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      Pat Sajak

      Pat Sajak

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      Birthday: Oct 26, 1946

      Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, USA

      Pat Sajak, the widely recognized and beloved host of the popular game show "Wheel of Fortune," began his career in entertainment when he won a contest as a teenager to be a guest teen deejay on a radio show in 1965. Sajak then became a newscaster for a small local radio station while he was attending Columbia College in Chicago. He joined the army in 1968 after dropping out of college and was stationed in Vietnam, where he was a morning show host for Armed Forces Radio. Upon returning to the United States, Sajak began working as a desk clerk at a hotel in Washington, but left to join a small radio station in Murray, Ky. Unhappy with this position, he left after a year for Nashville, Tennessee, where he began working for WSM-TV in a variety of roles. In 1977, after gaining the attention of a talent scout, Sajak joined KNBC-TV in Los Angeles as a weather forecaster and the host of a weekend talk show. Producer Merv Griffin took notice of Sajak's charisma, and in 1981, asked him to host "Wheel of Fortune," then a daytime television game show that moved to its regular nighttime slot in 1983. Not content to rest on his laurels, Sajak has also made many guest appearances on other shows, including "Days of Our Lives" and "The Larry Sanders Show."

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      Sullivan & Son, Steve Byrne (L), Pat Sajak (C), Brian Doyle-Murray (R), 'Hank Hallucinates', Season 2, Ep. #6, 07/25/2013, ©TBS Sullivan & Son, Steve Byrne (L), Pat Sajak (C), Brian Doyle-Murray (R), 'Hank Hallucinates', Season 2, Ep. #6, 07/25/2013, ©TBS Sullivan & Son, from left: Steve Byrne, Valerie Azlynn, Brian Doyle-Murray, Pat Sajak, 'Hank Hallucinates', Season 2, Ep. #6, 07/25/2013, ©TBS Sullivan & Son, Brian Doyle-Murray (L), Pat Sajak (R), 'Hank Hallucinates', Season 2, Ep. #6, 07/25/2013, ©TBS GAME CHANGERS, FROM LEFT, ALEX TREBEK, PAT SAJAK, 2018. ©PARADE DECK FILMS

      Filmography

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      Credit
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Wheel of Fortune Host 1983-1987 1992 1994 2009-2024
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Celebrity Wheel of Fortune Host 2021-2023
      94% 80% Fresh Off the Boat Himself (Guest Star) 2017
      No Score Yet 29% Sullivan & Son Unknown (Guest Star) 2013
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Bonnie Hunt Show Guest 2008
      No Score Yet 81% The King of Queens Unknown (Guest Star) 2001
      No Score Yet 95% Rugrats Pat Sajak (Guest Voice) 1994
      30% No Score Yet The Commish Dr. Brian Brandon (Guest Star) 1992
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Super Password Guest 1984-1988
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Gimme a Break Unknown (Guest Star) 1984
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Password 79 Guest 1981