Alex Trebek
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
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
89
Gender
Male
Birthday
1940-07-22 (84 years old)
Place of Birth
Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Acting

2021

Free Guy as Alex Trebek

2019

Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? as Alex Trebek (voice)

2019

Phil as Alex Trebek

2018

Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan as TV Host (uncredited)

2018

Game Changers as Self - Host / Narrator

2017

OBJECTified as Self

2017

Who Is Arthur Chu? as Self

2016

To Tell the Truth as Self - Panelist

2015

Being Canadian as Self

2013

Orange Is the New Black as Alex Trebek

2010

Hot in Cleveland as Narrator

2010

Public Speaking as Self (archive footage)

2009

RuPaul's Drag Race as Self - Special Guest

2009

Waking Sleeping Beauty as Self (archive footage)

2007

The Bucket List as Self

2005

How I Met Your Mother as Alex Trebek

2005

The Reichen Show as Self - Guest

2005

Little Manhattan as Self

2003

Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Not available

2003

S.W.A.T. as (voice)

2003

Married to the Kellys as Not available

2003

The Simpsons: Christmas as Not available

2000

Charlie's Angels as Alex Trebek

2000

Finding Forrester as Alex Trebek

1999

Family Guy as Alex Trebek (voice)

1999

Ladies Man as Alex Trebek (voice)

1999

Random Hearts as Jeopardy Host (uncredited)

1998

Jane Austen's Mafia! as Alex Trebek (uncredited)

1997

Pepper Ann as Not available

1997

The Weird Al Show as Not available

1996

Arthur as Not available

1996

Men Behaving Badly as Alex Trebek (voice)

1996

Spy Hard as Agency Tape Recorder (Voice)

1995

Ned and Stacey as Alex Trebek

1995

The Naked Truth as Alex Trebek

1994

Ellen as Alex Trebek (voice)

1994

The Magic School Bus as (voice)

1993

Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest

1993

The X-Files as Man in Black #2

1993

The Nanny as Alex Trebek

1993

Intimate Portrait as Self - Narrator (voice)

1993

Dave's World as Alex Trebek

1993

Short Cuts as Alex Trebek

1992

Mad About You as Alex Trebek (voice)

1992

The Larry Sanders Show as Alex Trebek

1992

White Men Can't Jump as Alex Trebek

1991

Rugrats as Not available

1991

Dying Young as Host of Jeopardy

1991

Pacific Station as Alex Trebek

1990

Beverly Hills, 90210 as Not available

1990

Blossom as Not available

1990

Super Jeopardy! as Not available

1989

The Simpsons as Alex Trebek (voice)

1989

Seinfeld as Alex Trebek (archive footage)

1988

LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Not available

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

The Alan Thicke Show as Not available

1978

Vega$ as Not available

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

NaN

The Male Swagger as Alex Trebek