Acting · Sudbury, Ontario, Canada · Born July 22, 1940
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.
MovieFree Guy
2021
as Alex Trebek
TVJeopardy! The Greatest of All Time
2020
as Self - Host
MovieWhat Is Jeopardy!?: Alex Trebek and America's Most Popular Quiz Show
2020
as Self
MoviePhil
2019
as Alex Trebek
TVScooby-Doo and Guess Who?
2019
as Alex Trebek (voice)
TVTom Clancy's Jack Ryan
2018
as TV Host (uncredited)
MovieBetty White: First Lady of Television
2018
as Self
MovieGame Changers
2018
as Self - Host / Narrator
TVOBJECTified
2017
as Self
MovieWho Is Arthur Chu?
2017
as Self
TVTo Tell the Truth
2016
as Self - Panelist
MovieBeing Canadian
2015
as Self
MovieRobert Osborne's 20th Anniversary Tribute
2015
as Self
TVLast Week Tonight with John Oliver
2014
as Self
TVThe Amazing Race Canada
2013
as Self
TVOrange Is the New Black
2013
as Alex Trebek
MoviePublic Speaking
2011
as Self (archive footage)
TVFCU: Fact Checkers Unit
2010
as Alex
TVHot in Cleveland
2010
as Narrator
MovieWaking Sleeping Beauty
2009
as Self (archive footage)
TVThe Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
2009
as Self
TVRuPaul's Drag Race
2009
as Self - Special Guest
MovieWWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology
2006
as Alex Trebek
The Reichen Show
2005
as Self - Guest
MovieJeopardy! An Inside Look at America's Favorite Quiz Show
2005
as Host
TVThe Colbert Report
2005
as Self (uncredited)
MovieLittle Manhattan
2005
as Self
TVHow I Met Your Mother
2005
as Alex Trebek
TVMarried to the Kellys
2003
as Alex Trebek (voice)
TVThe Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self - Guest
MovieS.W.A.T.
2003
as (voice)
TVJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self
MovieThe Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series
2003
as Narrator (voice)
MovieFinding Forrester
2000
as Alex Trebek
MovieCharlie's Angels
2000
as Alex Trebek
MovieBlack Light Dreams: The 25 Years of the Famous People Players
2000
as Self
MovieRandom Hearts
1999
as Jeopardy Host (uncredited)
TVLadies Man
1999
as Alex Trebek (voice)
TVFamily Guy
1999
as Alex Trebek (voice)
MovieJane Austen's Mafia!
1998
as Alex Trebek (uncredited)
TVThe Weird Al Show
1997
TVPepper Ann
1997
TVArthur
1996
TVMen Behaving Badly
1996
as Alex Trebek (voice)
MovieEllen's Energy Adventure
1996
as Himself
MovieSpy Hard
1996
as Agency Tape Recorder (Voice)
TVThe Naked Truth
1995
as Alex Trebek
TVNed & Stacey
1995
as Alex Trebek
TVThe Magic School Bus
1994
as Announcer (voice)
TVEllen
1994
as Alex Trebek (voice)
TVIntimate Portrait
1993
as Self - Narrator (voice)
TVThe Nanny
1993
as Alex Trebek
MovieShort Cuts
1993
as Alex Trebek
TVDave's World
1993
as Alex Trebek
TVLate Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
TVThe X-Files
1993
as Man in Black #2
TVMad About You
1992
as Alex Trebek (voice)
TVThe Larry Sanders Show
1992
as Alex Trebek
MovieWhite Men Can't Jump
1992
as Alex Trebek
TVPacific Station
1991
as Alex Trebek
TVRugrats
1991
as Alan Quebec (voice)
MovieDying Young
1991
as Host of Jeopardy
MovieWWE WrestleMania VII
1991
as Self
TVBeverly Hills, 90210
1990
as Alex Trebek
TVBlossom
1990
TVSuper Jeopardy!
1990
MovieThe Earth Day Special
1990
as Self
TVThe Simpsons
1989
as Alex Trebek (voice)
TVSeinfeld
1989
as Alex Trebek (archive footage)
TVLIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
TVThe Golden Girls
1985
as Alex Trebek
TVJeopardy!
1984
as Self - Host
TVMama's Family
1983
as Self
TVCheers
1982
as Alex Trebek
Battlestars
1981
as Host
TVThe Alan Thicke Show
1980
TVVega$
1978
TVDouble Dare
1976
as Self - Host
TVSaturday Night Live
1975
as Self (uncredited)
TVDinah!
1974
as Self
The Wizard of Odds
1973
as Host
TV60 Minutes
1968
as Self
TVThe Way It Is
1967
as Guest Host
The Male Swagger
as Alex Trebek
