Alex Trebek

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1940-07-22

Deathday 2020-11-08 (80 years old)

Place of Birth Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

Also Known As George Alexander Trebek, Alex Trebeck

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

Actor

The Male Swagger

as Alex Trebek

The Bigger Bubble

as Self (Jeopardy)

2023
The Mega CoreCore Mix

as Self (archive footage)

2021
Free Guy

as Alex Trebek

2019
Phil

as Alex Trebek

2019
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?

as Alex Trebek (voice)

2018
Game Changers

as Self - Host / Narrator

2018
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan

as TV Host (uncredited)

2017
2017
OBJECTified

as Self

2016
To Tell the Truth

as Self - Panelist

2015
2013
2010
Public Speaking

as Self (archive footage)

2010
Hot in Cleveland

as Narrator

2009
Waking Sleeping Beauty

as Self (archive footage)

2009
RuPaul's Drag Race

as Self - Special Guest

2007
2005
2005
The Reichen Show

as Self - Guest

2005
How I Met Your Mother

as Alex Trebek

2003
S.W.A.T.

as (voice)

2000
Finding Forrester

as Alex Trebek

2000
Charlie's Angels

as Alex Trebek

1999
Random Hearts

as Jeopardy Host (uncredited)

1999
Ladies Man

as Alex Trebek (voice)

1999
Family Guy

as Alex Trebek (voice)

1998
Jane Austen's Mafia!

as Alex Trebek (uncredited)

1996
Spy Hard

as Agency Tape Recorder (Voice)

1996
1996
Men Behaving Badly

as Alex Trebek (voice)

1995
The Naked Truth

as Alex Trebek

1995
Ned and Stacey

as Alex Trebek

1994
1994
Ellen

as Alex Trebek (voice)

1993
Short Cuts

as Alex Trebek

1993
Intimate Portrait

as Self - Narrator (voice)

1993
The Nanny

as Alex Trebek

1993
Dave's World

as Alex Trebek

1993
1993
The X-Files

as Man in Black #2

1992
White Men Can't Jump

as Alex Trebek

1992
Mad About You

as Alex Trebek (voice)

1992
The Larry Sanders Show

as Alex Trebek

1991
Dying Young

as Host of Jeopardy

1991
Pacific Station

as Alex Trebek

1989
The Simpsons

as Alex Trebek (voice)

1989
Seinfeld

as Alex Trebek (archive footage)

1985
The Golden Girls

as Alex Trebek

1984
Jeopardy!

as Self - Host

1983
1982
Cheers

as Alex Trebek

1981
Battlestars

as Host

1978
1976
Double Dare

as Self - Host

1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self - Cameo (uncredited)

1974
Dinah!

as Self

1973
1968
60 Minutes

as Self

1967
The Way It Is

as Guest Host

Producer

2020
Veil

as Executive Producer

2018
Game Changers

as Executive Producer