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Alex Trebek

Alex Trebek

Actor · Born 1940-07-22 · Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

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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.

Movies & TV Shows

  1. The Simpsons (1989) — Alex Trebek (voice)
  2. Free Guy (2021) — Alex Trebek
  3. How I Met Your Mother (2005) — Alex Trebek
  4. Family Guy (1999) — Alex Trebek (voice)
  5. Charlie's Angels (2000) — Alex Trebek
  6. The X-Files (1993) — Man in Black #2
  7. Orange Is the New Black (2013) — Alex Trebek
  8. S.W.A.T. (2003) — (voice)
  9. Seinfeld (1989) — Alex Trebek (archive footage)
  10. Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan (2018) — TV Host (uncredited)
  11. White Men Can't Jump (1992) — Alex Trebek
  12. The Nanny (1993) — Alex Trebek
  13. Finding Forrester (2000) — Alex Trebek
  14. Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (2014) — Self
  15. Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990) — Alex Trebek
  16. Spy Hard (1996) — Agency Tape Recorder (Voice)
  17. Little Manhattan (2005) — Self
  18. Rugrats (1991) — Alan Quebec (voice)
  19. Cheers (1982) — Alex Trebek
  20. Short Cuts (1993) — Alex Trebek
  21. Saturday Night Live (1975) — Self (uncredited)
  22. Dying Young (1991) — Host of Jeopardy
  23. Random Hearts (1999) — Jeopardy Host (uncredited)
  24. The Golden Girls (1985) — Alex Trebek
  25. The Colbert Report (2005) — Self (uncredited)
  26. RuPaul's Drag Race (2009) — Self - Special Guest
  27. Mad About You (1992) — Alex Trebek (voice)
  28. Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? (2019) — Alex Trebek (voice)
  29. Jane Austen's Mafia! (1998) — Alex Trebek (uncredited)
  30. Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) — Self
  31. Arthur (1996)
  32. The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003) — Self - Guest
  33. Jeopardy! (1984) — Self - Host
  34. Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993) — Self - Guest
  35. Hot in Cleveland (2010) — Narrator
  36. The Magic School Bus (1994) — Announcer (voice)
  37. Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009) — Self (archive footage)
  38. Blossom (1990)
  39. The Larry Sanders Show (1992) — Alex Trebek
  40. The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien (2009) — Self