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Alex Trebek

Alex Trebek

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.

Personal information

Birthday

1940-07-22

Birth Place

Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

Movies and TV shows :

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60 Minutes

1968

6.7

TV
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Arthur

1996

7.0

TV
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Battlestars

1981

0.0

TV
Being Canadian

Being Canadian

2015

5.7

Movie
Betty White: First Lady of Television

Betty White: First Lady of Television

2018

7.5

Movie
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Beverly Hills, 90210

1990

7.4

TV
Black Light Dreams: The 25 Years of the Famous People Players

Black Light Dreams: The 25 Years of the Famous People Players

2000

6.0

Movie
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Blossom

1990

6.1

TV
Charlie's Angels

Charlie's Angels

2000

5.8

Movie
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Cheers

1982

7.6

TV
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Dave's World

1993

6.4

TV
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Dinah!

1974

6.5

TV
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Double Dare

1976

0.0

TV
Dying Young

Dying Young

1991

6.7

Movie
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Ellen

1994

6.4

TV
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Family Guy

1999

7.4

TV
Finding Forrester

Finding Forrester

2000

7.1

Movie
Free Guy

Free Guy

2021

7.5

Movie
Game Changers

Game Changers

2018

7.4

Movie
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Hot in Cleveland

2010

7.4

TV
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How I Met Your Mother

2005

8.2

TV
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Intimate Portrait

1993

4.5

TV
Jane Austen's Mafia!

Jane Austen's Mafia!

1998

5.4

Movie
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Jeopardy!

1984

6.8

TV
Jeopardy! An Inside Look at America's Favorite Quiz Show

Jeopardy! An Inside Look at America's Favorite Quiz Show

2005

0.0

Movie
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Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time

2020

8.2

TV
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Jimmy Kimmel Live!

2003

5.5

TV
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Ladies Man

1999

7.2

TV
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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

2014

7.9

TV
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Late Night with Conan O'Brien

1993

7.1

TV
Little Manhattan

Little Manhattan

2005

7.2

Movie
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LIVE with Kelly and Mark

1988

5.2

TV
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Mad About You

1992

6.7

TV
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Mama's Family

1983

7.6

TV
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Married to the Kellys

2003

9.0

TV
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Men Behaving Badly

1996

5.5

TV
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Ned and Stacey

1995

7.2

TV
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OBJECTified

2017

5.0

TV
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Orange Is the New Black

2013

7.7

TV
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Pacific Station

1991

5.0

TV
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Pepper Ann

1997

6.4

TV
Phil

Phil

2019

5.0

Movie
Public Speaking

Public Speaking

2010

7.0

Movie
Random Hearts

Random Hearts

1999

5.5

Movie
Robert Osborne's 20th Anniversary Tribute

Robert Osborne's 20th Anniversary Tribute

2015

0.0

Movie
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Rugrats

1991

7.6

TV
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RuPaul's Drag Race

2009

7.5

TV
S.W.A.T.

S.W.A.T.

2003

6.2

Movie
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Saturday Night Live

1975

6.9

TV
poster

Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?

2019

8.0

TV
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Seinfeld

1989

8.3

TV
Short Cuts

Short Cuts

1993

7.2

Movie
Spy Hard

Spy Hard

1996

5.4

Movie
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Super Jeopardy!

1990

0.0

TV
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The Alan Thicke Show

1980

0.0

TV
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The Amazing Race Canada

2013

8.2

TV
The Bigger Bubble

The Bigger Bubble

0.0

Movie
The Bucket List

The Bucket List

2007

7.2

Movie
The Earth Day Special

The Earth Day Special

1990

8.0

Movie
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The Ellen DeGeneres Show

2003

5.8

TV
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The Golden Girls

1985

7.5

TV
The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series

The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series

2003

9.4

Movie
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The Larry Sanders Show

1992

7.7

TV
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The Magic School Bus

1994

7.6

TV
The Male Swagger

The Male Swagger

0.0

Movie
The Mega CoreCore Mix

The Mega CoreCore Mix

2023

10.0

Movie
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The Naked Truth

1995

6.4

TV
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The Nanny

1993

8.1

TV
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The Reichen Show

2005

4.8

TV
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The Simpsons

1989

8.0

TV
The Simpsons: Christmas

The Simpsons: Christmas

2003

7.0

Movie
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The Way It Is

1967

0.0

TV
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The Weird Al Show

1997

6.5

TV
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The Wizard of Odds

1973

6.0

TV
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The X-Files

1993

8.4

TV
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To Tell the Truth

2016

6.0

TV
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Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan

2018

7.7

TV
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Vega$

1978

7.0

TV
Waking Sleeping Beauty

Waking Sleeping Beauty

2009

7.2

Movie
What Is Jeopardy!?: Alex Trebek and America's Most Popular Quiz Show

What Is Jeopardy!?: Alex Trebek and America's Most Popular Quiz Show

2020

10.0

Movie
White Men Can't Jump

White Men Can't Jump

1992

6.6

Movie
Who Is Arthur Chu?

Who Is Arthur Chu?

2017

6.3

Movie
WWE WrestleMania VII

WWE WrestleMania VII

1991

7.3

Movie
WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology

WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology

2006

7.4

Movie