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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 22, 1940
Died
November 8, 2020
Place of Birth
Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Also Known As
- George Alexander Trebek
- Alex Trebeck
- الکس تربک
Alex Trebek
0.5 Popularity
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
7.5
Alex Trebek
Free Guy
2021
8.2
Self - Host
Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time
2020
10.0
Self
What Is Jeopardy!?: Alex Trebek and America's Most Popular Quiz Show
2020
4.7
Alex Trebek
Phil
2019
8.0
Alex Trebek (voice)
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
2019
7.7
TV Host (uncredited)
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
2018
7.3
Self
Betty White: First Lady of Television
2018
7.4
Self - Host / Narrator
Game Changers
2018
5.0
Self
OBJECTified
2017
6.5
Self
Who Is Arthur Chu?
2017
Credits
Free Guy
as Alex Trebek
2021
7.5
Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time
as Self - Host
2020
8.2
What Is Jeopardy!?: Alex Trebek and America's Most Popular Quiz Show
as Self
2020
10.0
Phil
as Alex Trebek
2019
4.7
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
as Alex Trebek (voice)
2019
8.0
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
as TV Host (uncredited)
2018
7.7
Betty White: First Lady of Television
as Self
2018
7.3
Game Changers
as Self - Host / Narrator
2018
7.4
OBJECTified
as Self
2017
5.0
Who Is Arthur Chu?
as Self
2017
6.5
To Tell the Truth
as Self - Panelist
2016
6.2
Being Canadian
as Self
2015
5.5
Robert Osborne's 20th Anniversary Tribute
as Self
2015
0.0
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
as Self
2014
7.8
The Amazing Race Canada
as Self
2013
7.8
Orange Is the New Black
as Alex Trebek
2013
7.7
Public Speaking
as Self (archive footage)
2011
7.0
FCU: Fact Checkers Unit
as Alex
2010
0.0
Hot in Cleveland
as Narrator
2010
7.3
Waking Sleeping Beauty
as Self (archive footage)
2009
7.2
RuPaul's Drag Race
as Self - Special Guest
2009
7.5
WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology
as Alex Trebek
2006
7.9
The Reichen Show
as Self - Guest
2005
4.8
Jeopardy! An Inside Look at America's Favorite Quiz Show
as Host
2005
0.0
Little Manhattan
as Self
2005
7.2
How I Met Your Mother
as Alex Trebek
2005
8.1
Married to the Kellys
as Alex Trebek (voice)
2003
9.0
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
2003
5.6
S.W.A.T.
as (voice)
2003
6.2
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
2003
5.5
The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series
as Narrator (voice)
2003
9.4
Finding Forrester
as Alex Trebek
2000
7.1
Charlie's Angels
as Alex Trebek
2000
5.9
Black Light Dreams: The 25 Years of the Famous People Players
as Self
2000
6.0
Random Hearts
as Jeopardy Host (uncredited)
1999
5.6
Ladies Man
as Alex Trebek (voice)
1999
7.2
Family Guy
as Alex Trebek (voice)
1999
7.4
Jane Austen's Mafia!
as Alex Trebek (uncredited)
1998
5.4
Pepper Ann
1997
6.6
The Weird Al Show
1997
6.4
Arthur
1996
7.0
Men Behaving Badly
as Alex Trebek (voice)
1996
4.6
Spy Hard
as Agency Tape Recorder (Voice)
1996
5.4
The Naked Truth
as Alex Trebek
1995
6.4
Ned & Stacey
as Alex Trebek
1995
7.2
The Magic School Bus
as Announcer (voice)
1994
7.6
Ellen
as Alex Trebek (voice)
1994
6.1
Intimate Portrait
as Self - Narrator (voice)
1993
4.5
The Nanny
as Alex Trebek
1993
8.1
Short Cuts
as Alex Trebek
1993
7.2
Dave's World
as Alex Trebek
1993
6.4
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
1993
7.2
The X-Files
as Man in Black #2
1993
8.4
Mad About You
as Alex Trebek (voice)
1992
6.7
The Larry Sanders Show
as Alex Trebek
1992
7.7
White Men Can't Jump
as Alex Trebek
1992
6.6
🎬
Pacific Station
as Alex Trebek
1991
5.0
Rugrats
1991
7.6
Dying Young
as Host of Jeopardy
1991
6.7
WWE WrestleMania VII
as Self
1991
7.4
Beverly Hills, 90210
as Alex Trebek
1990
7.3
Blossom
1990
6.1
Super Jeopardy!
1990
0.0
The Earth Day Special
as Self
1990
6.3
The Simpsons
as Alex Trebek (voice)
1989
8.0
Seinfeld
as Alex Trebek (archive footage)
1989
8.3
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
5.4
The Golden Girls
as Alex Trebek
1985
7.6
Jeopardy!
as Self - Host
1984
6.9
Mama's Family
as Self
1983
7.6
Cheers
as Alex Trebek
1982
7.6
🎬
Battlestars
as Host
1981
0.0
The Alan Thicke Show
1980
0.0
Vega$
1978
7.0
Double Dare
as Self - Host
1976
0.0
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975
7.0
Dinah!
as Self
1974
6.7
🎬
The Wizard of Odds
as Host
1973
6.0
60 Minutes
as Self
1968
6.6
The Way It Is
as Guest Host
1967
0.0
🎬
The Male Swagger
as Alex Trebek
N/A
0.0
The Simpsons: Christmas
N/A