Alex Trebek
- Acting
- July 22, 1940 · Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
- November 8, 2020
Biography
George Alexander Trebek OC (July 22, 1940 - November 8, 2020) was a Canadian-American television personality, game show host and actor. He was the host of the syndicated game show Jeopardy! after its revival in 1984, and also hosted a number of other game shows, including The Wizard of Odds, Double Dare, High Rollers, Battlestars, Classic Concentration, and To Tell the Truth. Trebek also made appearances in numerous television series, in which he usually played himself. A native of Canada, Trebek became a naturalized United States citizen in 1998. He received the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Game Show Host seven times for his work on Jeopardy!. On November 8, 2020, Trebek died at age 80 after a nearly two-year battle with pancreatic cancer; he had been contracted to host Jeopardy! until 2022.
Known for
Filmography
- Free Guy · Alex Trebek, In Memory Of
- Veil · Executive producer
- Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time · Self, Presenter
- What Is Jeopardy!?: Alex Trebek and America's Most Popular Quiz Show · Self, Associate Producer
- Phil · Alex Trebek
- Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? · Alex Trebek (Voice)
- Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan · TV Host (uncredited)
- Betty White: First Lady of Television · Self
- Game Changers · Self, Executive producer
- OBJECTified · Self
- Who Is Arthur Chu? · Self
- To Tell the Truth · Self
- Being Canadian · Self
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert · Self
- Robert Osborne's 20th Anniversary Tribute · Self
- Last Week Tonight with John Oliver · Self
- The Amazing Race Canada · Self
- Orange Is the New Black · Alex Trebek
- Public Speaking · Self
- FCU: Fact Checkers Unit · Alex
- Hot in Cleveland · Narrator
- Waking Sleeping Beauty · Self
- The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien · Self
- RuPaul's Drag Race · Self
- WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology · Alex Trebek
- The Reichen Show · Self
- Jeopardy! An Inside Look at America's Favorite Quiz Show · Host
- The Colbert Report · Self
- Little Manhattan · Self
- How I Met Your Mother · Alex Trebek
- Married to the Kellys · Alex Trebek (Voice)
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show · Self
- S.W.A.T. · Voice
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! · Self
- The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series · Narrator (Voice)
- Finding Forrester · Alex Trebek
- Charlie's Angels · Alex Trebek
- Black Light Dreams: The 25 Years of the Famous People Players · Self
- Random Hearts · Jeopardy Host (uncredited)
- Ladies Man · Alex Trebek (Voice)
- Family Guy · Alex Trebek (Voice)
- Jane Austen's Mafia! · Alex Trebek (uncredited)
- The Weird Al Show
- Pepper Ann
- Arthur
- Men Behaving Badly · Alex Trebek (Voice)
- Ellen's Energy Adventure · Self
- Spy Hard · Agency Tape Recorder (Voice)
- The Naked Truth · Alex Trebek
- Ned & Stacey · Alex Trebek
- The Magic School Bus · Announcer (Voice)
- Ellen · Alex Trebek (Voice)
- Intimate Portrait · Self
- The Nanny · Alex Trebek
- Short Cuts · Alex Trebek
- Dave's World · Alex Trebek
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien · Self
- The X-Files · Man in Black #2
- Mad About You · Alex Trebek (Voice)
- The Larry Sanders Show · Alex Trebek
- White Men Can't Jump · Alex Trebek
- Pacific Station · Alex Trebek
- Rugrats · Alan Quebec (Voice)
- Dying Young · Host of Jeopardy
- WWE WrestleMania VII · Self
- Beverly Hills, 90210 · Alex Trebek
- Blossom · Alex Trebek
- Super Jeopardy!
- The Earth Day Special · Self
- The Simpsons · Alex Trebek (Voice)
- Seinfeld · Alex Trebek (archive footage)
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark
- The Golden Girls · Alex Trebek
- Jeopardy! · Self
- Mama's Family · Self
- Cheers · Alex Trebek
- Battlestars · Host
- The Alan Thicke Show
- Vega$
- Double Dare · Self