Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
89
Gender
Male
Birthday
1940-07-22
Day of Death
2020-11-08 (80 years old)
Place of Birth
Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Also Known As
George Alexander Trebek
Alex Trebeck
الکس تربک
Alex Trebek
Biography
George Alexander Trebek OC (born July 22, 1940) 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.
