Stephen Nichols (born February 19, 1951 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is an actor who famously stars in soap operas such as Days of Our Lives as Steve "Patch" Johnson (1985-1990) and General Hospital as Stefan Cassadine (1996-2002, 2003).

Nichols antecedently reunited using previous Times co-star Mary Beth Evans, the more half of supercouple Patch and Kayla Johnson, on GH from either 1996 until Evans' departure in 1999.

Nichols guest-starred on the sitcom The Nanny at friend Charles Shaughnessy's request (Shaughnessy played Shane Donovan in Times of My Lives in the 1980s and early 1990s). Nichols played the a good a good soap star on the fabricated soap A single Day After A second, the farther parody in their times at Times.