Alex Trebek
Known for: Acting
Born: July 22, 1940
Died: November 8, 2020
Place of birth: Sudbury, 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.
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Filmography
29 movies · 56 TV shows, newest first
7.4
Free Guy
2021
6.0
Veil
2020
8.2
Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time
2020
10.0
What Is Jeopardy!?: Alex Trebek and America's Most Popular Quiz Show
2020
4.8
Phil
2019
8.0
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
2019
7.7
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
2018
7.3
Betty White: First Lady of Television
2018
7.4
Game Changers
2018
5.0
OBJECTified
2017
6.5
Who Is Arthur Chu?
2017
5.8
To Tell the Truth
2016
5.6
Being Canadian
2015
NR
Robert Osborne's 20th Anniversary Tribute
2015
7.8
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
2014
7.9
The Amazing Race Canada
2013
7.7
Orange Is the New Black
2013
7.0
Public Speaking
2011
NR
FCU: Fact Checkers Unit
2010
7.2
Hot in Cleveland
2010
7.2
Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009
7.2
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
2009
7.5
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
7.9
WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology
20064.8
The Reichen Show
2005
NR
Jeopardy! An Inside Look at America's Favorite Quiz Show
2005
7.0
The Colbert Report
2005
7.2
Little Manhattan
2005
8.1
How I Met Your Mother
2005
9.3
Married to the Kellys
2003
5.6
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
6.2
S.W.A.T.
2003
5.3
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
9.4
The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series
2003
7.1
Finding Forrester
2000
5.9
Charlie's Angels
2000
7.5
Black Light Dreams: The 25 Years of the Famous People Players
2000
5.6
Random Hearts
1999
7.3
Ladies Man
1999
7.4
Family Guy
1999
5.5
Jane Austen's Mafia!
1998
7.0
The Weird Al Show
1997
7.0
Pepper Ann
1997
7.0
Arthur
1996
5.0
Men Behaving Badly
1996
7.0
Ellen's Energy Adventure
1996
5.4
Spy Hard
1996
6.5
The Naked Truth
1995
7.2
Ned & Stacey
1995
7.7
The Magic School Bus
1994
6.1
Ellen
1994
4.5
Intimate Portrait
1993
8.1
The Nanny
1993
7.2
Short Cuts
1993
6.5
Dave's World
1993
7.3
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
8.4
The X-Files
1993
6.8
Mad About You
1992
7.7
The Larry Sanders Show
1992
6.7
White Men Can't Jump
1992
5.7
Pacific Station
1991
7.6
Rugrats
1991
6.7
Dying Young
1991
7.3
WWE WrestleMania VII
1991
7.3
Beverly Hills, 90210
1990
6.2
Blossom
1990
8.0
Super Jeopardy!
1990
6.1
The Earth Day Special
1990
8.0
The Simpsons
1989
8.3
Seinfeld
1989
5.6
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
7.6
The Golden Girls
1985
6.9
Jeopardy!
1984
7.5
Mama's Family
1983
7.6
Cheers
19828.0
Battlestars
1981
NR
The Alan Thicke Show
1980
6.9
Vega$
1978
9.0
Double Dare
1976
6.9
Saturday Night Live
1975
7.0
Dinah!
19747.5
The Wizard of Odds
1973
6.5
60 Minutes
1968
NR
The Way It Is
19677.0
The Male Swagger
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