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Alex Trebek

Known for: Acting

Biography: 1940-07-22

Deathday: 2020-11-08 (80 years old)

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

all 80

self 53

TV Shows 49

Movies 31

Voice 4

Producer 1

Alex Trebek

Biography

Filmography

all 80

self 53

TV Shows 49

Movies 31

Voice 4

Producer 1

Narrator 1

The Mega CoreCore Mix (2023)

Free Guy (2021)

Veil (2020)

Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time (2020)

What Is Jeopardy!?: Alex Trebek and America's Most Popular Quiz Show (2020)

Phil (2019)

Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? (2019)

Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan (2018)

Betty White: First Lady of Television (2018)

Game Changers (2018)

OBJECTified (2017)

Who Is Arthur Chu? (2017)

Big Fan (2017)

Being Canadian (2015)

Robert Osborne's 20th Anniversary Tribute (2015)

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (2014)

Orange Is the New Black (2013)

Public Speaking (2010)

Hot in Cleveland (2010)

Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009)

RuPaul's Drag Race (2009)

The Bucket List (2007)

WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology (2006)

The Reichen Show (2005)

Jeopardy! An Inside Look at America's Favorite Quiz Show (2005)

Little Manhattan (2005)

How I Met Your Mother (2005)

The Simpsons: Christmas (2003)

Married to the Kellys (2003)

The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003)

S.W.A.T. (2003)

Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003)

The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series (2003)

Finding Forrester (2000)

Charlie's Angels (2000)

Black Light Dreams: The 25 Years of the Famous People Players (2000)

Random Hearts (1999)

Ladies Man (1999)

Family Guy (1999)

Jane Austen's Mafia! (1998)

Pepper Ann (1997)

The Weird Al Show (1997)

Arthur (1996)

Men Behaving Badly (1996)

Spy Hard (1996)

The Magic School Bus (1994)

Intimate Portrait (1993)

The Nanny (1993)

Dave's World (1993)

Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993)

The X-Files (1993)

Short Cuts (1993)

Mad About You (1992)

The Larry Sanders Show (1992)

White Men Can't Jump (1992)

Rugrats (1991)

Dying Young (1991)

WWE WrestleMania VII (1991)

Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990)

Blossom (1990)

Super Jeopardy! (1990)

The Earth Day Special (1990)

The Simpsons (1989)

Seinfeld (1989)

LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1988)

The Golden Girls (1985)

Jeopardy! (1984)

Mama's Family (1983)

Cheers (1982)

Battlestars (1981)

Known For
Acting

Gender
Male

Birthday
1940-07-22

Deathday
2020-11-08 (80 years old)

Birth Name
George Alexander Trebek

Birth Place
Greater Sudbury, Canada

Net Worth
$75 Million

Relationships
Elaine Trebek Kares (1974-01-01 - 1981-01-01), Jean Trebek (1990-01-01 - 2020-11-08)

Citizenships
United States, Canada

Also Known As
George Alexander Trebek, Alex Trebeck

Awards
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Officer of the Order of Canada, Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Game Show Host, Canada's Walk of Fame, honorary doctor of Fordham University, Lifetime Achievement Emmy, Honorary doctor of the University of Ottawa