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