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Alex Trebek
Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
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…
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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.
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Movies and shows, newest first
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2021
Free Guy
Movie Alex Trebek
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2020
Veil
Movie Executive Producer
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2020
Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time
TV show Self - Host
- 2020
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2019
Phil
Movie Alex Trebek
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2019
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
TV show Alex Trebek (voice)
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2018
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
TV show TV Host (uncredited)
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2018
Betty White: First Lady of Television
Movie Self
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2018
Game Changers
Movie Self - Host / Narrator
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2017
OBJECTified
TV show Self
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2017
Who Is Arthur Chu?
Movie Self
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2016
To Tell the Truth
TV show Self - Panelist
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2015
Being Canadian
Movie Self
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2015
Robert Osborne's 20th Anniversary Tribute
Movie Self
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2014
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
TV show Self
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2013
The Amazing Race Canada
TV show Self
More credits
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2013
Orange Is the New Black
TV show Alex Trebek
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2011
Public Speaking
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2010
FCU: Fact Checkers Unit
TV show Alex
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2010
Hot in Cleveland
TV show Narrator
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2009
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2009
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
TV show Self
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2009
RuPaul's Drag Race
TV show Self - Special Guest
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2006
WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology
Movie Alex Trebek
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2005
The Reichen Show
TV show Self - Guest
- 2005
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2005
The Colbert Report
TV show Self (uncredited)
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2005
Little Manhattan
Movie Self
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2005
How I Met Your Mother
TV show Alex Trebek
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2003
Married to the Kellys
TV show Alex Trebek (voice)
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2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV show Self - Guest
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2003
S.W.A.T.
Movie (voice)
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2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV show Self
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2003
The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series
Movie Narrator (voice)
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2000
Finding Forrester
Movie Alex Trebek
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2000
Charlie's Angels
Movie Alex Trebek
- 2000
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1999
Random Hearts
Movie Jeopardy Host (uncredited)
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1999
Ladies Man
TV show Alex Trebek (voice)
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1999
Family Guy
TV show Alex Trebek (voice)
