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.
Filmography
all 89
self 63
TV Shows 57
Movies 32
Voice 4
Producer 1
Narrator 1
The Mega CoreCore Mix (2023)
Free Guy (2021)
Veil (2020)
Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time (2020)
What Is Jeopardy!?: Alex Trebek and America's Most Popular Quiz Show (2020)
Phil (2019)
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? (2019)
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan (2018)
Game Changers (2018)
Who Is Arthur Chu? (2017)
Big Fan (2017)
To Tell the Truth (2016)
Orange Is the New Black (2013)
Public Speaking (2010)
Hot in Cleveland (2010)
Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009)
RuPaul's Drag Race (2009)
The Reichen Show (2005)
How I Met Your Mother (2005)
S.W.A.T. (2003)
The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series (2003)
Finding Forrester (2000)
Charlie's Angels (2000)
Random Hearts (1999)
Ladies Man (1999)
Family Guy (1999)
Jane Austen's Mafia! (1998)
Men Behaving Badly (1996)
Spy Hard (1996)
Jose Chung's From Outer Space (1996)
The Naked Truth (1995)
Ned and Stacey (1995)
Ellen (1994)
Intimate Portrait (1993)
The Nanny (1993)
Dave's World (1993)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993)
The X-Files (1993)
Short Cuts (1993)
Mad About You (1992)
The Larry Sanders Show (1992)
White Men Can't Jump (1992)
Pacific Station (1991)
Dying Young (1991)
Super Jeopardy! (1990)
The Simpsons (1989)
Seinfeld (1989)
The Golden Girls (1985)
Jeopardy! (1984)
Cheers (1982)
Battlestars (1981)
Double Dare (1976)
Saturday Night Live (1975)
Dinah! (1974)
High Rollers (1974)
The Wizard of Odds (1973)
The Way It Is (1967)
The Male Swagger
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1940-07-22
Deathday2020-11-08 (80 years old)
Birth NameGeorge Alexander Trebek
Birth PlaceGreater Sudbury, Canada
Net Worth$75 Million
RelationshipsElaine Trebek Kares (1974 - 1981), Jean Trebek (1990 - 2020)
CitizenshipsUnited States of America, Canada
Also Known AsGeorge Alexander Trebek, Alex Trebeck
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Officer of the Order of Canada, Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Game Show Host, Canada's Walk of Fame, honorary doctor of Fordham University, Lifetime Achievement Emmy, Honorary doctor of the University of Ottawa
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