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