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