<Tr> <Th> Years active </Th> <Td> 1978 - present </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Spouse (s) </Th> <Td> Lisa Gordon (1984 - present) </Td> </Tr> <P> Stephen Nichols (born February 19, 1951) is an American actor, most notable for his roles on American daytime soap operas . He played the part of Steve (Patch) Johnson on NBCs Days of Our Lives from 1985 - 1990; after that, he had a stint on ABC's General Hospital as Stefan Cassadine from 1996 - 2003 . He returned to the role of Steve (Patch) Johnson on Days of Our Lives in June 2006 after 16 years, remaining through February 2009, and returning to the role again in 2015 . He played (from December 2009 to January 2013) the role of Tucker McCall on The Young and the Restless . </P> <P> After turning down an art scholarship to Ohio State University, he traveled west, studied yoga and lived as a monk while preparing vegetarian meals for the monks and nuns in a Hollywood ashram . After three years of celibacy, a steady diet of ice cream and the films of Truffaut and Bergman, he landed at the Theater Academy of Los Angeles City College where he studied for two years . Nichols went on to study with Stella Adler, Jack Colvin and Harry Mastrorgeorge . </P>

Who plays steve in days of our lives