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