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George Alexander Trebek is a Canadian-American television personality, game show host and actor. He has been the host of the syndicated game show Jeopardy! since its revival in 1984, and has 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 is contracted to host Jeopardy! until 2022. Trebek has also made appearances in numerous television series, in which he usually played himself. A native of Canada, he became a naturalized American citizen in 1998.
Birth Name
George Alexander Trebek
Born
Monday, 22 July 1940
Died
Sunday, 08 November 2020
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Game Show Show | Self | 2023 |
| Free Guy | Alex Trebek | 2021 |
| Beastie Boys Story | Self | 2020 |
| Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time | Self - Host | 2020 |
| For All Mankind | Self | 2019 |
| Phil | Alex Trebek | 2019 |
| Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? | Alex Trebek | 2019 |
| Eyes of Faith | Narrator | 2018 |
| Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan | TV Host | 2018 |
| Betty White: First Lady of Television | Self | 2018 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Game Show Show | Self | 2023 |
| Free Guy | Alex Trebek | 2021 |
| Beastie Boys Story | Self | 2020 |
| Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time | Self - Host | 2020 |
| For All Mankind | Self | 2019 |
| Phil | Alex Trebek | 2019 |
| Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? | Alex Trebek | 2019 |
| Eyes of Faith | Narrator | 2018 |
| Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan | TV Host | 2018 |
| Betty White: First Lady of Television | Self | 2018 |
| Game Changers | Narrator / Self - Host | 2018 |
| Who Is Arthur Chu? | Self / Self - Jeopardy! Host | 2017 |
| Big Fan | Self | 2017 |
| Scott the Woz | (archive footage) | 2017 |
| To Tell the Truth | Self - Panelist | 2016 |
| Chelsea | Self | 2016 |
| Being Canadian | Self | 2015 |
| The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self | 2015 |
| Gone South: How Canada Invented Hollywood | Self | 2014 |
| Sports Jeopardy! | Self - Clue Giver | 2014 |
| Last Week Tonight with John Oliver | Self | 2014 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self - 'Phone Booth' Participant | 2014 |
| The Queen Latifah Show | Self - Guest | 2013 |
| Celebrity Page | Self | 2013 |
| The Amazing Race Canada | Self | 2013 |
| Orange Is the New Black | Alex Trebek | 2013 |
| I Love Black Movies | 2013 | |
| Teens Wanna Know | Self - Guest | 2012 |
| MrBeast | Self | 2012 |
| CBS This Morning | Self - Guest | 2012 |
| Pearl Jam Twenty | Self | 2011 |
| Under the Boardwalk: The Monopoly Story | Self | 2011 |
| Public Speaking | (archive footage) / Self (archive footage) | 2010 |
| The Talk | Self | 2010 |
| FCU: Fact Checkers Unit | Alex | 2010 |
| Hot in Cleveland | Narrator | 2010 |
| We Love Soaps TV | Self - Guest | 2009 |
| Waking Sleeping Beauty | Self | 2009 |
| The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien | Self - Host of Jeopardy! / Self | 2009 |
| I Get That a Lot | Self | 2009 |
| RuPaul's Drag Race | Self - Special Guest | 2009 |
| GSN Live | Self | 2008 |
| The Bucket List | Self | 2007 |
| Chelsea Lately | Himself - Host of 'Jeopardy!' | 2007 |
| Jeopardy! An Inside Look at America's Favorite Quiz Show | Self / Host | 2005 |
| The Colbert Report | Self - Guest | 2005 |
| Little Manhattan | Self / Alex Trebek | 2005 |
| How I Met Your Mother | Alex Trebek / Himself | 2005 |
| Game Show Moments Gone Bananas | Self | 2005 |
| The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | Self | 2005 |
| Celebrity Poker Showdown | Self | 2003 |
| Lord Stanley's Cup: Hockey's Ultimate Prize | Self | 2003 |
| Married to the Kellys | Alex Trebek | 2003 |
| S.W.A.T. | (voice) | 2003 |
| Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Himself | 2003 |
| Before They Were Stars | Self | 2002 |
| Lifestyle Magazine | Self | 2001 |
| Finding Forrester | Self | 2000 |
| Charlie's Angels | Alex Trebek | 2000 |
| Random Hearts | Jeopardy Host | 1999 |
| Ladies Man | Alex Trebek / Self | 1999 |
| Family Guy | Alex Trebek | 1999 |
| Mafia! | Alex Trebek | 1998 |
| Pepper Ann | Self | 1997 |
| The Weird Al Show | Alex Trebek | 1997 |
| Men Behaving Badly | Self | 1996 |
| Access Hollywood | Self | 1996 |
| Arthur | Alex Lebek | 1996 |
| The Daily Show | Self | 1996 |
| Spy Hard | Agency Tape Recorder / Agency Tape Recorder (Voice) | 1996 |
| Ned and Stacey | Alex Trebek | 1995 |
| The Magic School Bus | Announcer | 1994 |
| Extra | Self | 1994 |
| Ellen | Alex Trebek | 1994 |
| The Nanny | Alex Trebek | 1993 |
| This Hour Has 22 Minutes | Self | 1993 |
| Short Cuts | Himself / Alex Trebek | 1993 |
| Dave's World | Alex Trebek | 1993 |
| Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest / Himself | 1993 |
| The X-Files | Man in Black #2 | 1993 |
| Mad About You | Himself | 1992 |
| The Larry Sanders Show | Alex Trebek | 1992 |
| White Men Can't Jump | Himself / Self | 1992 |
| Pacific Station | Self | 1991 |
| Rugrats | Alan Quebec | 1991 |
| Dying Young | Host of Jeopardy | 1991 |
| Beverly Hills, 90210 | Alex Trebek | 1990 |
| To Tell the Truth | Self - Host | 1990 |
| Blossom | Alex Trebek | 1990 |
| Super Jeopardy! | Self - Host | 1990 |
| The Earth Day Special | Himself / Self | 1990 |
| The Simpsons | Alex Trebek | 1989 |
| Seinfeld | Alex Trebek | 1989 |
| Baywatch | Alex Trebek | 1989 |
| The Arsenio Hall Show | Himself | 1989 |
| Classic Concentration | Self - Host | 1987 |
| Nightlife | Self | 1986 |
| All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan | Self | 1985 |
| The Golden Girls | Himself | 1985 |
| Wheel of Fortune | Self - Video Greeting / Self - Host / Self / Self - Guest Host / Self - Announcer / Osment the Gnome | 1983 |
| Mama's Family | Alex Trebek | 1983 |
| Cheers | Alex Trebek | 1982 |
| Entertainment Tonight | Himself (archive footage) / Self | 1981 |
| CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley | Self | 1979 |
| Vega$ | Arthur Martin | 1978 |
| Card Sharks | Self | 1978 |
| The Jim Nabors Show | Self | 1978 |
| Double Dare | Self - Host | 1976 |
| Family Feud | Himself | 1976 |
| Saturday Night Live | Self | 1975 |
| The Magnificent Marble Machine | Self | 1975 |
| Good Morning America: Weekend Edition | Self - Guest | 1975 |
| Dinah! | Self | 1974 |
| Nova | Self | 1974 |
| The Wizard of Odds | Self - Host / The Wizard of Odds / Host | 1973 |
| 60 Minutes | Himself - Host, Jeopardy (segment "Jeopardy!") / Himself - Host, Jeopardy (segment "Jeopardy!") (archive footage) | 1968 |
| Jeopardy! | Himself - Host / Self - Host / Himself - Contestant | 1964 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Himself - Super Quiz Moderator | 1962 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Eyes of Faith | 2018 |
| Game Changers | 2018 |
| Jeopardy! | 1964 |
