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.
TV Shows(30)
Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time
Self - Host
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
Alex Trebek (voice)
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
TV Host (uncredited)
OBJECTified
Self
To Tell the Truth
Self - Panelist
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Self
Orange Is the New Black
Alex Trebek
The Amazing Race Canada
Self
Hot in Cleveland
Narrator
FCU: Fact Checkers Unit
Alex
RuPaul's Drag Race
Self - Special Guest
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
Self
How I Met Your Mother
Alex Trebek
The Reichen Show
Self - Guest
The Colbert Report
Self (uncredited)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self - Guest
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
Married to the Kellys
Alex Trebek (voice)
Family Guy
Alex Trebek (voice)