Acting
Alex Trebek
Also Known As: George Alexander Trebek, Alex Trebeck, الکس تربک
Birth Date
July 22, 1940
Death Date
November 8, 2020
(passed away at 80)
Place of Birth
Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
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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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Family Guy
Alex Trebek (voice)
1999 • 1 episode
The Simpsons
Alex Trebek (voice)
1989 • 2 episodes
Saturday Night Live
Self (uncredited)
1975 • 1 episode
Jeopardy!
Self - Host
1984 • 8227 episodes
The X-Files
Man in Black #2
1993 • 1 episode
Rugrats
Alan Quebec (voice)
1991 • 1 episode
How I Met Your Mother
Alex Trebek
2005 • 2 episodes
The Nanny
Alex Trebek
1993 • 1 episode
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
2003 • 1 episode
The Colbert Report
Self (uncredited)
2005 • 1 episode
Seinfeld
Alex Trebek (archive footage)
1989 • 1 episode
Orange Is the New Black
Alex Trebek
2013 • 1 episode
RuPaul's Drag Race
Self - Special Guest
2009 • 1 episode
Cheers
Alex Trebek
1982 • 1 episode
Beverly Hills, 90210
Alex Trebek
1990 • 1 episode
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Self
2014 • 1 episode
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 • 1 episode
The Golden Girls
Alex Trebek
1985 • 1 episode
Hot in Cleveland
Narrator
2010 • 1 episode
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
TV Host (uncredited)
2018 • 1 episode