Stephen Nolan (born 20 August 1973) is a Northern Irish radio and television presenter for BBC Northern Ireland and BBC Radio 5 Live.
Born in Shankill Road area of Belfast, Nolan was educated at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution, and Queen's University Belfast where he studied French and Business Studies, graduating with a BA in 1995.
Nolan always wanted to work on radio for the BBC, but was told by a senior manager that he would never be good enough to work for the Corporation. Instead, in 2002 he joined Belfast CityBeat, for which he won a Sony Radio Academy Award. The following year, he was poached to work for BBC NI, where he has worked since 2003, presenting The Stephen Nolan Show on BBC Radio Ulster. In the handover from the Gerry Anderson show at half past ten each morning Nolan was usually on the end of a putdown or witticism from Anderson. Since 16 July 2005, he has presented his own weekend phone-in show for BBC Radio Five Live, airing from 10 pm to 1 am every Friday and Sunday, 9pm to midnight every Saturday, and, until 2017, Question Time Extra Time from 10 pm to 1 am every Thursday while Question Time is on BBC One, as one of the few Northern Irish presenters on mainstream UK radio. In 2006 he was involved in a charity "boxing" match with Gerry Anderson in aid of Children in Need. Nolan was knocked down from a stray uppercut from Anderson.