George Alexander Trebek OC (/trəˈbɛk/; born July 22, 1940) 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 United States citizen in
1998. For his work on Jeopardy!, Trebek has received 31 nominations
for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Game Show Host, winning 7
times.Trebek was born in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, on July 22, 1940,
the son of George Edward Trebek (né Terebeychuk), a chef who had
emigrated from Ukraine as a child, and Lucille Lagacé (born April 14,
1921), a Franco-Ontarian. He grew up in a bilingual French-English
household. Trebek's first job was when he was 13; he was a bellhop at
the hotel where his father worked as a chef.Trebek attended Sudbury
High School (now Sudbury Secondary School) and then attended the
University of Ottawa. Trebek graduated from the University of Ottawa
with a degree in philosophy in 1961. While a university student, he
was a member of the English Debating Society. At the time, he was
interested in a career in broadcast news.
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 United States citizen in
1998. For his work on Jeopardy!, Trebek has received 31 nominations
for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Game Show Host, winning 7
times.Trebek was born in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, on July 22, 1940,
the son of George Edward Trebek (né Terebeychuk), a chef who had
emigrated from Ukraine as a child, and Lucille Lagacé (born April 14,
1921), a Franco-Ontarian. He grew up in a bilingual French-English
household. Trebek's first job was when he was 13; he was a bellhop at
the hotel where his father worked as a chef.Trebek attended Sudbury
High School (now Sudbury Secondary School) and then attended the
University of Ottawa. Trebek graduated from the University of Ottawa
with a degree in philosophy in 1961. While a university student, he
was a member of the English Debating Society. At the time, he was
interested in a career in broadcast news.
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