Alex Trebek

Alex Trebek

7/22/1940 – 11/8/2020Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

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 (83 titles)

Free Guy7.4Movie

Free Guy

Alex Trebek · 2021

Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time8.2Show

Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time

Self - Host · 2020

What Is Jeopardy!?: Alex Trebek and America's Most Popular Quiz Show10.0Movie

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

Self · 2020

Phil4.8Movie

Phil

Alex Trebek · 2019

Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?8.0Show

Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?

Alex Trebek (voice) · 2019

Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan7.7Show

Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan

TV Host (uncredited) · 2018

Betty White: First Lady of Television7.4Movie

Betty White: First Lady of Television

Self · 2018

Game Changers7.4Movie

Game Changers

Self - Host / Narrator · 2018

OBJECTified5.0Show

OBJECTified

Self · 2017

Who Is Arthur Chu?6.5Movie

Who Is Arthur Chu?

Self · 2017

To Tell the Truth5.7Show

To Tell the Truth

Self - Panelist · 2016

Being Canadian5.6Movie

Being Canadian

Self · 2015

Robert Osborne's 20th Anniversary TributeMovie

Robert Osborne's 20th Anniversary Tribute

Self · 2015

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver7.8Show

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Self · 2014

The Amazing Race Canada7.9Show

The Amazing Race Canada

Self · 2013

Orange Is the New Black7.6Show

Orange Is the New Black

Alex Trebek · 2013

Public Speaking7.0Movie

Public Speaking

Self (archive footage) · 2011

FCU: Fact Checkers UnitShow

FCU: Fact Checkers Unit

Alex · 2010

Hot in Cleveland7.2Show

Hot in Cleveland

Narrator · 2010

Waking Sleeping Beauty7.2Movie

Waking Sleeping Beauty

Self (archive footage) · 2009

The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien7.1Show

The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien

Self · 2009

RuPaul's Drag Race7.5Show

RuPaul's Drag Race

Self - Special Guest · 2009

WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology7.9Movie

WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology

Alex Trebek · 2006

4.8Show

The Reichen Show

Self - Guest · 2005

Jeopardy! An Inside Look at America's Favorite Quiz ShowMovie

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

Host · 2005

The Colbert Report6.9Show

The Colbert Report

Self (uncredited) · 2005

Little Manhattan7.2Movie

Little Manhattan

Self · 2005

How I Met Your Mother8.1Show

How I Met Your Mother

Alex Trebek · 2005

Married to the Kellys9.3Show

Married to the Kellys

Alex Trebek (voice) · 2003

The Ellen DeGeneres Show5.5Show

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

Self - Guest · 2003