Alex Trebek
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 22, 1940
- Died
- November 8, 2020 (aged 80)
- Birthplace
- Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
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
The Male Swagger
Movie · as Alex Trebek
Free Guy
Movie · as Alex Trebek
What Is Jeopardy!?: Alex Trebek and America's Most Popular Quiz Show
Movie · as Self
Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time
TV · as Self - Host · 4 eps
Phil
Movie · as Alex Trebek
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
TV · as Alex Trebek (voice) · 1 ep
Game Changers
Movie · as Self
Betty White: First Lady of Television
Movie · as Self
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
TV · as TV Host (uncredited) · 1 ep
Who Is Arthur Chu?
Movie · as Self
OBJECTified
TV · as Self · 1 ep
To Tell the Truth
TV · as Self - Panelist · 1 ep
Being Canadian
Movie · as Self
Robert Osborne's 20th Anniversary Tribute
Movie · as Self
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Orange Is the New Black
TV · as Alex Trebek · 1 ep
The Amazing Race Canada
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Public Speaking
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Hot in Cleveland
TV · as Narrator · 1 ep
FCU: Fact Checkers Unit
TV · as Alex · 8 eps
RuPaul's Drag Race
TV · as Self - Special Guest · 1 ep
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
TV · as Self · 1 ep
WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology
Movie · as Alex Trebek
Little Manhattan
Movie · as Self
Jeopardy! An Inside Look at America's Favorite Quiz Show
Movie · as Host
How I Met Your Mother
TV · as Alex Trebek · 2 eps
The Reichen Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Colbert Report
TV · as Self (uncredited) · 1 ep
The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
S.W.A.T.
Movie · as (voice)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Married to the Kellys
TV · as Alex Trebek (voice) · 1 ep
Finding Forrester
Movie · as Alex Trebek
Black Light Dreams: The 25 Years of the Famous People Players
Movie · as Self
Charlie's Angels
Movie · as Alex Trebek
Random Hearts
Movie · as Jeopardy Host (uncredited)
Family Guy
TV · as Alex Trebek (voice) · 1 ep
Ladies Man
TV · as Alex Trebek (voice) · 4 eps
Jane Austen's Mafia!
Movie · as Alex Trebek (uncredited)
The Weird Al Show
TV · 1 ep
Pepper Ann
TV · 5 eps
Spy Hard
Movie · as Agency Tape Recorder (Voice)
Ellen's Energy Adventure
Movie · as Himself
Arthur
TV · 1 ep
Men Behaving Badly
TV · as Alex Trebek (voice) · 1 ep
The Naked Truth
TV · as Alex Trebek · 1 ep
Ned & Stacey
TV · as Alex Trebek · 1 ep
The Magic School Bus
TV · as Announcer (voice) · 1 ep
Ellen
TV · as Alex Trebek (voice) · 1 ep
Short Cuts
Movie · as Alex Trebek
The Nanny
TV · as Alex Trebek · 1 ep
The X-Files
TV · as Man in Black #2 · 1 ep
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Dave's World
TV · as Alex Trebek · 1 ep
Intimate Portrait
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 1 ep
White Men Can't Jump
Movie · as Alex Trebek
Mad About You
TV · as Alex Trebek (voice) · 1 ep
The Larry Sanders Show
TV · as Alex Trebek · 1 ep
Dying Young
Movie · as Host of Jeopardy
WWE WrestleMania VII
Movie · as Self
Pacific Station
TV · as Alex Trebek · 1 ep
Rugrats
TV · as Alan Quebec (voice) · 1 ep
The Earth Day Special
Movie · as Self
Beverly Hills, 90210
TV · as Alex Trebek · 1 ep
Blossom
TV · as Alex Trebek · 1 ep
Super Jeopardy!
TV · 13 eps
Seinfeld
TV · as Alex Trebek (archive footage) · 1 ep
The Simpsons
TV · as Alex Trebek (voice) · 2 eps
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV · 1 ep
The Golden Girls
TV · as Alex Trebek · 1 ep
Jeopardy!
TV · as Self - Host · 8227 eps
Mama's Family
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Cheers
TV · as Alex Trebek · 1 ep
Battlestars
TV · as Host · 2 eps
The Alan Thicke Show
TV · 1 ep
Vega$
TV · 1 ep
Double Dare
TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep
Saturday Night Live
TV · as Self (uncredited) · 1 ep
Dinah!
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Wizard of Odds
TV · as Host · 1 ep
Sesame Street
TV · as Self · 1 ep
60 Minutes
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Way It Is
TV · as Guest Host · 1 ep