Alex Trebek

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1940-07-22 (80 years old)

Deathday

2020-11-08

Place of Birth

Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

Alex Trebek

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 J...

Acting

1993

Short Cuts

as Alex Trebek

1991

Dying Young

as Host of Jeopardy

2000

Finding Forrester

as Alex Trebek

2007

1999

Random Hearts

as Jeopardy Host (uncredited)

2005

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The Male Swagger

as Alex Trebek

2009

Waking Sleeping Beauty

as Self (archive footage)

2010

Public Speaking

as Self (archive footage)

2015

1992

White Men Can't Jump

as Alex Trebek

1996

Spy Hard

as Agency Tape Recorder (Voice)

2018

Game Changers

as Self - Host / Narrator

2000

Charlie's Angels

as Alex Trebek

2019

Phil

as Alex Trebek

2003

S.W.A.T.

as (voice)

2021

Free Guy

as Alex Trebek

1998

Jane Austen's Mafia!

as Alex Trebek (uncredited)

Production

2021

Free Guy

as In Memory Of

2018

Game Changers

as Executive Producer

2020

Veil

as Executive Producer

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