Alex Trebek
July 22, 1940 (84 years old) in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
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
Credits
- 2023 · The Mega CoreCore Mix as Self (archive footage)
- 2021 · Free Guy as Alex Trebek
- 2020 · Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time as Self - Host
- 2020 · What Is Jeopardy!?: Alex Trebek and America's Most Popular Quiz Show as Self
- 2019 · Phil as Alex Trebek
- 2019 · Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? as Alex Trebek (voice)
- 2018 · Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan as TV Host (uncredited)
- 2018 · Betty White: First Lady of Television as Self
- 2018 · Game Changers as Self - Host / Narrator
- 2017 · OBJECTified as Self
- 2017 · Who Is Arthur Chu? as Self
- 2016 · To Tell the Truth as Self - Panelist
- 2015 · Being Canadian as Self
- 2015 · Robert Osborne's 20th Anniversary Tribute as Self
- 2014 · Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as Self
- 2013 · The Amazing Race Canada as Self
- 2013 · Orange Is the New Black as Alex Trebek
- 2010 · Public Speaking as Self (archive footage)
- 2010 · Hot in Cleveland as Narrator
- 2009 · Waking Sleeping Beauty as Self (archive footage)
- 2009 · RuPaul's Drag Race as Self - Special Guest
- 2007 · The Bucket List as Self
- 2006 · WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology as Alex Trebek
- 2005 · The Reichen Show as Self - Guest
- 2005 · Jeopardy! An Inside Look at America's Favorite Quiz Show as Host
- 2005 · Little Manhattan as Self
- 2005 · How I Met Your Mother as Alex Trebek
- 2003 · The Simpsons: Christmas as
- 2003 · Married to the Kellys as
- 2003 · The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- 2003 · S.W.A.T. as (voice)
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as
- 2003 · The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series as Narrator (voice)
- 2000 · Finding Forrester as Alex Trebek
- 2000 · Charlie's Angels as Alex Trebek
- 2000 · Black Light Dreams: The 25 Years of the Famous People Players as Self
- 1999 · Random Hearts as Jeopardy Host (uncredited)
- 1999 · Ladies Man as Alex Trebek (voice)
- 1999 · Family Guy as Alex Trebek (voice)
- 1998 · Jane Austen's Mafia! as Alex Trebek (uncredited)
- 1997 · Pepper Ann as
- 1997 · The Weird Al Show as
- 1996 · Arthur as
- 1996 · Men Behaving Badly as Alex Trebek (voice)
- 1996 · Spy Hard as Agency Tape Recorder (Voice)
- 1995 · The Naked Truth as Alex Trebek
- 1995 · Ned and Stacey as Alex Trebek
- 1994 · The Magic School Bus as (voice)
- 1994 · Ellen as Alex Trebek (voice)
- 1993 · Intimate Portrait as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 1993 · The Nanny as Alex Trebek
- 1993 · Dave's World as Alex Trebek
- 1993 · Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- 1993 · The X-Files as Man in Black #2
- 1993 · Short Cuts as Alex Trebek
- 1992 · Mad About You as Alex Trebek (voice)
- 1992 · The Larry Sanders Show as Alex Trebek
- 1992 · White Men Can't Jump as Alex Trebek
- 1991 · Pacific Station as Alex Trebek
- 1991 · Rugrats as
- 1991 · Dying Young as Host of Jeopardy
- 1991 · WWE WrestleMania VII as Self
- 1990 · Beverly Hills, 90210 as
- 1990 · Blossom as
- 1990 · Super Jeopardy! as
- 1990 · The Earth Day Special as Self
- 1989 · The Simpsons as Alex Trebek (voice)
- 1989 · Seinfeld as Alex Trebek (archive footage)
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as
- 1985 · The Golden Girls as Alex Trebek
- 1984 · Jeopardy! as Self - Host
- 1983 · Mama's Family as Self
- 1982 · Cheers as Alex Trebek
- 1981 · Battlestars as Host
- 1980 · The Alan Thicke Show as
- 1978 · Vega$ as
- 1976 · Double Dare as Self - Host
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
- 1974 · Dinah! as Self
- 1973 · The Wizard of Odds as Host
- 1968 · 60 Minutes as Self
- 1967 · The Way It Is as Guest Host
- Future · The Male Swagger as Alex Trebek