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Birth Name: Steven John Wilkos

Age: 60, born 9 March 1964

Country of origin: United States

Currently Residing In: United States

Height: 6' 3"

Relationship Status: Married

Partner: Rachelle Consiglio

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Description: Steven John "Steve" Wilkos (born March 9, 1964) is an american television personality, a former U.S. Marine and a officer of the Chicago Police department, He currently hosts his own talk show, The Steve Wilkos Show, and is also known as the former director of security on The Jerry Springer Show. Wilkos had previously substituted for Springer as host on several occasions before being given his own talk show. Wilkos was born in Chicago, Illinois, He graduated from Lane Technical High School in 1982 then joined the United States Marine Corps, serving from 1982 to 1989, He joined the Chicago Police Department in 1990, Steven John "Steve" Wilkos (born March 9, 1964) is an american television personality, a former U.S. Marine and a officer of the Chicago Police department, He currently hosts his own talk show, The Steve Wilkos Show, and is also known as the former director of security on The Jerry Springer Show. Wilkos had previously substituted for Springer as host on several occasions before being given his own talk show.

Wilkos was born in Chicago, Illinois, He graduated from Lane Technical High School in 1982 then joined the United States Marine Corps, serving from 1982 to 1989, He joined the Chicago Police Department in 1990, His wife, Rachelle Wilkos is the executive producer for springer as well his own show, Steve & Rachelle have two children, Ruby (born in 2003) and Jack (born in 2005), They lived in Park Ridge, Illinois while working in Chicago, Steve and his family currently reside in the Stamford, Connecticut area where the show is now taped.

Wilkos has experience in MMA and is well versed in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

In May 1994, the producers of The Jerry Springer Show, taped in Chicago, needed security guards for a Ku Klax Klan related show, so they decided to hire to hire off-duty police, Wilkos then worked part-time for springer security, He recruited several follow officers for the job, and worked exclusively for the show, leaving the police department in 2001.

Entertainment Weekly reported that wilkos was a professional wrestler with the Maryland Championship Wrestling, during a temporary production hiatus of springer in 2005, Wilkos appeared as a guest on Check, Please, a restaurant-reviewing program on Chicago's PBS Station, WTTW.

Beyond Springer, He has made cameo appearances on the TV series Between Brothers, The Wayans Bros. and The Simpsons and in a movie of Austin Powers: The Spy who Shagged Me where he was seen as a security guard for Jerry Springer.

In January 2007, NBC Universal Television officially announced that Wilkos would have his talk show his own based at NBC Tower in Chicago, The self-titled program premiered on September 10th, 2007 to high ratings, Steve is known abrasive approach to solving disputes.

While performing security functions at The Jerry Springer Show, Steve would occasionally step in to interrupt or seperate guests that would get involved in physical altercations, During his attempt to seperate the fighting party, The crowd would sometimes call his name "STEVE! STEVE! STEVE!" in support of his actions, Other times, he would be the subject of flirtatious comments by either guests or the audience, afterwards someone in the crowd would again called his name out, This action replicated itself on his own show, often substituting applause "STEVE! STEVE! STEVE!" as sign for an approval.

As of August 2009, The show has moved its filming location in Stamford, Connecticut.

On October 25th, 2010, NBC Universal Domestic Televsion Distribution announced "The Steve Wilkos Show" has been renewed through September 2014.

The Show airing on Living 2, then Living it and later Sky Living, The Show parodied on the adult television cartoon, The Boondocks with John DiMaggio voicing Wilkos. ... (more)