Alex Trebek
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 22, 1940
- Died
- November 8, 2020
- Birthplace
- Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
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
- The Male Swagger
The Male Swagger TBA
as Alex Trebek
Free Guy 2021
as Alex Trebek, In Memory Of
Veil 2020
Executive Producer
What Is Jeopardy!?: Alex Trebek and America's Most Popular Quiz Show 2020
as Self, Associate Producer, Presenter
Phil 2019
as Alex Trebek
Betty White: First Lady of Television 2018
as Self
Game Changers 2018
as Self, Executive Producer
Who Is Arthur Chu? 2017
as Self
Being Canadian 2015
as Self
Robert Osborne's 20th Anniversary Tribute 2015
as Self
Public Speaking 2011
as Self (archive footage)
Waking Sleeping Beauty 2010
as Self (archive footage)
WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology 2006
as Alex Trebek
Jeopardy! An Inside Look at America's Favorite Quiz Show 2005
as Host
Little Manhattan 2005
as Self
S.W.A.T. 2003
as (voice)
The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series 2003
as Narrator (voice)
Finding Forrester 2000
as Alex Trebek
Charlie's Angels 2000
as Alex Trebek
Black Light Dreams: The 25 Years of the Famous People Players 2000
as Self
Random Hearts 1999
as Jeopardy Host (uncredited)
Jane Austen's Mafia! 1998
as Alex Trebek (uncredited)
Ellen's Energy Adventure 1996
as Himself
Spy Hard 1996
as Agency Tape Recorder (Voice)
Short Cuts 1993
as Alex Trebek
White Men Can't Jump 1992
as Alex Trebek
Dying Young 1991
as Host of Jeopardy
WWE WrestleMania VII 1991
as Self
The Earth Day Special 1990
as Self
Credits from TMDB.