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Stephen Nichols

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Recent Role:
Tucker McCall on The Young and the Restless
Gender:
Male
Born:
2-19-1951
Birthplace:
Cincinnati, Ohio
Birth Name:
Stephen Earl Nichols
Stephen Nichols was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on February 19, 1951. Following his mother’s remarriage, the family moved to Dayton, Ohio, where sister Penny and brother Zach were born. Originally intending to study art at Ohio State University, where he ultimately refused a scholarship, Nichols moved to California, where for a time, he lived in a Self Realization Fellowship ashram, cooking for the monks and studying yoga, a practicing celebate. After leaving the ashram, he entered Theater Academy of Los Angeles City College where he studied for two years before embarking on a theater career.… More Nichols later studied with teachers such as Stella Adler and Jack Colvin.

Stephen Nichols began his long-running theater career in the early eighties, appearing in such productions as "The Cage,” "The Shadow Box" and "Love Letters". More recently Nichols has appeared in "He Hunts" and the original production of "The Dead Boy" for which he received a Maddy Award. During his theatrical career, Nichols earned three Drama-logue and two L.A. Weekly Awards for his performances in such notable productions as "Pieces of Time," where he portrayed killer Donald Bashor, for "Delirious," and notably as Jim Morrison during the last thirty-six hours of his life in "The Lizard King."

Early in his career, Nichols embarked on a film career, appearing in feature films such as "Witchboard,” "SoapDish," with Sally Field and Kevin Klein, "Heaven's Tears," "Cover Me," "The Glass Cage," "Phoenix," "Checkmate” and "A Hard Rain." Branching out as a director, Nichols directed the stage production of "Sixty Minutes from L.A." written by his wife, Lisa, a television pilot "Wild Horses" and, most recently, wrote and directed the short film, "Get the Dime," featuring Daniel Bess and Robert Picardo. Upcoming projects include the feature films, "Eau de L.A." and "Fear of Falling."

Without question, it is daytime television where Stephen Nichols has made his greatest mark, originating the character of Steven “Patch” Johnson on NBC’s Days Of Our Lives, a role he played from 1985 to 1990. Originally intended to be a short-term recurring role designed to develop the back-story of another character, Nichols turned his brief to “lurk every Tuesday” into one of daytime’s most unique and identifiable characters, earning him an Emmy nomination (1988) and three Soap Opera Digest awards (1986-1989). Alongside Mary Beth Evans, Nichols became part of one of Days’ most popular love stories; Steve and Kayla, earning him two additional Soap Opera Digest awards (1989-1990) before his departure from the show in 1990. After a brief stint on NBC’s Santa Barbara as Dr. Skyler Gates (1992), Nichols originated the role of mysterious, autocratic Stefan Cassadine on ABC’s General Hospital, a character he played from 1996-2003. Nichols’ other TV appearances include roles in series such as L.A. Law, Diagnosis Murder, The Nanny, Murder She Wrote, Sisters, In the Heat of the Night and Melrose Place. Nichols also played the recurring role of Matt Kane on Empty Nest and Jesse James opposite Pierce Brosnan in the NBC mini-series Around the World in 80 Days. In June, 2006, Nichols rejoined the cast of Days of Our Lives once again playing the role of Steve “Patch” Johnson.

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    8.2 Great
    Stephen Nichols literally is one of the best actors in daytime. hide show

    He's appeared in other top shows but everyone knows him as "Patch" Steve Johnson. He really represents the best of Days of Our Lives during the 80's. He was the bad boy, the rebel, the troublemaker, the sad soul.

    The storyline with Kayla, Jack and Steve was one of the best storylines days have had. People think Patch was always a great guy but he's character has done horrible things but eventually turned out for the better.

    Stephen Nichols's acting is the best acting I've seen for a male star in a daytime show. People think soap operas have bad acting but Nichols's delivery of this character is not impressive but up to the level of being movie star quality.

    He has been casted in not so great movies so this is one example where somebody in tv has had a greater career and reputation than doing movies.

    His character is always interesting, fun to watch and always on the edge.

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