Steve Wilkos

Steve Wilkos is a former Chicago Police officer and former United States Marine and current host of the investigative talk show The Steve Wilkos Show.

Personal and Early Life
Wilkos was born in North Center in Chicago, Illinois on March 9, 1964. He is one out of four children of Jeanette (née Pelikan) and Stanley Wilkos. Jeanette is a beauty school instructor, and Stanley was a former police officer and was an army paratrooper in the Korean War. Wilkos joined the Marine Corps in October 1982, and was discharged in March 1989. Wilkos became an officer for the Chicago Police Department in 1990, and served until he retired in 2001 to work full-time as a security guard on the talk show The Jerry Springer Show. In 2000, Wilkos married his current wife, Rachelle Wilkos (née Consiglio) while she was an executive producer for The Jerry Springer Show, and they bost live in Connecticut and have two children.

The Jerry Springer Show
Wilkos became a part-time security guard on the talk show The Jerry Springer Show, and later began to work full-time in 2004 after retiring from the Chicago Police Department in 2001. Wilkos guest-hosted more than fifty episodes of the show in place of the show's host, Jerry Springer.

The Steve Wilkos Show
NBCUniversal, the media corporation that distributes The Jerry Springer Show, announced in January 2007 that Wilkos would be hosting his own talk show titled The Steve Wilkos Show which would be based at the NBC Tower in Chicago, Illinois. Wilkos would retire from The Jerry Springer Show two months prior to his show premiering on September 10, 2007. The show covers stories ranging from cheating allegations to child molestation. In most episodes, the accused are hooked up to polygraph tests, or lie detector tests to resolve most issues. Wilkos is known for his "no-filter" behavior on his show.

Other Appearances
Wilkos appeared as a guest twice on the talk show Maury, hosted by Maury Povich. He has also appeared multiple times on the MLB Network. He has appeared in the movie Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999) as himself as a security guard for Jerry Springer. Wilkos also voiced in a Halloween episode of The Simpsons, which he has referred to as the "highlight of my career." Wilkos hosted the Daytime Entertainment Creative Arts Emmy Awards in 2011.

Catchphrases and Quotes
""Get (the hell) off my stage!""