Alex Trebek
Born: 1940-07-22 in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Died: 2020-11-08
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2021
- Free Guy as Alex Trebek
2020
- Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time as Self - Host
- What Is Jeopardy!?: Alex Trebek and America's Most Popular Quiz Show as Self
- Veil ... (Executive Producer)
2019
- Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? as Alex Trebek (voice)
- Phil as Alex Trebek
2018
- Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan as TV Host (uncredited)
- Betty White: First Lady of Television as Self
- Game Changers as Self - Host / Narrator
2017
- OBJECTified as Self
- Who Is Arthur Chu? as Self
2016
- To Tell the Truth as Self - Panelist
2015
- Being Canadian as Self
- Robert Osborne's 20th Anniversary Tribute as Self
2014
2013
- Orange Is the New Black as Alex Trebek
- The Amazing Race Canada as Self
2011
- Public Speaking as Self (archive footage)
2010
- Hot in Cleveland as Narrator
- FCU: Fact Checkers Unit as Alex
2009
- RuPaul's Drag Race as Self - Special Guest
- The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien as Self
- Waking Sleeping Beauty as Self (archive footage)
2006
- WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology as Alex Trebek
2005
- How I Met Your Mother as Alex Trebek
- The Colbert Report as Self (uncredited)
- The Reichen Show as Self - Guest
- Little Manhattan as Self
- Jeopardy! An Inside Look at America's Favorite Quiz Show as Host
2003
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self - Guest
- S.W.A.T. as (voice)
- Married to the Kellys as Alex Trebek (voice)
- The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series as Narrator (voice)
2000
- Charlie's Angels as Alex Trebek
- Finding Forrester as Alex Trebek
- Black Light Dreams: The 25 Years of the Famous People Players as Self
1999
- Family Guy as Alex Trebek (voice)
- Ladies Man as Alex Trebek (voice)
- Random Hearts as Jeopardy Host (uncredited)
1998
- Jane Austen's Mafia! as Alex Trebek (uncredited)
1996
- Arthur
- Men Behaving Badly as Alex Trebek (voice)
- Spy Hard as Agency Tape Recorder (Voice)
- Ellen's Energy Adventure as Himself
1995
- The Naked Truth as Alex Trebek
- Ned & Stacey as Alex Trebek
1994
- Ellen as Alex Trebek (voice)
- The Magic School Bus as Announcer (voice)
1993
- The X-Files as Man in Black #2
- The Nanny as Alex Trebek
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- Intimate Portrait as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Dave's World as Alex Trebek
- Short Cuts as Alex Trebek
1992
- Mad About You as Alex Trebek (voice)
- The Larry Sanders Show as Alex Trebek
- White Men Can't Jump as Alex Trebek
1991
- Rugrats
- Pacific Station as Alex Trebek
- Dying Young as Host of Jeopardy
- WWE WrestleMania VII as Self
1990
- Beverly Hills, 90210 as Alex Trebek
- Blossom
- The Earth Day Special as Self
- Super Jeopardy!
1989
- The Simpsons as Alex Trebek (voice)
- Seinfeld as Alex Trebek (archive footage)
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
1978
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