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Alex Trebek

Acting

Born July 22, 1940 · Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

Died November 8, 2020

Also known as George Alexander Trebek · Alex Trebeck · الکس تربک

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Biography

George Alexander Trebek was a Canadian and American game show host and television personality. Regarded as a pop culture icon, he was best known for hosting the syndicated quiz show Jeopardy! for 37 seasons from its revival in 1984 until his death in 2020. Trebek 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. He made appearances, usually as himself, in numerous films and television series.

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Awards & recognition

  • Daytime Emmy Award — Outstanding Game Show Host · 2020
  • Daytime Emmy Award — Outstanding Game Show Host · 2019
  • Officer of the Order of Canada · 2017
  • honorary doctor of Fordham University · 2011
  • Lifetime Achievement Emmy · 2011
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  • Daytime Emmy Award — Outstanding Game Show Host · 2008
  • Canada's Walk of Fame · 2006
  • Daytime Emmy Award — Outstanding Game Show Host · 2006
  • Daytime Emmy Award — Outstanding Game Show Host · 2003
  • Honorary doctor of the University of Ottawa · 1996
  • Daytime Emmy Award — Outstanding Game Show Host · 1990
  • Daytime Emmy Award — Outstanding Game Show Host · 1989
  • Daytime Emmy Award
  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Filmography49 titles

The X-Files

1993as Man in Black #2

Seinfeld

1989as Alex Trebek (archive footage)

Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time

2020as Self - Host

How I Met Your Mother

2005as Alex Trebek

The Nanny

1993as Alex Trebek

Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?

2019as Alex Trebek (voice)

The Simpsons

1989as Alex Trebek (voice)

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

2014as Self

Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan

2018as TV Host (uncredited)

The Magic School Bus

1994as Announcer (voice)

The Larry Sanders Show

1992as Alex Trebek

Orange Is the New Black

2013as Alex Trebek

Rugrats

1991as Alan Quebec (voice)

The Golden Girls

1985as Alex Trebek

Cheers

1982as Alex Trebek

RuPaul's Drag Race

2009as Self - Special Guest

Mama's Family

1983as Self

Free Guy

2021as Alex Trebek

Game Changers

2018as Self - Host / Narrator

Family Guy

1999as Alex Trebek (voice)

Beverly Hills, 90210

1990as Alex Trebek

Hot in Cleveland

2010as Narrator

Waking Sleeping Beauty

2009as Self (archive footage)

Little Manhattan

2005as Self

Finding Forrester

2000as Alex Trebek

Ned and Stacey

1995as Alex Trebek

Pepper Ann

1997

The Weird Al Show

1997

Arthur

1996

The Colbert Report

2005as Self (uncredited)

Jeopardy!

1984as Self - Host

Saturday Night Live

1975as Self (uncredited)

White Men Can't Jump

1992as Alex Trebek

Mad About You

1992as Alex Trebek (voice)

Who Is Arthur Chu?

2017as Self

60 Minutes

1968as Self

S.W.A.T.

2003as (voice)

Blossom

1990as Alex Trebek

Ellen

1994as Alex Trebek (voice)

Charlie's Angels

2000as Alex Trebek

To Tell the Truth

2016as Self - Panelist

Being Canadian

2015as Self

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

2003as Self - Guest

Random Hearts

1999as Jeopardy Host (uncredited)

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

1988

Mafia!

1998as Alex Trebek (uncredited)

Spy Hard

1996as Agency Tape Recorder (Voice)

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

2003as Self

Phil

2019as Alex Trebek