager during the mid-1980s), the child of longtime ATWT characters Barbara Ryan and James Stenbeck. The character was most notably portrayed by Andrew Kavovit (1986-1992, 1996-2001), who won a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Younger Actor in the role, Scott Holroyd, who played the character from the time he was reintroduced after a long absence from the show, from 2001 - 2003, and by Roger Howarth from July 7, 2003 until the series finale on September 17, 2010.