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Alex Trebek
Actor, Producer
Died November 8, 2020 (80 years)
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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
| 2021 | Free Guy · as Alex Trebek |
| 2019 | Phil · as Alex Trebek |
| 2019 | Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? (TV Series) · as Alex Trebek (voice) |
| 2018 | Game Changers · as Host / Narrator |
| 2018 | Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan (TV Series) · as TV Host (uncredited) |
| 2013 | Orange Is the New Black (TV Series) · as Alex Trebek |
| 2010 | Hot in Cleveland (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 2005 | How I Met Your Mother (TV Series) · as Alex Trebek |
| 2003 | S.W.A.T. · as (voice) |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2003 | Married to the Kellys (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2000 | Finding Forrester · as Alex Trebek |
| 1999 | Ladies Man (TV Series) · as Alex Trebek |
| 1999 | Random Hearts · as Jeopardy Host (uncredited) |
| 1997 | Pepper Ann (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1997 | The Weird Al Show (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1996 | Men Behaving Badly (US) (TV Series) · as Alex Trebek |
| 1996 | Arthur (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1996 | Spy Hard · as Agency Tape Recorder (Voice) |
| 1995 | Ned and Stacey (TV Series) · as Alex Trebek |
| 1994 | The Magic School Bus (TV Series) · as Announcer |
| 1994 | Ellen (TV Series) · as Alex Trebek |
| 1993 | The X-Files (TV Series) · as Man in Black #2 |
| 1993 | The Nanny (TV Series) · as Alex Trebek |
| 1992 | Mad About You (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1992 | The Larry Sanders Show (TV Series) · as Alex Trebek |
| 1991 | Dying Young · as Host of Jeopardy |
| 1991 | Rugrats (TV Series) · as Alan Quebec |
| 1990 | Intimate Portrait (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 1990 | Blossom (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1990 | Beverly Hills, 90210 (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1989 | The Simpsons (TV Series) · as Alex Trebek (voice) |
| 1989 | Baywatch (TV Series) · as Alex Trebek |
| 1989 | Seinfeld (TV Series) · as Alex Trebek (archive footage) |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Ryan (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1985 | The Golden Girls (TV Series) · as Alex Trebek |
| 1984 | Jeopardy! (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1982 | Cheers (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1978 | Vega$ (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1973 | The Wizard of Odds (TV Series) · as Host |