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.
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Full filmography
- The Simpsons (1989) as Alex Trebek (voice)
- Family Guy (1999) as Alex Trebek (voice)
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015) as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Seinfeld (1989) as Alex Trebek (archive footage)
- The X-Files (1993) as Man in Black #2
- Rugrats (1991) as Alan Quebec (voice)
- How I Met Your Mother (2005) as Alex Trebek
- Saturday Night Live (1975) as Self (uncredited)
- Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990) as Alex Trebek
- Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan (2018) as TV Host (uncredited)
- Jeopardy! (1984) as Self - Host
- RuPaul's Drag Race (2009) as Self - Special Guest
- The Nanny (1993) as Alex Trebek
- Cheers (1982) as Alex Trebek
- The Colbert Report (2005) as Self (uncredited)
- Orange Is the New Black (2013) as Alex Trebek
- Pepper Ann (1997)
- Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (2014) as Self
- Arthur (1996)
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) as Self
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1988)
- Ellen (1994) as Alex Trebek (voice)
- Hot in Cleveland (2010) as Narrator
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003) as Self - Guest