Steven John Wilkos (/ˈwɪlkoʊs/; born March 9, 1964) is an American
television personality, a veteran of the United States Marine Corps
and a former law enforcement officer with the Chicago Police
Department. 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.Born in Chicago, Wilkos
grew up in what is now the Roscoe Village neighborhood in North
Center, Chicago, and is one of four children. His parents are Jeanette
(née Pelikan), a beauty school instructor, and Stanley Wilkos, a
former police officer who was in the Korean War as an army
paratrooper. He graduated from Lane Technical High School in 1982.In
October 1982, Wilkos joined the United States Marine Corps, serving in
South Korea, Japan, Illinois, Virginia, and South Carolina before
being discharged in March 1989.Wilkos joined the Chicago Police
Department in 1990, where he was stationed at various times in the
Logan Square, Chicago, Humboldt Park, and Near West Side
neighborhoods.
television personality, a veteran of the United States Marine Corps
and a former law enforcement officer with the Chicago Police
Department. 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.Born in Chicago, Wilkos
grew up in what is now the Roscoe Village neighborhood in North
Center, Chicago, and is one of four children. His parents are Jeanette
(née Pelikan), a beauty school instructor, and Stanley Wilkos, a
former police officer who was in the Korean War as an army
paratrooper. He graduated from Lane Technical High School in 1982.In
October 1982, Wilkos joined the United States Marine Corps, serving in
South Korea, Japan, Illinois, Virginia, and South Carolina before
being discharged in March 1989.Wilkos joined the Chicago Police
Department in 1990, where he was stationed at various times in the
Logan Square, Chicago, Humboldt Park, and Near West Side
neighborhoods.
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