Alex Trebek

Born: 1940-07-22, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

Died: 2020-11-08

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

• The Simpsons (1989)
• Family Guy (1999)
• Rugrats (1991)
• The X-Files (1993)
• How I Met Your Mother (2005)
• Seinfeld (1989)
• The Nanny (1993)
• Orange Is the New Black (2013)
• Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990)
• Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan (2018)
• Cheers (1982)
• The Larry Sanders Show (1992)
• Mad About You (1992)
• Hot in Cleveland (2010)
• Pepper Ann (1997)
• Ellen (1994)
• Free Guy (2021)
• Blossom (1990)
• Ned & Stacey (1995)
• Dave's World (1993)
• Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? (2019)
• Charlie's Angels (2000)
• The Magic School Bus (1994)
• S.W.A.T. (2003)
• Married to the Kellys (2003)
• Spy Hard (1996)
• Ladies Man (1999)
• White Men Can't Jump (1992)
• Finding Forrester (2000)
• The Weird Al Show (1997)