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.
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Movies (22)
Free Guy
as Alex Trebek
2021
Veil
Executive Producer (Production)
2020
What Is Jeopardy!?: Alex Trebek and America's Most Popular Quiz Show
as Self
2020
Phil
as Alex Trebek
2019
Betty White: First Lady of Television
as Self
2018
Game Changers
as Self - Host / Narrator
2018
Who Is Arthur Chu?
as Self
2017
Being Canadian
as Self
2015
Robert Osborne's 20th Anniversary Tribute
as Self
2015
Public Speaking
as Self (archive footage)
2011
Waking Sleeping Beauty
as Self (archive footage)
2009
WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology
as Alex Trebek
2006
Jeopardy! An Inside Look at America's Favorite Quiz Show
as Host
2005
Little Manhattan
as Self
2005
S.W.A.T.
as (voice)
2003
The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series
as Narrator (voice)
2003
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
2000
Random Hearts
as Jeopardy Host (uncredited)
1999
Jane Austen's Mafia!
as Alex Trebek (uncredited)
1998
Spy Hard
as Agency Tape Recorder (Voice)
1996
TV Shows (28)
Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time
as Self - Host
2020
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
as Alex Trebek (voice)
2019
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
as TV Host (uncredited)
2018
OBJECTified
as Self
2017
To Tell the Truth
as Self - Panelist
2016
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
as Self
2014
The Amazing Race Canada
as Self
2013
Orange Is the New Black
as Alex Trebek
2013
FCU: Fact Checkers Unit
as Alex
2010
Hot in Cleveland
as Narrator
2010
RuPaul's Drag Race
as Self - Special Guest
2009
The Reichen Show
as Self - Guest
2005
How I Met Your Mother
as Alex Trebek
2005
Married to the Kellys
as Alex Trebek (voice)
2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
2003
Ladies Man
as Alex Trebek (voice)
1999
Family Guy
as Alex Trebek (voice)
1999
The Weird Al Show
1997
Pepper Ann
1997
Arthur
1996
Men Behaving Badly
as Alex Trebek (voice)
1996
The Naked Truth
as Alex Trebek
1995
Ned & Stacey
as Alex Trebek
1995
The Magic School Bus
as Announcer (voice)
1994
Ellen
as Alex Trebek (voice)
1994
Intimate Portrait
as Self - Narrator (voice)
1993
The Nanny
as Alex Trebek
1993