Cast & creator
Alex Trebek
Best known for The Simpsons, Family Guy, Saturday Night Live
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.
Also known as: George Alexander Trebek, Alex Trebeck, الکس تربک
33
film credits
58
television credits
85
1967–2021 · acting roles
7.1
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (91)
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The Simpsons
Alex Trebek (voice)
1989
Family Guy
Alex Trebek (voice)
1999
Saturday Night Live
Self (uncredited)
1975
The Colbert Report
Self (uncredited)
2005
Jeopardy!
Self - Host
1984
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
2003
RuPaul's Drag Race
Self - Special Guest
2009
Seinfeld
Alex Trebek (archive footage)
1989
The X-Files
Man in Black #2
1993
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
How I Met Your Mother
Alex Trebek
2005
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
Beverly Hills, 90210
Alex Trebek
1990
Cheers
Alex Trebek
1982
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self - Guest
2003
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Self
2014
The Nanny
Alex Trebek
1993
Rugrats
Alan Quebec (voice)
1991
Orange Is the New Black
Alex Trebek
2013
Mad About You
Alex Trebek (voice)
1992
60 Minutes
Self
1968
Hot in Cleveland
Narrator
2010
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
TV Host (uncredited)
2018
Intimate Portrait
Self - Narrator (voice)
1993
The Golden Girls
Alex Trebek
1985
The Larry Sanders Show
Alex Trebek
1992
Ellen
Alex Trebek (voice)
1994
Dinah!
Self
1974The Reichen Show
Self - Guest
2005
Arthur
1996
Blossom
1990Blossom
Alex Trebek
1990
To Tell the Truth
Self - Panelist
2016
Pepper Ann
1997
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
Self
2009
The Naked Truth
Alex Trebek
1995
Vega$
1978
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
Alex Trebek (voice)
2019
Dave's World
Alex Trebek
1993
The Magic School Bus
Announcer (voice)
1994
Mama's Family
Self
1983
Free Guy
Alex Trebek
2021Free Guy
In Memory Of
2021
Charlie's Angels
Alex Trebek
2000
Ned & Stacey
Alex Trebek
1995
Men Behaving Badly
Alex Trebek (voice)
1996
S.W.A.T.
(voice)
2003
Ladies Man
Alex Trebek (voice)
1999
The Weird Al Show
1997
Spy Hard
Agency Tape Recorder (Voice)
1996
Married to the Kellys
Alex Trebek (voice)
2003
The Amazing Race Canada
Self
2013
Finding Forrester
Alex Trebek
2000
Random Hearts
Jeopardy Host (uncredited)
1999
OBJECTified
Self
2017
White Men Can't Jump
Alex Trebek
1992
Pacific Station
Alex Trebek
1991
Little Manhattan
Self
2005
Dying Young
Host of Jeopardy
1991
Short Cuts
Alex Trebek
1993
Jane Austen's Mafia!
Alex Trebek (uncredited)
1998
FCU: Fact Checkers Unit
Alex
2010
The Way It Is
Guest Host
1967
Being Canadian
Self
2015
The Alan Thicke Show
1980
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Self (archive footage)
2010
The Earth Day Special
Self
1990
Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time
Self - Host
2020Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time
Presenter
2020
Super Jeopardy!
1990
Betty White: First Lady of Television
Self
2018
Double Dare
Self - Host
1976
Phil
Alex Trebek
2019
The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series
Narrator (voice)
2003
Game Changers
Self - Host / Narrator
2018Game Changers
Executive Producer
2018
WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology
Alex Trebek
2006
Public Speaking
Self (archive footage)
2011
Robert Osborne's 20th Anniversary Tribute
Self
2015
WWE WrestleMania VII
Self
1991
Who Is Arthur Chu?
Self
2017
Veil
Executive Producer
2020
What Is Jeopardy!?: Alex Trebek and America's Most Popular Quiz Show
Self
2020What Is Jeopardy!?: Alex Trebek and America's Most Popular Quiz Show
Presenter
2020What Is Jeopardy!?: Alex Trebek and America's Most Popular Quiz Show
Associate Producer
2020
Ellen's Energy Adventure
Himself
1996Battlestars
Host
1981
Black Light Dreams: The 25 Years of the Famous People Players
Self
2000The Male Swagger
Alex Trebek
Jeopardy! An Inside Look at America's Favorite Quiz Show
Host
2005The Wizard of Odds
Host
1973