Alex Trebek
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.
Acting
TV
The Simpsons
as Alex Trebek (voice)
1989
Movie
Free Guy
as Alex Trebek
2021
TV
How I Met Your Mother
as Alex Trebek
2005
TV
Family Guy
as Alex Trebek (voice)
1999
Movie
Charlie's Angels
as Alex Trebek
2000
TV
The X-Files
as Man in Black #2
1993
TV
Orange Is the New Black
as Alex Trebek
2013
Movie
S.W.A.T.
as (voice)
2003
TV
Seinfeld
as Alex Trebek (archive footage)
1989
TV
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
as TV Host (uncredited)
2018
Movie
White Men Can't Jump
as Alex Trebek
1992
TV
The Nanny
as Alex Trebek
1993
Movie
Finding Forrester
as Alex Trebek
2000
TV
Beverly Hills, 90210
as Alex Trebek
1990
TV
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
as Self
2014
Movie
Little Manhattan
as Self
2005
Movie
Spy Hard
as Agency Tape Recorder (Voice)
1996
TV
Rugrats
1991
Movie
Short Cuts
as Alex Trebek
1993
TV
Cheers
as Alex Trebek
1982
TV
Saturday Night Live
as Self (uncredited)
1975
Movie
Dying Young
as Host of Jeopardy
1991
Movie
Random Hearts
as Jeopardy Host (uncredited)
1999
TV
The Golden Girls
as Alex Trebek
1985
