Stephen F. Kroft Wiki Biography
Steve Kroft (born August 22, 1945) is an American journalist and a longtime correspondent for 60 Minutes. His investigative reporting has garnered him much acclaim, including three Peabody Awards and nine Emmy awards, one of which was an Emmy for Lifetime Achievement.
| Full Name | Steve Kroft |
| Net Worth | $16 Million |
| Salary | $3 Million |
| Date Of Birth | August 22, 1945 |
| Place Of Birth | Kokomo, Indiana, USA |
| Profession | Journalist |
| Education | Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, Syracuse University, Columbia University |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse | Jennet Conant |
| Children | John Conant Kroft |
| http://www.facebook.com/stevekroftofficial | |
| IMDB | http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0471901 |
| Awards | News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story in a News Magazine, News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Investigative Journalism – Segments |
| Nominations | News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing, News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Interview, News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Arts and Culture Programming, News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Research, News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Science An… |
| TV Shows | 60 Minutes, West 57th |
| Fact | |
|---|---|
| 1 | While talking with Clint Eastwood on 60 Minutes (1968), Kroft asked the actor how many children he has. Eastwood dodged the question and stared at him for about 30 seconds. “I don’t think I’ve had anybody look at me like that before” said Kroft. [November 1997] |
| 2 | Protégé of Mike Wallace. |
| 3 | Inducted into the Howard County (Indiana) Hall of Legends. |
| 4 | Lives in Manhattan’s fabled West Side apartment building, the Apthorp, whose residents include Rosie O’Donnell, Conan O’Brien, Cyndi Lauper, Kate Nelligan and Lena Horne. |
Actor
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small Time Crooks | 2000 | Steve Kroft | |
| Murphy Brown | 1993 | TV Series | Steve Kroft |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| 60 Minutes | 1991-2016 | TV Series documentary | Himself – Host / Himself – Correspondent / Himself – Correspondent (segment “President Obama”) / … |
| CBS This Morning | 2012-2015 | TV Series | Himself – 60 Minutes Correspondent / Himself |
| Inside Edition | 2015 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Entertainment Tonight | 2015 | TV Series | Himself – CBS News |
| Pauly Shore Stands Alone | 2014 | Documentary | Himself |
| Face the Nation | 2014 | TV Series | Himself – CBS News Correspondent |
| 60 Minutes Sports | 2013-2014 | TV Series documentary | Himself – Correspondent (segment “Pete Dye”) / Himself – Host / Himself – Correspondent (segment “LeBron”) / … |
| The Insider | 2014 | TV Series | Himself – CBS News |
| CBS Cares | 2011-2013 | TV Series | Himself |
| 2012 CMT Music Awards | 2012 | TV Special | Himself |
| Charlie Rose | 1997-2012 | TV Series | Himself – Guest / Himself – Guest Host |
| Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop | 2011 | Documentary | Himself |
| CBS Reports: The Road to the White House | 2009 | TV Movie | Himself / Narrator |
| Late Night with Jimmy Fallon | 2009 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Colbert Report | 2006 | TV Series | Himself |
| 60 Minutes on Classic | 2004 | TV Series | Himself – Host |
| 60 Minutes Wednesday | 1999-2004 | TV Series documentary | Himself – Correspondent (segment “Jimmy Buffett”) / Himself / Himself – Correspondent (segment “Classic: Chernobyl”) |
| Larry King Live | 2004 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Daily Show | 2001-2003 | TV Series | Himself |
| Late Show with David Letterman | 2001 | TV Series | Himself |
| Late Night with Conan O’Brien | 2001 | TV Series | Himself |
| Breaking the News | 2001 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Nature | 2000 | TV Series documentary | Narrator |
| 60 Minutes | 1993 | TV Series | Himself |
| America’s Toughest Assignment: Solving the Education Crisis | 1990 | TV Movie documentary | |
| West 57th | 1985 | TV Series documentary | Himself – Correspondent (1987-1989) |
Archive Footage
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frontline | 2016 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| The Eighties | 2016 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself – 60 Minutes |
| Media Buzz | 2015 | TV Series | Himself |
| Extra | 2015 | TV Series | Himself |
| La grande évasion fiscale | 2013 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself |
| Shameless | 2011 | TV Series | Himself – Correspondent |
| Rome Is Burning | 2009 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Price of Pleasure: Pornography, Sexuality & Relationships | 2008 | Video documentary | Himself |
| I.O.U.S.A. | 2008 | Documentary | Himself |
| 60 Minutes | 2004-2005 | TV Series documentary | Himself – Correspondent (segment “Handouts for the Homeland”) / Himself – Correspondent |
| 60 Minutes Wednesday | 1999 | TV Series documentary | Himself – Correspondent (segment “Classic: Chernobyl”) |
| Feed | 1992 | Documentary | Himself |
Won Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Emmy | News & Documentary Emmy Awards | Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story in a News Magazine | 60 Minutes (1968) |
| 2010 | Emmy | News & Documentary Emmy Awards | Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story in a News Magazine | 60 Minutes (1968) |
| 2010 | Peabody Award | Peabody Awards | 60 Minutes (1968) | |
| 2003 | Emmy | Business and Financial Reporting Emmy Awards | Outstanding Interpretation and/or Analysis of a Business News Story | 60 Minutes (1968) |
| 2003 | Lifetime Achievement Award | News & Documentary Emmy Awards | ||
| 2001 | Emmy | News & Documentary Emmy Awards | Outstanding Investigative Journalism – Segments | 60 Minutes (1968) |
| 1999 | Emmy | News & Documentary Emmy Awards | Outstanding Background/Analysis of a Single Current Story – Segments | 60 Minutes (1968) |
| 1994 | Emmy | News & Documentary Emmy Awards | Outstanding Background/Analysis of a Single Current Story – Segments | 60 Minutes (1968) |
| 1994 | Emmy | News & Documentary Emmy Awards | Outstanding Interview/Interviewer – Segments | 60 Minutes (1968) |
Nominated Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Emmy | News & Documentary Emmy Awards | Outstanding Business and Economic Reporting in a News Magazine | 60 Minutes (1968) |
| 2015 | Emmy | News & Documentary Emmy Awards | Outstanding Business and Economic Reporting in a News Magazine | 60 Minutes (1968) |
| 2014 | Emmy | News & Documentary Emmy Awards | Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story in a News Magazine | 60 Minutes (1968) |
| 2014 | Emmy | News & Documentary Emmy Awards | Outstanding Investigative Journalism in a News Magazine | 60 Minutes (1968) |
| 2014 | Emmy | News & Documentary Emmy Awards | Outstanding Business and Economic Reporting in a News Magazine | 60 Minutes (1968) |
| 2014 | Emmy | News & Documentary Emmy Awards | Best Report in a News Magazine | 60 Minutes (1968) |
| 2014 | Emmy | News & Documentary Emmy Awards | Best Report in a News Magazine | 60 Minutes (1968) |
| 2014 | Emmy | News & Documentary Emmy Awards | Outstanding Interview | 60 Minutes (1968) |
| 2013 | Emmy | News & Documentary Emmy Awards | Outstanding Business and Economic Reporting in a News Magazine | 60 Minutes (1968) |
| 2013 | Emmy | News & Documentary Emmy Awards | Best Report in a News Magazine | 60 Minutes (1968) |
| 2013 | Emmy | News & Documentary Emmy Awards | Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Writing | 60 Minutes (1968) |
| 2013 | Emmy | News & Documentary Emmy Awards | Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Writing | 60 Minutes (1968) |
| 2013 | Emmy | News & Documentary Emmy Awards | Outstanding Achievement in a Craft in News and Documentary Programming – Researchers | 60 Minutes (1968) |
| 2012 | Emmy | News & Documentary Emmy Awards | Best Report in a News Magazine | 60 Minutes (1968) |
| 2012 | Emmy | News & Documentary Emmy Awards | Best Report in a News Magazine | 60 Minutes (1968) |
| 2012 | Emmy | News & Documentary Emmy Awards | Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Research | 60 Minutes (1968) |
| 2012 | Emmy | News & Documentary Emmy Awards | Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Writing | 60 Minutes (1968) |
| 2012 | Emmy | News & Documentary Emmy Awards | Outstanding Investigative Journalism in a News Magazine | 60 Minutes (1968) |
| 2012 | Emmy | News & Documentary Emmy Awards | Outstanding Interview | 60 Minutes (1968) |
| 2012 | Emmy | News & Documentary Emmy Awards | Outstanding Interview | 60 Minutes (1968) |
| 2011 | Emmy | News & Documentary Emmy Awards | Outstanding Business and Economic Reporting in a News Magazine | 60 Minutes (1968) |
| 2011 | Emmy | News & Documentary Emmy Awards | Outstanding Investigative Journalism in a News Magazine | 60 Minutes (1968) |
| 2010 | Emmy | News & Documentary Emmy Awards | Outstanding Investigative Journalism in a News Magazine | 60 Minutes (1968) |
| 2010 | Emmy | News & Documentary Emmy Awards | Outstanding Business and Economic Reporting in a News Magazine | 60 Minutes (1968) |
| 2010 | Emmy | News & Documentary Emmy Awards | Outstanding Feature Story in a News Magazine | 60 Minutes (1968) |
| 2010 | Emmy | News & Documentary Emmy Awards | Best Report in a News Magazine | 60 Minutes (1968) |
| 2010 | Emmy | News & Documentary Emmy Awards | Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Writing | 60 Minutes (1968) |
| 2009 | Emmy | Business and Financial Reporting Emmy Awards | Outstanding Coverage of a Current Business News Story – News Magazines | 60 Minutes (1968) |
| 2009 | Emmy | Business and Financial Reporting Emmy Awards | Outstanding Investigative Reporting of a Business News Story – News Magazines | 60 Minutes (1968) |
| 2009 | Emmy | Business and Financial Reporting Emmy Awards | Outstanding Interpretation or Analysis of a Business News Story – News Magazines | 60 Minutes (1968) |
| 2009 | Emmy | News & Documentary Emmy Awards | Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a News Magazine | 60 Minutes (1968) |
| 2009 | Emmy | News & Documentary Emmy Awards | Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story in a News Magazine | 60 Minutes (1968) |
| 2009 | Emmy | News & Documentary Emmy Awards | Best Report in a News Magazine | 60 Minutes (1968) |
| 2008 | Emmy | News & Documentary Emmy Awards | Outstanding Science, Technology and Nature Programming | 60 Minutes (1968) |
| 2007 | Emmy | News & Documentary Emmy Awards | Outstanding Investigative Journalism in a News Magazine | 60 Minutes (1968) |
| 2007 | Emmy | News & Documentary Emmy Awards | Outstanding Arts & Culture Programming | 60 Minutes (1968) |
| 2006 | Emmy | News & Documentary Emmy Awards | Outstanding Feature Story in a News Magazine | 60 Minutes (1968) |
| 2006 | Emmy | News & Documentary Emmy Awards | Outstanding Investigative Journalism in a News Magazine | 60 Minutes (1968) |
| 2004 | Emmy | News & Documentary Emmy Awards | Outstanding Coverage of a Continuing News Story in a News Magazine | 60 Minutes (1968) |
| 2003 | Emmy | Business and Financial Reporting Emmy Awards | Outstanding Investigative Reporting of a Business News Story | 60 Minutes (1968) |
| 2002 | Emmy | News & Documentary Emmy Awards | Outstanding Coverage of a Continuing News Story – Long Form | 60 Minutes (1968) |
| 2002 | Emmy | News & Documentary Emmy Awards | Best Report in a News Magazine | 60 Minutes (1968) |
| 2001 | Emmy | News & Documentary Emmy Awards | Outstanding Background/Analysis of a Single Current Story – Segments | 60 Minutes (1968) |
| 1993 | Emmy | News & Documentary Emmy Awards | Outstanding Investigative Journalism – Segments | 60 Minutes (1968) |
| 1993 | Emmy | News & Documentary Emmy Awards | Outstanding Interview/Interviewer – Segments | 60 Minutes (1968) |
| 1993 | Emmy | News & Documentary Emmy Awards | Outstanding Interview/Interviewer – Segments | 60 Minutes (1968) |