Steve Wilkos
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Wilkos at the 2012 New York Comic Con.
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| Born |
Steven John Wilkos March 9, 1964 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Residence | Fairfield County, Connecticut |
| Occupation | Television host, talk show host, U.S. Marine, former police officer, patrolman, director of security |
| Years active | 1982–1989 (Marine) 1990–2001 (Police officer) 1994–2007 (Director of Security) 2007–present (Television host) |
| Known for | The Jerry Springer Show and The Steve Wilkos Show |
| Spouse(s) | Rachelle Wilkos (m. 2000) |
| Children | 2 |
| Website | www.stevewilkos.com |
Steven John "Steve" Wilkos (/ˈwɪlkoʊs/; born March 9, 1964) is an American television personality, a veteran of the U.S. Marines and a former Chicago police officer. He has been hosting The Steve Wilkos Show since 2007, and was director of security on The Jerry Springer Show from 1994 to 2007. He had previously substituted for Springer as host on several occasions before being given his own talk show.
Wilkos was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Jeanette (née Pelikan), a beauty school instructor, and Stanley Wilkos, a former police officer. He has a brother and two sisters, the third of four children. Wilkos graduated from Lane Technical High School in 1982, then joined the United States Marine Corps, serving from 1982 to 1989 before joining the Chicago Police Department in 1990, where he was stationed in the Logan Square, Chicago neighborhood. He married his wife Rachelle Consiglio, the former executive producer for Springer as well as his own show, in 2000. They have two children. They live in Fairfield County, Connecticut.
In May 1994, the producers of The Jerry Springer Show, taped in Chicago at that time, needed security guards, so they decided to hire Wilkos and other off-duty police officers to work part-time for the show. Wilkos recruited several fellow officers for the job, and he retired from the force and worked exclusively for the show beginning in 2001.
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