Stephen Paul Schnetzer (born June 11, 1948) is an American actor, best known for playing Cass Winthrop on Another World from 1982-86, returning in 1987 until the show's cancellation in 1999.

He received a Daytime Emmy Award nomination in 1990 for Outstanding Lead Actor for his role on Another World.

Schnetzer was born in Canton, Massachusetts, the son of Thomas A. Schnetzer.^[1] His father had German ancestry and his mother was a war bride from Algeria.^[3] He attended Catholic Memorial School^[4] and The University of Massachusetts, earning a degree in French.^[5] He studied acting at Juilliard and The American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco.^[5]

He played the role of Julie Olson Williams' brother, Steven Olson, on Days of Our Lives from 1978-80.^[6]

In 1980, he appeared on Broadway in Filumena, co-starring with Joan Plowright and directed by Laurence Olivier.^[5]

He returned to soaps, joining the cast of the ABC soap opera One Life to Live as fitness expert Marcello Salta.^[7]

He was then cast as attorney Cass Winthrop on Another World (1982–86, 1987–99).^[7] He was nominated for a 1990 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor for his work on Another World.^[8] After the cancellation of Another World, he made guest appearances as Cass Winthrop on the CBS soap opera As the World Turns (1999–2002; 2005; 2006) and on Guiding Light (2002).^[7]

He has also been billed to under the names Stephen Schnetzer, Stephen St. Paul, and Steven St. Paul.^{[citation needed]}

He has become a prolific voiceover talent in English and French, advertising for many companies, such as Kellogg's Frosted Flakes.^[3]

Recently, he has appeared in numerous regional theater productions, including The Quality of Life (2009),^[9] Legacy of Light (world premiere)(2009)^[10] and Noises Off (2006–2007)^[11] at Arena Stage. On Broadway, he appeared in, among other productions, The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?^[12]

He has guest starred on shows including Elementary, Billions, The Blacklist, and Blue Bloods.^[13]

In 2024, it was announced that he would be returning to Days of Our Lives as Steven Olson.^[6]

Schnetzer married Amy Ingersoll in 1976 ^[1] and they later divorced.

In March 1982, he married his second wife, actress Nancy Snyder, whom he met while she was playing Katrina Karr on One Life to Live.^[5][14] They are now divorced.^[13] They have two children, Max and Ben Schnetzer, who is also an actor.