Alex Trebek
Known for Acting · 84 credits
- Born
- 1940-07-22
- Died
- 2020-11-08
- Place of birth
- Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
- Also known as
- George Alexander Trebek · Alex Trebeck · الکس تربک
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
TV Shows (56)
The Simpsons
1989
as Alex Trebek (voice)
Family Guy
1999
as Alex Trebek (voice)
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self (uncredited)
Seinfeld
1989
as Alex Trebek (archive footage)
The X-Files
1993
as Man in Black #2
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
2018
as TV Host (uncredited)
How I Met Your Mother
2005
as Alex Trebek
The Colbert Report
2005
as Self (uncredited)
Beverly Hills, 90210
1990
as Alex Trebek
Cheers
1982
as Alex Trebek
Jeopardy!
1984
as Self - Host
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
The Nanny
1993
as Alex Trebek
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
as Self - Special Guest
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
2014
as Self
Rugrats
1991
60 Minutes
1968
as Self
Orange Is the New Black
2013
as Alex Trebek
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self - Guest
Mad About You
1992
as Alex Trebek (voice)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
Hot in Cleveland
2010
as Narrator
The Golden Girls
1985
as Alex Trebek
Ellen
1994
as Alex Trebek (voice)
Intimate Portrait
1993
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Pepper Ann
1997
The Larry Sanders Show
1992
as Alex Trebek
Blossom
1990
as Alex Trebek
Arthur
1996
The Reichen Show
2005
as Self - Guest
Vega$
1978
Dinah!
1974
as Self
To Tell the Truth
2016
as Self - Panelist
Dave's World
1993
as Alex Trebek
The Magic School Bus
1994
as Announcer (voice)
Mama's Family
1983
as Self
The Naked Truth
1995
as Alex Trebek
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
2019
as Alex Trebek (voice)
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
2009
as Self
Ned & Stacey
1995
as Alex Trebek
Men Behaving Badly
1996
as Alex Trebek (voice)
Ladies Man
1999
as Alex Trebek (voice)
The Weird Al Show
1997
The Amazing Race Canada
2013
as Self
Married to the Kellys
2003
as Alex Trebek (voice)
Pacific Station
1991
as Alex Trebek
OBJECTified
2017
as Self
FCU: Fact Checkers Unit
2010
as Alex
Super Jeopardy!
1990
The Alan Thicke Show
1980
The Way It Is
1967
as Guest Host
Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time
2020
as Self - Host
Battlestars
1981
as Host
Double Dare
1976
as Self - Host
The Wizard of Odds
1973
as Host
Movies (28)
Free Guy
2021
as Alex Trebek
Charlie's Angels
2000
as Alex Trebek
S.W.A.T.
2003
as (voice)
Dying Young
1991
as Host of Jeopardy
Spy Hard
1996
as Agency Tape Recorder (Voice)
Random Hearts
1999
as Jeopardy Host (uncredited)
Short Cuts
1993
as Alex Trebek
Finding Forrester
2000
as Alex Trebek
Little Manhattan
2005
as Self
White Men Can't Jump
1992
as Alex Trebek
The Earth Day Special
1990
as Self
Public Speaking
2011
as Self (archive footage)
Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009
as Self (archive footage)
Jane Austen's Mafia!
1998
as Alex Trebek (uncredited)
WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology
2006
as Alex Trebek
Being Canadian
2015
as Self
Game Changers
2018
as Self - Host / Narrator
Robert Osborne's 20th Anniversary Tribute
2015
as Self
Betty White: First Lady of Television
2018
as Self
WWE WrestleMania VII
1991
as Self
Phil
2019
as Alex Trebek
The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series
2003
as Narrator (voice)
Ellen's Energy Adventure
1996
as Himself
What Is Jeopardy!?: Alex Trebek and America's Most Popular Quiz Show
2020
as Self
Black Light Dreams: The 25 Years of the Famous People Players
2000
as Self
Who Is Arthur Chu?
2017
as Self
Jeopardy! An Inside Look at America's Favorite Quiz Show
2005
as Host
The Male Swagger
as Alex Trebek
About Alex Trebek
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 1… With 84 credits spanning from 1967 to 2021, Alex Trebek has appeared in 28 films and 56 TV shows.
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- S.W.A.T. (2003) — as (voice)
- Dying Young (1991) — as Host of Jeopardy
- Spy Hard (1996) — as Agency Tape Recorder (Voice)
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