Alex Trebek

Alex Trebek
Birth name	George Alexander Trebek
Born	July 22, 1940 in Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Died	November 8, 2020 in Los Angeles, California, USA from pancreatic cancer
Notable Shows	Jeopardy!: Host
Awards	5 Daytime Emmys

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Alex Trebek was a Canadian game show host and television personality.

Biography

He started out hosting a handful of shows in his native Canada before coming to the US and hosting more. He is best known for hosting Jeopardy!, which he had done since 1984 and continued to do until shortly before his death from pancreatic cancer at age 80 on November 8, 2020 in Los Angeles.

Roles

Starring Roles

Series	Role	Year(s)	Season(s)
Music Hop	Host	1963–1964
Vacation Time	Co-host	1964
Reach for the Top	Quizmaster	1969–73
Strategy	Host	1969
Pick and Choose	Host	1971
Outside/Inside	Host	1972–1973
The Wizard of Odds	Host	1973–1974
High Rollers	Host	1974–1976
Double Dare	Host	1976–1977
Stars on Ice	Host	1976–1980
The $128,000 Question	Host	1977–1978
The New High Rollers	Host	1978–1980
Pitfall	Host	1981–1982
Battlestars	Host	1981–1982
Jeopardy!	Host	1984–2020
Classic Concentration	Host	1987–1991
Super Jeopardy!	Host	1990	miniseries
To Tell the Truth	Host	1991
Heart of Courage	Host	1993
Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time	Host	2020	miniseries

Guest Starring Roles

Series	Role	Episode	Airdate
Vega$	Arthur Martin	1x02 - The Games Girls Play	September 27, 1978
Mama's Family	Himself	4x23 - Mama on Jeopardy	December 11, 1987
Cheers	Himself	8x14 - What Is... Cliff Clavin?	January 18, 1990
The Golden Girls	Himself	7x17 - Questions and Answers	February 8, 1992
Rugrats	Alan Quebec	2x24A - Game Show Didi	April 11, 1993
The Larry Sanders Show	Himself	2x15 - Hank's Wedding	September 8, 1993
The Larry Sanders Show	Himself	3x13 - Hank's Divorce	September 14, 1994
Ellen	Himself	2x13 - Ellen's Improvement	January 4, 1995
Dave's World		2x16 - Bear with Me	January 23, 1995
Blossom	Himself	5x13 - A Kiss Is Just a Kiss	January 23, 1995
Blossom	Himself	5x14 - Who's Not on First	February 6, 1995
Beverly Hills, 90210	Himself	5x25 - Double Jeopardy	March 29, 1995
The Nanny	Himself	3x02 - Franny and the Professor	September 18, 1995
The X-Files	Man in Black	3x20 - Jose Chung's "From Outer Space"	April 12, 1996
The Magic School Bus	Announcer	3x06 - Shows and Tells	October 19, 1996
Seinfeld	Himself	8x09 - The Abstinence	November 21, 1996
Ned and Stacey	Himself	2x07 - It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Eric	January 5, 1997
Ned and Stacey	Himself	2x12 - Sex, Lies and Commercials	unaired
The Weird Al Show	Himself	1x04 - Back to School	October 4, 1997
The Simpsons	Himself	9x10 - Miracle on Evergreen Terrace	December 21, 1997
Baywatch	Himself	9x08 - Swept Away	November 9, 1998
Mad About You	Himself	7x20 - The Dirty Little Secret	May 17, 1999
Arthur	Alex Lebek	5x01 - Arthur and the Big Riddle	February 11, 2000
Pepper Ann	Himself	5x11A - Unhappy Campers	November 16, 2000
Pepper Ann	Himself	5x13 - The Finale	November 18, 2000
Ladies Man	Himself	2x02 - A Quiet Evening at Home	June 6, 2001
Ladies Man	Himself	2x03 - The 31-Inch-High Club	June 13, 2001
Ladies Man	Himself	2x04 - No Cinco, Seis!	June 20, 2001
Family Guy	Himself	3x21 - Family Guy Viewer Mail #1	February 14, 2002
Saturday Night Live	Himself	27x20 - Winona Ryder/Moby	May 18, 2002
Married to the Kellys	Himself	1x12 - Whose Pants Are Smarter?	January 23, 2004
Family Guy	Himself	4x21 - I Take Thee Quagmire	March 12, 2006
How I Met Your Mother	Himself	6x13 - False Positive	December 13, 2010
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?	Himself	2x14 - Total Jeopardy	November 13, 2020

Specials and Made-for-TV Movies

Title	Role	Airdate	Series/Banner
What's Alan Watching?	Himself	February 27, 1989
Circus of the Stars #14	Himself	November 22, 1989	Circus of the Stars
The Earth Day Special	Himself	1990
Ragtime: The American Premiere	Himself	June 15, 1997
Live From the Hollywood Bowl	Himself	July 3, 1997
Watch & Make Money with Alex Trebek	Host	December 1998
Live From the Hollywood Bowl	Himself	1999
68th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade	Host	1999
Blacklight Dreams: The 25 Years of the Famous People Players	Himself	2000
101 Most Unforgettable SNL Moments	Himself	September 26, 2004	Saturday Night Live
The 32nd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards	Himself	May 20, 2005

Talk, News and Game Show Appearances

Series	Episode	Airdate
Celebrity Poker Showdown	Tournament 6, Game 4	September 8, 2005

Awards and Accolades

Daytime Emmy Awards

(6 Wins, 27 Nominations)

• Nominated: Outstanding Game-Show Host (1987, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2013)

Jeopardy!

• Nominated: Outstanding Game-Show Host (1988, 1990, 1991)

Classic Concentration

• Won: Outstanding Game-Show Host (1989, 1990, 2003, 2006, 2008)

Jeopardy!

• Won: Lifetime Achievement Award (2011)

Walk of Fame

• Awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1999 for his work in television.
• Awarded a spot on Canada's Walk of Fame in 2003. He is only the second game show host to be honored after Monty Hall.

Other Awards

• Awarded one of six Access Awards in 2001 from the American Federation for the Blind for accommodating notable champion Eddie Timanus.

Trivia

• Trebek is the only host in American TV history to host three daily national game shows at the same time. In 1991 he hosted Jeopardy!, Classic Concentration and To Tell the Truth.
• He is one of only four people to host a game show in the United States and Canada at the same time.
• Was an announcer for the TGIF programming block on ABC.