Known For
Acting
Born
Jul 22, 1940
Died
Nov 08, 2020
Place of Birth
Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Credits
85 titles
Alex Trebek
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
Veil
Executive Producer
Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time
Self - Host
What Is Jeopardy!?: Alex Trebek and America's Most Popular Quiz Show
Self
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 - Host / Narrator
OBJECTified
Self
Who Is Arthur Chu?
Self
To Tell the Truth
Self - Panelist
Being Canadian
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 (archive footage)
FCU: Fact Checkers Unit
Alex
Hot in Cleveland
Narrator
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Self (archive footage)
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
Self
RuPaul's Drag Race
Self - Special Guest
WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology
Alex Trebek
The Reichen Show
Self - Guest
Jeopardy! An Inside Look at America's Favorite Quiz Show
Host
The Colbert Report
Self (uncredited)
Little Manhattan
Self
How I Met Your Mother
Alex Trebek
Married to the Kellys
Alex Trebek (voice)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self - Guest
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)
Pepper Ann
The Weird Al Show
Arthur
Men Behaving Badly
Alex Trebek (voice)
Ellen's Energy Adventure
Himself
Spy Hard
Agency Tape Recorder (Voice)
The Naked Truth
Alex Trebek
Ned & Stacey
Alex Trebek
The Magic School Bus
Announcer (voice)