Alex Trebek
Acting
- Born:
- 1940-07-22
- Died:
- 2020-11-08
- Place of birth:
- Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
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
Filmography
Free Guy
Veil
Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time
What Is Jeopardy!?: Alex Trebek and America's Most Popular Quiz Show
Phil
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
Betty White: First Lady of Television
Game Changers
OBJECTified
Who Is Arthur Chu?
To Tell the Truth
Being Canadian
Robert Osborne's 20th Anniversary Tribute
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
The Amazing Race Canada
Orange Is the New Black
Public Speaking
FCU: Fact Checkers Unit
Hot in Cleveland
Waking Sleeping Beauty
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
RuPaul's Drag Race
WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology
The Reichen Show
Jeopardy! An Inside Look at America's Favorite Quiz Show
The Colbert Report
Little Manhattan
How I Met Your Mother
Married to the Kellys
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
S.W.A.T.
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series
Finding Forrester
Charlie's Angels
Black Light Dreams: The 25 Years of the Famous People Players
Random Hearts
Ladies Man
Family Guy
Jane Austen's Mafia!
The Weird Al Show
Pepper Ann
Arthur
Men Behaving Badly
Ellen's Energy Adventure
Spy Hard
The Naked Truth
Ned & Stacey
The Magic School Bus
Ellen
Intimate Portrait
The Nanny
Short Cuts
Dave's World
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
The X-Files
Mad About You
The Larry Sanders Show
White Men Can't Jump